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An inspiring special edition published in partnership with Pink Together General Mills's Pink Together initiative is a supportive online community that links 500,000 cancer survivors and their supporters, letting them share photos, personal stories, and recipes. Now, in partnership with Pink Together, this new edition of the Living with Cancer Cookbook has been updated and revised to include the inspirational stories of Pink Together community members. Like...

Whether you have cancer or someone you love and care about does, here are 48 powerful stories from cancer survivors who prove that it is what you do with the cancer that matters so much more than what the cancer does to you. Grab it with determination and know that a diagnosis of cancer does not define who you are and that you are not alone.

Scientist and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies, calls his book a biography of cancer rather than simply a history. The author explores a wide range of research, historical accounts, and personal stories in this intensive look at the back-story of cancer. This includes the evolution of cancer's nature, treatment, and the scientific and medical communities' understanding of the disease, as well as the support of...

Do you want the raw, honest truth about dealing with breast cancer? This book tells all (and shows all, beware, middle-aged pornography!) CANCER! You must be scared sh*tless! (Pardon the swear word but you are reading the description a book with the F word in the title.) I know exactly how you feel! Side note, not to ruin the ending, but I lived... or I wouldn't have been able to write this book to help you LIVE through lite to medium breast cancer. So,...

Este libro pretende que conozcas las historias de personas que han tenido que transitar el cáncer. El día en el que a un paciente le diagnostican esta enfermedad es quizás el peor día de su vida. Lo invaden emociones negativas, miedos, prejuicios, ira y dudas. Debe enfrentarse a una experiencia para la cual no está preparado y es fundamental que se sienta acompañado y contenido para afrontarla. En tantos años que me dedico a la oncología...

Storied matchmaker and Nantucket resident Dabney Kimball has her own life and match turned upside down when her true love of twenty-seven years prior returns to the island. "48-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a gift for matchmaking. Some call her ability mystical, while others - like her husband, celebrated economist John Boxmiller Beech, and her daughter, Agnes, who is clearly engaged to the wrong man - call it meddlesome,...

A "biography" of cancer from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. A combination of medical history, cutting-edge science, and narrative journalism that transforms the listener's understanding of cancer and much of the world around them. The author provides a glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and offers a bold new perspective on the way doctors, scientists, philosophers, and lay people have observed and understood...

A new cancer diagnosis can be terrifying, whether it's you or a loved one who has received it. Often, there are feelings of dread as you realize how much your lives will change, as well as a sense of uncertainty. There are questions you need to ask, but you don't know how to bring them up, and there are questions you don't know you should ask. This book helps you navigate the fears associated with chemotherapy and the challenges of survivorship. In...

NEW EDITION FEATURING IVERMECTIN: JUST RELEASED MARCH 1st, 2021 ICU specialist Dr. Pierre Kory told the US Senate and the world about the lifesaving, repurposed drug, Ivermectin, on December 8, 2021. He called it the solution to the Pandemic. Originally, FDA approved to treat parasites; Ivermectin has shown incredible effectiveness against COVID-19. Many people, including actor Louis Gossett Jr or grandmother Judith Smentkiewicz, report rapid turnarounds...

American men live sicker lives and die younger than American women. Why? Men are notorious for neglecting their health. They skip annual physicals. They eat too many unhealthy foods. They lack exercise and sufficient sleep. Until they become sick enough and are dragged into the doctor's office, it could be too late to treat whatever medical issue is diagnosed. But it doesn't have to be this way. Dr. David Samadi, a world-renowned urologist and prostate...