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Marilee & Ed, What a Wonderful Life! provides an honest yet encouraging account of how one faces a life-threatening diagnosis. Velazquez's humor keeps his story light while sharing insights and lessons learned on the dark journey. -JAMES WATKINS Award-winning author of If You're Not Dead, You're Not Done!
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED IF GOD CARES ABOUT YOU? WELL, I'M HIS WITNESS THAT HE DOES!
I've been through a lot over the last nine-plus years battling...
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The Long Tale Of Tears And Smiles explores an immigrant oncologist's journey of triumphs and struggles, from growing up in Syria, to the tragic death of her brother, to her experiences as a young immigrant medical student and trainee in the USA. Walk through her anguish witnessing the civil war in Syria and its devastation; see her become a practitioner, watching the field of oncology evolves throughout the years.
This narrative-driven case study...
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Touted as a potential breakthrough cancer therapy in the 1980s by the scientific community and publications such as TIME and Newsweek magazine, the reputation of interferon has not lived up to its early promise. Interferons are small proteins with anti-viral and anti-cancer effects, which have the power to modulate the functioning of the immune system.
But Dr. Joseph Cummins, an early interferon pioneer, holder of sixteen US medical patents, author...
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Dispelling the common notion that American women became activists in the fight against female cancer only after the 1970s, Kirsten E. Gardner traces women's cancer education campaigns back to the early twentieth century. Focusing on breast cancer, but using research on cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancers as well, Gardner's examination of films, publications, health fairs, and archival materials shows that women have promoted early cancer detection...
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An Inspirational Story of Grit, Determination & Love
The Miracle Isn't Surviving Cancer-The Miracle is Thriving While Fighting Cancer
In a world filled with blockbuster superhero movies and a new superhero TV show every week, it's easy to forget that our real world is filled with heroes too.
Keith's Inspirational Story Negotiating Cancer-Survive, Revive, Thrive is a story about one of those real-life superheroes, Keith Storm. Keith's superpower...
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"An intimate and revelatory memoir-on personal challenges, political turmoil, and the state of American democracy--from one of the most effective voices in politics, Amy Klobuchar. During the past few years, as our country has faced unprecedented challenges, Senator Klobuchar has been in the room where it happens--on the Senate floor for critical votes during the pandemic, at the debate podium during one of the most critical presidential elections...
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"An exquisite memoir about how to live--and love--every day with 'death in the room,' from poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in the tradition of When Breath Becomes Air. 'We are breathless, but we love the days. They are promises. They are the only way to walk from one night to the other.' Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer--one small spot....
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In the final episodes, Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul bring the saga of Breaking Bad to a bloody conclusion in their roles as meth kingpin Walter White and his guilt-ridden partner Jesse Pinkman. As each tries to get clear of the wreckage they left behind in the meth world, DEA agent Hank Schrader's obsessive pursuit of 'Heisenberg' gains steam, leading up to a shattering finale that will leave no one in Walt's world unscathed.
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"Von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life from childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for an entire generation of women, ... [mining] the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women, writing, 'I want every woman...
650) Echo's sister
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"Eleven-year-old Echo finds the courage to help her younger sister fight cancer, and, in the process, finds the love and support of an entire community"--
651) Punkzilla
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"Punkzilla" is on a mission to see his older brother "P", before "P" dies of cancer. Still buzzing from his last hit of meth, he embarks on a days-long trip from Portland, Ore. to Memphis, Tenn., writing letters to his family and friends. Along the way, he sees a sketchier side of America and worries if he will make it to see his brother in time.
652) Mom's Cancer
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Each year, approximately 1.5 million people in the United States and Canada are diagnosed with cancer. This is one family's story.
An honest, unflinching, and sometimes humorous look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their families, Mom's Cancer is a story of hope-uniquely told in words and illustrations.
Brian Fies is a freelance journalist whose mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. As he and...
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Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes, and it doesn't appear to be going well. Too often divorced, discontent with life's compromises and in a house he hates, this lifelong schemer and eternal romantic would like out of his present circumstances and into the American dream. But when the twin calamities of the Great Recession and a cancer scare come along to compound his troubles, his dreams dwindle further, and an infinite past...
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Changed and impacted sexuality from cancer treatments and radiation therapy is one of the most common challenges people face, yet is one of the most under-addressed. Radiotherapy and the side effects they can cause, impacts all aspects of our lives, so why is no one talking about the more 'intimate' struggles we face? Why is sex and cancer such an ignored topic? If you've received a cancer diagnosis and are undergoing / recovering from radiation treatment,...
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Desperately hoping to avert breast cancer, a diagnosis that has plagued her family for generations, a woman decides to have a prophylactic surgery that will forever alter her reflection. But being married, with two young children and already suffering from health issues, diving into hereditary cancer genes may prove more complicated than this stay-at-home mom imagined. On her journey to lessen her odds, she's forced to confront the reality of her...
656) The Acute Myeloid Leukemia Mastery Bible: Your Blueprint for Complete Acute Myeloid Leukemia Mana
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Are you or a loved one grappling with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)? "The Acute Myeloid Leukemia Mastery Bible: Your Blueprint for Complete Acute Myeloid Leukemia Management" is your comprehensive guide to understanding, navigating, and conquering AML. From demystifying the biology and various subtypes to providing statistics and debunking myths, this book takes you through the diagnostic journey, offering insights into blood tests, imaging studies,...
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In The Beautiful Journey, Andrea takes you on an emotional rollercoaster as she chronicles her journey through cancer. You'll laugh (yes, laugh), cry, and cheer her on as she battles to become victorious over this disease. Andrea shares her raw, honest experiences as she is forced to make heavy, life-saving decisions.
However, The Beautiful Journey is more than a story about cancer. Andrea includes many valuable lessons she learns as a result of...
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This book does not claim that all metastasized cancers can be reversed. However, the initial stages of metastasis or spread of malignant cells to neighboring lymph nodes can be successfully addressed with those therapies that increase body oxygenation naturally 24/7. Russian and Ukrainian medical doctors applied their methods on hundreds of people with cancer and even had a published clinical trial on women with metastasized breast cancer. This trial...
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Paralyzing And Eradicating Cancer By The Power Of Faith is a divine medication that is able to paralyze and eradicate cancer cells and tumors for perfected healing. In this edition, the author brings out God's prescription for our healing which is the Healing Word Of Faith (HWF). The author helps to build your Faith from zero faith to the faith of a hero, one that will impair the multiplication power and growth of cancer cells and tumors and then...
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Lung Cancer. The mere words strike fear in all of us-fear of the diagnosis, the treatment, and the ultimate prognosis. Bonnie Addario, a seventeen-year survivor of stage 3B lung cancer who established the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation in 2006 along with the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute in 2008, is now co-founder and chair of the GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer (2019). A determined activist on behalf of patients suffering from the...
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