A first person account of a lost battle with Cancer. Elizabeth Barry's personal hand written journals describe her physical and emotional trials before and during her Lymphoma diagnosis and treatment. The book chronicles her thoughts, feelings and experiences in an unedited format. This is not the story that we often read of the smiling cancer survivor. The loss of her battle is a result that is often ignored in the big business of cancer fund raising, which seems to focus mostly on the "h...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A meditation on sense-making when there’s no sense to be made, on letting go when we can’t hold on, and on being unafraid even when we’re terrified.”—Lucy KalanithiNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE**Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune...

Based on the Simontons' experience with hundreds of patients at their world-famous Cancer Counseling and Research Center, Getting Well Again introduces the scientific basis for the "will to live."In this revolutionary book the Simontons profile the typical "cancer personality": how an individual's reactions to stress and other emotional factors can contribute to the onset and progress of cancer -- and how positive expectations, self-awareness, and self-care can contribute ...

When Tamara Levine received her breast cancer diagnosis, in a state of shock, she decided to inform her friends and colleagues by writing to them. That letter was the first of thirteen communications she calls her healing journey. As well as sharing the letters, Tamara tells us what she learned maneuvering through the black hole of cancer treatment. Tamara discusses vulnerabilities and fears, the impact of both financial and personal supports, the need to make choices, and the necessity fo...

Written by two renowned authorities who specialize in the treatment of breast cancer, a surgeon and an oncologist, this lucid step-by-step guide has established itself as the indispensable book women need to make informed decisions about the care that is right for them.Breast cancer will strike one out of every eight women in the United States. Because there have been many important changes in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in the last few years, this fully revised Th...

Renowned prostate cancer specialist Sheldon Marks offers the definitive guide for men concerned about or diagnosed with prostate cancer.Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting American men, with over 186,000 new cases diagnosed in the United States annually; 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.Since the third edition (2003), there have been significant changes in treatment and resources. Working with Dr. ...

After the intense experience and range of emotion that comes with surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy (or all three), cancer patients often find themselves with little or no guidance when it comes to their health post-treatment. After Cancer Care is the much-needed authoritative, approachable guide that fills this gap. It includes information on how to maintain physical health—with chapters on epigenetics, nutrition, and exercise—as well as emotional health through stress manageme...

The book details one person's twenty year survival story of a life with multiple occurrences of Stage IV Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Mike McGarr details his journey from initial diagnosis, through two more recurrences and many late effects, into the unknowns of long-term survivorship with a candid story of the highs and lows of struggling not only with cancer, but also with alcohol.

A young man battles Hodgkin's disease and survives--with more than a little help from his Mom--in this wry and uplifting memoir about life, love, and beating the odds.When Dan Shapiro's decidely anti-drug mom put aside her convictions and grew marijuana in her backyard garden (behind a discrete screen of sunflowers), he learned that in the face of a crisis we all have the opportunity to decide what is most important to us. In this hilarious, high-spirited, sometimes harrowing memoi...

The theme and purpose of the author are so much greater than just its qualification that the reader, whoever, will be interested to learn about the world of the fascinating mind/body interaction, a revolutionary tendency in the scientific and practical functions. Over time, scientific investigations and practical experience by himself, the writer showed his profound conviction that we are a perfect machine where everything must be in harmony, the mental, the physical and psychic organism.

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men after skin cancer. However this cancer is highly curable and most men live for many years after treatment; only eleven percent of cancer deaths are due to prostate cancer. It is well known that the side effects of the treatment cause more suffering than the disease itself. Side effects of surgery include incontinence and erectile difficulties; radiation therapy leads to urinary and bowel problems; and androgen deprivation (hormon...

It may sound too easy, but simple, natural foods and methods are the answer to cancer! In this fascinating book, a Western research physician teams with an Eastern Ayurvedic physician to explain how ancient “secrets” that you can do at home make it difficult for cancer to gain a foothold in your body. As you read the tips contained within—information like which household spice protects your DNA (which is where cancer starts), and how to get your own body to manufacture natural Interleukin-...