Some three decades after bone marrow transplantation was introduced in the field of hematology and oncology, transplantation today continues to rapidly grow and expand into a variety of new modalities. Peripheral blood has been established as an effective source of autologous progenitor cells. Furthermore, the graft-versus-leukemia effect has resulted in novel strategies of adoptive immunotherapy for cancer. Finally, approaches to gene transfer and therapy are utilizing transplantation met...

911, what emergency situation do you wish to report, please?Yes, uhmI think I need to go to a hospital to be checked out. I was just getting ready for bed, and all of a sudden I found myself waking up, on the floor.Do you think you had a heart attack?Im not sureIm not having any chest pain.Okay, we will have an ambulance there shortly. Is the door unlocked?No, its locked. Ill answer the door.You might wish to go ahead and unlock it. That way ...

For over thirty years author Dr. Jeff Herten was a high-functioning alcoholicone who drinks every day yet continues to lead a productive successful life. Now he shares how alcohol can destroy livesas it nearly destroyed his. Alcohol is the single greatest social ill in the U.S. Alcohol may lead to deadly cancers of the breast colon esophagus and liver. It rots our bones corrodes our stomach lining erodes our memories and suppresses our immune systems. The Sobering Truth explores the associ...

Vital signs of hope and humanityThey are the unsung heroes of health care, putting their own lives at risk to provide support and comfort to those who need it most. Registered nurse Michael Brown has interviewed over fifty practicing nurses, spanning forty-one states and most nursing specialties. In Nurses: The Human Touch, he takes you to the front lines of his profession, where split-second, life-and-death decisions are made every day.You’ll expe...

For readers of Being Mortal and Modern Death, an ICU and Palliative Care specialist offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest levelIn medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die.Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care—to become an ICU physician—and imagined herself swooping in to rescue patients from...

A Best Book of 2022 - USA TODAYNamed one of the Chicago Public Library's "Best Books of 2022"" Astute, compassionate and lethally funny. Maloney is an exceptionally alert writer on whom nothing is lost, who sees everything with excruciating clarity." — Sarah Manguso, The New York TimesThe searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combines with the uncomfortable ...

Pulmonary Fibrosis: Coping With a Terminal Disease by Robert PostWhat do you do when you learn you have Pulmonary Fibrosis, a terminal disease for which there is presently no cure? The author relates his personal experience and explains how he has learned to cope with the disease, products and methods he uses for maintaining health and combating progression of the disease and explains how you can, too.A linked resources section gives advice on finding and using support grou...

The daily challenges of living—and coping—with a chronic and progressive invisible illness.Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Yet most people are still unaware that heart disease is not just a man's problem. Carolyn Thomas, a heart attack survivor herself, is on a mission to educate women about their heart health. Based on her popular Heart Sisters blog, which has attracted more than 10 million views from readers in 190 countr...

“I was up all night reading. I laughed, cried and my heart was touched. My friend recently began to ignore me and doesn’t want me to visit…. Your blog really made me see what a survivor sees and feel what they feel. Because of your willingness to share, I now know that I’m doing the right thing by hanging in there.” —Jada Thompson, a Reader“Oh Joyce.... Really touched my heart. There are no “happy words” to make this “better”. But you are facing it head-on, win or lose, and that sa...

The lowdown on long-term care?from a geriatric specialist with over twenty years in the field.Placing loved ones in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities is a stressful decision?and for good reason. In previous decades, some homes were plagued by scandal, and everyone wants to know that their family members will be safe and sound even when they can?t be nearby all the time. Here, prominent geriatrician Joshua Schor, M.D., guides the reader through this e...

I am a professional strength coach and not a doctor or physical therapist. The things I say here are my own opinion and should not substitute (and is not meant as a substitute) for what your health care person is telling you.This is a no nonsense book of exercise suggestions the author used to get a full range of motion back into his right knee after the knee was replaced. These were tested and found valuable movements and techniques that worked. He now has full extension to zero d...