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Based on experiences of a New York City resident and Emergency Service Technician, Concrete Lifeguards is a book that tells us about the life of the men and women behind the uniform.

This volume is a telling of 29 years of caring for and about people who, but for the grace of God, could be me or my family. It is a telling of surviving and thriving in often difficult circumstances. Starting as a mental health worker in 1988, I received my registered nurse license in 1993 and continued as a psychiatric nurse until I ended compensated employment in 2017.

On the evening of 10 August 2017, liquid oxygen ran out at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College’s Nehru Hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Reportedly, over the next two days, more than 80 patients–63 children and 18 adults–lost their lives. In the intervening hours, Dr Kafeel Khan, the junior-most lecturer at the college’s paediatrics department, went to extraordinary lengths to secure oxygen cylinders, perform emergency treatment and rally the staff in order to prevent as many deaths as possible.

"Ich starre zum Himmel, balle meine Faust in der Hosentasche und würde vor Frust am liebsten laut schreien. So hatte ich das nicht geplant! Nein, so hatte ich das überhaupt gar nicht geplant! Was hier gerade mit meinem Leben passiert, das will ich nicht!" Diese Gedanken gingen Simone Heintze durch den Kopf, als sie zum vierten Mal in ihrem Leben die Nachricht zu hören bekam: "Sie haben Krebs." Viermal hat sie sich ins Leben zurückgekämpft. Dabei wurde in all diesen Jahren ihr Glaube, der sie seit ihrer Kindheit begleitet, ein immer stärkerer Halt.

In this intimate story of relationship resilience, marine biologist Beth Mathews’s adventurous life as a professor and mother in Alaska is upended when her healthy husband is slammed by a rare type of stroke. Jim’s radical approach to recovery clashes with Beth’s instinct to keep him safe at home and sets them on a collision course as he insists on ambitious sailing expeditions with Beth and their young son in Alaska’s magnificent yet unforgiving waters.

Set against the backdrop of a 10,230 foot climb up the winding, cloud-covered peak of Haleakala on the island of Maui, Hawaii, a husband, father, medical professional, and entrepreneur reflects on his own harrowing journey to both find and maintain a motivated and God-centered life through 50 years of perpetual hardship and personal failure.

"Fui tirando aos poucos a roupa bem devagar, enquanto ainda olhava para o espelho. E então me permiti chorar. Minhas mãos cobriram meu rosto e eu apoiei minhas costas nuas na parede fria de azulejos, deixando o desconforto gelado me abraçar ao me lembrar que ainda estava viva e fui escorregando até sentar no chão do banheiro. A água caía no chuveiro e minhas lágrimas lavavam a minha esperança. Chorava pela vida que queria ter. Pelos sonhos que não iria realizar. Pelos amores que não iria viver. Pelos filhos que não iria ter.

When classrooms and clinical rotations shut down in March 2020, medical school faculty, staff, and students craved connection, comfort, and guidance. Out of that need, the Kern Institute created a weekly newsletter, the Transformational Times, to gather and amplify the voices of those rushing to the front lines and of those who supported them. The nascent community shared its reactions over the summer to racial injustice, in the fall to the COVID-19 surges and the return to school, and in the winter and spring to the continued societal discord and slow adjustment to the new normal.

O diagnóstico de câncer de mama representou uma verdadeira guinada na vida da jornalista Daniella Zupo. Em 2015, quando estava no auge de uma carreira como apresentadora de TV, a descoberta fez com que ela, aos 42 anos, tivesse que se retirar do trabalho para se dedicar ao tratamento. Foi na escrita que Daniella encontrou o caminho para superar o medo e a angústia. O resultado é Amanhã hoje é ontem – Uma jornada espiritual na luta contra o câncer de mama, relato de como conseguiu enfrentar a doença ao conceber uma nova perspectiva sobre a vida.

I think everyone can relate to the physical evolution from childhood to adolescence, which Dr. Stallworth describes with humor and self-reflection. By the end of this audiobook, the listener has a measure of the distance traveled over the years. He shares the good, the bad, and the ugly. You can learn from it, and once you begin listening, it is hard to stop. This is Dr. Stallworth’s first book since retiring in 2017, after 45 years of medical practice as an anesthesiologist in Los Angeles. He has pursued his passion for writing since 2017.

Roy Barreras ha confrontado a la muerte de muchas maneras a lo largo de los años: primero como médico, profesión que ejerció durante más de dos décadas, y después como actor político, defendiendo la paz por encima de todo. Pero la batalla decisiva llegó cuando le diagnostica ron cáncer de colon y supo que debía luchar por su propia supervivencia.

Perfect for listeners moved by Between Two Kingdoms, this life-affirming memoir of a young woman's sudden autoimmune kidney failure reveals a resilient journey of chronic illness, unfailing love, and moving forward with joy.

“I am opposed to heart disease and cancer the way one is opposed to sin.” With that as her battle cry, health activist and philanthropist Mary Woodard Lasker had a singular goal: saving lives by increasing medical research. Together with her husband, advertising genius Albert, they created the Lasker Foundation, bestowing the Lasker Awards. But the real increase in medical research funding occurred when Mary discovered a revolutionary source: the federal government. “I’m just a catalytic agent,” she would insist, while she tirelessly lobbied Congress and presidents alike.

By turns somber and funny but above all provocative, Elizabeth Benedict’s Rewriting Illness: A View of My Own is a most unconventional memoir. With wisdom, self-effacing wit, and the storytelling skills of a seasoned novelist, she brings to life her cancer diagnosis and committed hypochondria.

Facing the prospect of a career-ending disability as she adjusts to life with multiple sclerosis, Dr. Lisa Doggett is forced to deal with a new level of uncertainty and vulnerability, and the everyday fear that something new will go wrong. Taking off her white coat—becoming a patient herself—she confronts unimaginable fears, copes with her limitations, and sidesteps her skepticism of alternative medicine to seek help from unlikely sources. MS pushes Doggett—a perfectionist at heart—to embrace self-compassion.

Craig Thayer’s destiny was mapped before he was even born. Saved is the story of a man who learned to see the sum of his parts and follow them like stepping stones throughout a miraculous life. Being put up for adoption at birth and finding his family at nine months was just the start of his unorthodox journey.

In this memoir collection, retired veterinarian James Kenyon recalls his days in veterinary practice. From heartwarming to heartbreaking and everything in between, Kenyon writes of his care for beloved family pets, livestock, and their human caretakers. His memories illustrate a true devotion and love for veterinary work, as well as a passion for people and local history.

In the last half of the twentieth century, Don Thomas discovered a cure for every marrow-based disease—like leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle-cell anemia—forever changing treatment for some of the deadliest illnesses. His feats were extraordinary, earning him a Nobel Prize, and the cascade of treatments he inspired have reshaped and will continue to reshape the practice of clinical medicine. Yet no one has ever written Thomas’s courageous story.Dr. Frederick R. Appelbaum, a member of Thomas’s research team, does so for the first time.

There Are No Answers Here, Only Questions is the true story of two life-altering events and the personal transformation that resulted from their unlikely collision. It's the story of an owner preparing to sell his business and retire just as he is diagnosed with cancer.

El Dr. César Velasco Téllez es un exitoso Psiquiatra, Terapeuta Sexual y de Pareja mexicano, con más de 30 años de experiencia en la atención de pacientes con trastornos de salud mental, disfunciones sexual y problemas de pareja.