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Life-changing keys for those diagnosed with serious illness. The incredible journey of someone who put their Christian faith into action and survived pancreatic cancer. Not everyone is healed of cancer or a debilitating illness…and yet some are. Discover revelational keys on how to walk with God or support a loved one through illness, and continue to believe for His healing love and power.

While fighting an aggressive brain tumor, Deirdre must care for her mother with advanced Alzheimer’s, raise her teenage daughter, and help her husband chase a new dream - opening a barbecue restaurant. Her greatest defense is her sense of humor in this tender memoir chronicling life struggles that are often tragic - but can still be very funny. Grab a tissue and take a ride as one batty broad battles her way through the tragicomic trials of her most perilous adventure yet - brain cancer.

It was 74 days after my 50th birthday that I was diagnosed with a fast-growing breast cancer. What a shock! Four operations and 26 chemo sessions later, and I had to start rebuilding my life. Physically, I needed to get back to normal, I had to re-set my mind, get back to a good financial position, and then excel in all areas to ensure that “The best was yet to come”.

At the age of six, Ryan Hamner was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Being diagnosed with cancer at such an early age, and then having it recur three more times before he was 21 (and during the last time undergoing a bone marrow transplant) could come to color one’s worldview. But time and again, Ryan battled his health problems, stepping way beyond the comfort zone anyone, let alone a child or teenager, should ever need to.

Stephanie: One of God’s Wonder Kids is the story of a young girl suddenly afflicted by that most pernicious and arbitrary ailment: cancer. It is the story of her family, who hold on to her, hold on to each other, and hold on to God throughout the most painful ordeal that any parent has faced. It is the story of her friends and community who love and support her as she struggles to understand what is happening to her and why.

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Discover what cancer really is, how it develops and attacks the body, and two ways you can use a healthy, holistic lifestyle - prevention and treatment - to beat it.

Following a long fight with breast cancer, Tracy's death ended their 13-year marriage. In the months after his loss, Frederick Marx wrote about their time together (falling in love, their shortcomings, her illness, and how they made each other better). Marx recounts his relationship with his partner - not as a saint, but as a person. Then he describes his struggle to go on without her.

“I’m sorry to say you have breast cancer - an infiltrating lobular carcinoma to be exact,” said her doctor delivering the tough news right before Christmas 2013. “And there’s three ways we deal with breast cancer - cut, poison, and burn.” Such was the start of Jennifer McDonald’s "Big Breast Adventure", the name she gave to a series of blogs penned while going through two years of treatment. This audiobook is a compilation of these posts, hailed as a must-hear for anyone facing a life or health crisis and those who care for them.

Diagnosed with a late-stage cancer after years of bungled and inadequate medical attention...and then to discover the best-practice chemotherapy is not available in your province. A true story, The Cancer Olympics is a suspenseful and poignant treatment of an unthinkable situation, an account of advocacy and survival that explores our deepest values regarding democracy, medicine, and friendship.

Contra el cáncer, best seller instantáneo en Estados Unidos, es ya el libro más vendido del gurú definitivo en el campo de la medicina natural: ¿qué esperas para sumarte a los miles de lectores que gracias a él han cambiado su vida? Durante muchos años hemos aceptado que el cáncer es causado por malformaciones genéticas y daños en los cromosomas. Pero, ¿y si el cáncer, después de todo, no fuera una enfermedad genética? ¿Y si supieras que, en realidad, es causado por un desbalance metabólico producto de una disfunción mitocondrial?

Cancer changes everything. Just a few months after a fairy-tale wedding and dream honeymoon, Luke and Michelle find out news that shatters their hopes and dreams for their once-bright future. Luke has cancer. Michelle struggles with how to adjust to this new reality in addition to being a new wife. Luke's road ahead is a difficult path. In this inspiring true story, this young couple endures pain and hardships while their faith is strengthened and renewed.

In the summer of 2015, I was diagnosed with colon cancer when I was 43. Broken Bowels is my personal account of these horrific, yet truly amazing, years. I've had countless treatments, six surgeries, and terrible side effects from chemotherapy, I've had a colostomy for nearly two years and an ileostomy for three months. I've lived without solid food for nearly a year. But I survived, and now I'm happier than ever.

An invaluable reference for parents of sick or hospitalized children by an experienced psychosocial counselor. To many parents, it is hard to imagine a more upsetting reality than one where their child is hospitalized, severely sick, or terminally ill. In When Your Child is Sick, psychosocial...

Dinah Roseberry, author and editor for the prominent company Schiffer Publishing in Pennsylvania, is a strange one. Fighting stage four breast cancer since 2012 and still in remission, she's taken the strange in her life to manage and thrive during a most horrendous journey. Using her paranormal and mind/body/training, she has found some techniques to make things a bit smoother along the way, and now she steps up to the plate to share those methods with you.

When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was less than 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a "Cancer Moonshot", this accomplishment remains a pinnacle in cancer research. The author's daughter, then a medical student at Georgetown Medical School, told her father about this amazing success story. Tim Wendel soon discovered that many of the doctors at the forefront of this effort cared for his brother at Roswell Park in Buffalo, New York. Wendel went in search of this extraordinary group.

Testosterone propels our drive for exploration and risk, for competition and creation, and even our survival. The effects of testosterone permeate the traditions, philosophy, and literature of every known culture - without it, the world would be a drastically different place. It also has a role in humanity's darker side, contributing to violence, hubris, poverty, crime, and selfishness. Recent revelations of the science of testosterone show that high levels will deplete compassion and generosity, and even reduce the affection we show our children.

A national bestseller! Breast cancer surgeon Dr. Kristi Funk offers a comprehensive and encouraging approach to breast care and breast cancer. Empower yourself with facts and strategies to understand your breasts, reduce your cancer risk, and open your eyes to interventions and treatments. Most...

An easy-to-read, comprehensive guide for anyone affected by pancreatic cancer. The book includes valuable information about recent medical advances, insurance coverage, advanced testing, nursing care and living optimally given this devastating disease.

Cervical cancer is the third most common malignancy in women worldwide, and it remains a leading cause of cancer-related death for women in developing countries. Cervical Cancer will provide listeners with a thorough review on cervical cancer, treatment guidelines, and emerging therapies available for the disease. This concise pocket book will review cervical cancer's epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and medical management.