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A support group from breast cancer diagnosis through treatment to rehabilitation and recovery, this book combines inspiring Chicken Soup for the Soul stories written just for this book and accessible leading-edge medical information from Dr. Julie Silver of Harvard Medical School. Patients and survivors will find comfort, strength and hope.

This book is a practical guide for those diagnosed with cancer, carers, and anyone coping with cancer, who are about to undergo or are undergoing chemotherapy treatment. It is for anyone diagnosed with cancer or those with a loved one or friend diagnosed with cancer. You know how distressing and overwhelming it feels - so what do you do next? This book will explain the necessary coping strategies on how you can cope with cancer.

Do you want to understand the main principles of naturopathy just listening to a dialogue, instead of reading a boring essay? Can you believe you can find the thinking of 50 great scientists in a single book? Are you ready for a different way to look at cancer and other degenerative pathologies? In this book Dr. Giorgio Bogoni, Italian author and experiencer in nutritional healing, will guide you through an accurate novel-essay, full of useful information, that easily deals with a topic that is usually explained throughout complex medical papers.

Ewan Cameron is a Vancouver-based health researcher that has uncovered the truth about Huntington's disease and how the pharmaceutical industry has kept this hidden from the public. A graduate of the northern Alberta institute of technology, he completed his journalism studies in the early 2000's before joining a local newspaper, where he became disillusioned by his editor's refusal to publish health-related and pollution-related news stories. The reason? They would upset their corporate clients on which the newspaper depended for advertising.

An invaluable, revolutionary, research-based resource for parents—grounded in nutrition, detoxification, and mental wellbeing, while aiming to reduce suffering and promote long-term recovery.

“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.” – Stuart Scott The fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor Stuart Scott’s unrelenting fight against cancer. Shortly before he...

In this unflinching and uplifting memoir, Michelle takes listeners beyond the diagnosis and into the heart of the fight and survival. With a voice that is both poetic and profoundly authentic, she tells it like it is: the chemo, the hair loss, the fear, the anxiety, the double mastectomy and reconstruction surgeries, the sleepless nights...all of it. Yet there is an undercurrent of courage, compassion, and positivity that runs through every second.

Here are my email dispatches sent from the frontline with dry humour and honesty - but no sentiment. I start with the lead up to the action (performing the day before) and end with world travel. A noble hero? At times I felt more like the battleground itself! "Stay calm, lie flat, and drink plenty of water." It was others who fought: the medics, those who visited, prayed, etc. Personally, in such circumstances, I doubt an aggressively positive attitude makes much difference to outcome: That may encourage some!

Have you ever been forced to consider the fact of your mortality? If confronted with cancer, how would you feel? What would you say to the people you love? What would they say to you? No two people have the same answers to these questions, a lesson I learned well during a solo six-week, 5,000-mile cross-country bike ride I called Cycle of Lives. The trip started as a fundraiser in honor of my sister, June, who died of brain cancer.

In this audiobook, naturopathic physician, functional medicine practitioner and certified hypnotherapist Dr. Snowy Tan, ND goes through the science linking negative emotions with cancer risk and progression.

On April 24, 1996, Becky Olson was diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, the 43-year-old mother of five and highly successful businesswoman now stood at the crossroads between life and death. Surviving arduous treatments and physical, mental, and emotional turmoil, Becky used the only weapon she had - her hat - to win the battle against the uninvited and overwhelming foe.

A sensational memoir with all the emotional power of The Fault in Our Stars, The Yellow World is the story of cancer and survival that has moved and inspired readers around the world. My heroes don’t wear red capes. They wear red bands. Albert Espinosa never wanted to write a book about...

The evidence is in: you can reduce cancer risk and support treatment by focusing on six key areas of health and wellness. The scientific data on the link between lifestyle, environmental factors, and cancer risk has been accumulating at an accelerated rate over the past decade: Every week we...

Written from the perspective of a cancer thriver, author Kathryn White was 43 years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Feeling lost and overwhelmed, she started to explore how to holistically support her own healing process. Here she tells the parts of her story of how she rebuilt her life and moved beyond just being a cancer survivor to become a cancer thriver. She shares what she has learned along the way to reclaim her life and transform her health so that you can do the same.

Edie Falco, Sheryl Crow, Athena Jones, Heidi Heitkamp, and an inspiring array of other breast cancer survivors and "previvors" lend their voices to this collection of powerful stories.  

When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way—an...

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched...

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched...

I met Amber when I moved across the street from her. As I got to know her, I learned some things about myself. My goal in writing this book is to help anyone that is going through the loss of a loved one or has lost someone. This is not just my own personal journey through grief, but a message of hope and love and a love that survived beyond death. This book is a memoir of personal reflections of the beginning, middle, and end of a soulful relationship between two women and a connection which brought about valuable lessons from love, life, grief, and letting go.

There's nothing funny about cancer. But humour can help take away some of its terrible power. 'Riveting. funny-sad. And so real. I have a friend-crush on Shormishtha now!' Anuja Chauhan 'Cancer picked the wrong girl, but you picked the right book. I laughed through tears and till I teared up.'...