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Caregiver's Survival Guide is based on Dr. Robert Yonover's personal experiences. While struggling to become a successful scientist and inventor, he also was primary caregiver for his paralyzed wife for more than twenty years and raised their two children. Yonover takes you into the throes of his life as a caregiver, husband, and father, offering guidance and hope through his story. He provides advice on:
Dealing with heavy news ...
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La enfermedad del párkinson afecta todo nuestro ser desde lo profundo e invisible hasta lo visible y superficial, aunque el efecto es diferente para cada individuo. A pesar de no parecernos físicamente, todos tenemos una cosa en común-el querer vivir una vida mejor, llena de éxito, felicidad, y amor; en si una, vida abundante. Queremos aprender a caminar con la enfermedad al lado pero no controlados por ella.Por lo tanto los Viviendo más allá...
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What if there's a scandal lurking in healthcare, waiting to break?
MRI contrasts are a billion-dollar industry, with over one hundred million people around the globe having been injected, believing in good faith that it was necessary and safe. But what if we got it wrong? What if that trust was misplaced?
Do MRI contrasts genuinely cause gadolinium toxicity in vulnerable and unsuspecting people?
What do we really know about gadolinium, the toxic...
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As the years unfolded for me, a recurring desire was trying to rhyme words. Limericks offered the opportunity along with the challenge of meter. Of the many that have been penned, I have summoned the courage to select those enclosed, sprinkled with satire and a dash of poetic license. One target of the satire is the system of medical care existing for patients and doctors alike. For both, insurance carriers and the federal government dictate the parameters...
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On August 7, 2012 Camden Clark Medical Center announced the impending closure of the St. Joseph's Hospital campus in Parkersburg, WV. Among the reasons provided for closure of the hospital were upcoming changes established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Being a person who was born at St Joseph's and raised in Parkersburg, I was moved by the news of the upcoming closure. Being a physician and a healthcare consultant whose life and...
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Dr. Michael J. Young, a physician for 3 decades sheds light on the current debacle of the medical health delivery system in America. His powerful book is an important message and honest look behind and around the process of health care delivery, from the perspective of both patient and provider. The book examines and reviews how one experiences medical treatment from both sides of the table. The significant obstacles patients endure, as well as the...
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Healthcare Elsewhere is a medical tourism show that shares the success stories of medical tourism patients. Host John Cote interviews Doctors, healthcare experts and patients worldwide to help educate people about the affordable and cutting edge options available globally. Many patients find that the cost, time frame or availability of a particular procedure is too expensive or not available in their country so they travel elsewhere to get their treatment....
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In WIN, author and fitness instructor Chritopher Wilson takes you deep into his three-year battle with steroids. Learn what can happen to you from using steroids and find out firsthand why steroids won't give you a body to last. Learn how to obtain the results you desire-the natural way. What you will find in this book: • Evidence of permanent steroid use damage • Where to go for help with hormone imbalances •The value of a simple blood test...
10) And Other Essays
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In this essay collection, Michael Cohen presents the odd idea of the suicide note as a writing project that can be critiqued like any other, describes encounters with illegal border crossers in south Texas, and ponders the sudden popularity of books about atheism. Books are a frequent subject here, and Cohen makes an argument for The Maltese Falcon as the Great American Novel, searches for the perfect, the Platonic, nature handbook, and compares playing...
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Ce livre offre un regard sur des programmes atypiques qui utilisent la danse pour réfléchir et intervenir différemment. Une vision plurielle des modes d'intervention se dessine et repousse les limites de la pensée classique. Cet ouvrage s'adresse aux acteurs appartenant aux différents milieux d'intervention et de recherche, d'enseignement et de formation, de même qu'aux danseurs, danse-thérapeutes et artthérapeutes qui sont confrontés dans...
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Easing the Way to a New Stage in Life.
Placing a loved one in a nursing home is a difficult thing to face. In addition to choosing a home, figuring out finances, and dealing with the actual moving, you may also be struggling with deeper conflicts. The emotions you may feel-of guilt, sadness, anger, and even relief-are never predictable, and can sometimes cause confusion. This invaluable book helps to ease this process, opening the channels of communication...
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"How to Save Money on Medical Bills" is a book that addresses the dilemma of medical care and its rising cost in most countries. This book also examines the high frequency of visits to medical institutions for some minor ailments that could be taken care of at home by simple and safe methods that everyone can do. Simple ailments can easily be prevented or remedied by easy-to-follow steps with readily available household materials.
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Las sociedades se basan en el principio del derecho inalienable a la vida y, en efecto, los Estados tienen el deber de preservarla. La eutanasia se basa en otro principio, uno humano: acortar el sufrimiento innecesario de un enfermo terminal. Por supuesto, diferentes culturas y diferentes cuerpos de leyes tienen diferentes evaluaciones sobre el tema. El derecho al suicidio asistido o a la llamada "muerte digna" genera debates: los partidarios se preguntan...
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There's a type of person out there who is better at helping others than they are at looking after themselves. Maybe you're one of them. Maybe you know someone who is.
They are the backbone of the caring professions, giving strength to our schools, clinics, care homes and hospitals. But you will also find them in offices, gyms, community groups and charities—everywhere you look. There's usually one in every family.
But these people, who do so much...
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Have you always wanted the benefits of a beautiful, bright smile?
Are you worried about oral cancer - but can't afford to pay for a screening?
Are you searching for a reputable dentist who will take care of your kid's teeth for the next 16 years?
Unfortunately, not all dentists are created equal.
Yes, they've all finished dental school.
But that's where the comparison starts and ends.
Picking the wrong dentist can cost your thousands of dollars,...
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Imagine losing a child because of lack of health insurance. Imagine trying to do everything possible to try to get him the proper care that would save his life. What parent wouldn't give their life to save their child? Then imagine your child being ignored and left to die because his health-care providers thought money was more important than his life. This didn't happen in some third-world country. It happened right here in the USA. My son's death...
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National polls show that Americans are increasingly concerned about vaccine safety and the right to make individual, informed choices together with their healthcare practitioners. Vaccine Epidemic focuses on the searing debate surrounding individual and parental vaccination choice in the United States. Featuring more than twenty experts from the fields of ethics, law, science, medicine, business, and history, Vaccine Epidemic urgently calls for reform....
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"The Man Behind The Mask: Why I Choose To Not Receive The Flu Shot" details the many issues related to mandatory flu shots for healthcare workers and why the author chose to wear a mask during flu season in lieu of receiving the flu shot. Topics include analysis of the size and scope of the flu, flu shot science, how flu shots are studied and evaluated, documented harm from the flu shot, legislation and financial implications associated with mandatory...
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