Sick Care

Small Stories With Big Hearts Pulling from her 30+ years of hospital ministry, Maryann Miller brings readers a book that celebrates the patients who blessed her life so abundantly by allowing her to share in their grief journeys. Filled with anecdotes and testimonials about illness and death and dying, as well as joys and living, it is also very much a memoir of her personal growth through ministry and how that growth impacted her own path through grief.

In the mid-15th century, a new “febrile” disease of an entirely unknown cause struck again in Britain in a series of erratically paced and lethal outbreaks between 1485 and 1551. Confined almost entirely to England, the new and unfamiliar wave of illness paled before the statistical destruction caused by the Black Death. However, what came to be known as the “English sweating sickness” reappeared through the decades in a stunning display of unpredictable timing and terrifying symptoms.

In Sick Skin, we embark on a comprehensive exploration of the skincare industrial complex, also known as The SIC. We uncover its strategies, expose its fallacies, and even shed light on some of its advantages. You will liberate yourself from the grasp of the SIC matrix and perceive the industry for what it truly is.

What pharmaceutical companies don't want you to know about modern medicine.... It seems like every time we turn around, there is a new "wonder drug" on the market. We've become conditioned to ignore the lengthy list of side effects at the end of medication ads. Why then, are people still suffering from the pains and illnesses these medications claim to fix? We'd like to think medicine and greed cannot coexist, but we have all had to pay for exorbitantly priced treatments that cost corporations a few pennies to make.

As anyone with a chronic illness knows, hope can sometimes be hard to come by. For parents and caregivers of children with serious illness, there can be a real struggle to move beyond one's own grief, fear, and suffering to see what hope means for these kids.

In the 1970s, a small group of leading psychiatrists met behind closed doors and literally rewrote the book on their profession. Revising and greatly expanding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM for short), they turned what had been a thin, spiral-bound handbook into a hefty tome. Almost overnight the number of diagnoses exploded. The result was a windfall for the pharmaceutical industry and a massive conflict of interest for psychiatry at large.

Symptoms to Watch for in Your Dog is an award-winning guide to help you better understand what your dog is telling you about their health and how to best advocate for them. Learn how to see and how to think about changes in your dog’s appearance, habits, and behavior. Some signs that might not trigger your concern can be important indicators that your dog needs to see a veterinarian right away. Other symptoms, while hard to miss, such as diarrhea, vomiting, or limping, are easy to spot but can have a laundry list of potential causes, some of them serious or even life-threatening. Symptoms...

For as long as writer Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn't know why. All of her trips to the ER and her anguish, pain, and lethargy only ever resulted in one question: How could any one person be this sick? Several drug addictions, three major hospitalizations, and over $100,000 later, she finally had a diagnosis: late-stage Lyme disease. Sick is Khakpour's arduous, emotional journey - as a woman, a writer, and a lifelong sufferer of undiagnosed health problems - through the chronic illness that left her a victim of anxiety....

Sick Business is a clarion call for reform and change. A gripping expose, in the end the book equips you with some real answers and the tough questions you need to ask when your family's health—and perhaps your own—is at stake.

Living in a small town has quite a few perks - everyone is looking out for you... but everyone knows everything about you, too. Putting my studies on hold is a no-brainer when Grandma was diagnosed with dementia. She raised me alone and this is the least I can do for her. Finding Mr. Right was the last thing on my mind. Until I met Dr. Ethan Carter - our small town's most eligible bachelor. I am at a loss on how to get closer to Ethan. Thank God for my furbaby Max. Everyone at the hospital adores him, Ethan included. What we have is worth pursuing. The connection we have is unlike anything ...

Does your dog get car sick? Have you had trouble getting them over it? We had the same problem! For over two years, Rach (pronounced Rock), my dog, got severely car sick beginning from the moment he came to live with me at 14 weeks. I tried everything, just as I suspect you did! One day, I decided I was getting him over this. It was no way for an awesome dog to live! So I stopped all car travel and created a plan, an extensive plan. This book shares exactly how we got Rach over his car sickness, step by step.

I want to teach you a song — one which in the long ago echoed o’er the Galilean hills. I am sure you will try to keep time to its music, for it must strike a responsive chord in your heart. It is not a battle-hymn, though it may nerve one for battle. It is not a song of victory, though in it is assurance of victory. Its refrain is, “Rest, rest, rest.” ’Tis a song they sing beside the crystal sea in the heaven-land, and there is not a false note in its cadence as they sing it there. It is a true answer to the hearths cry, “Oh, where shall rest be found?” It tells of lifted ...

We know the causes of death and disease among women all over the world. We have the funding and commitment from governments and philanthropists to tackle it. So why are women still dying when they don't have to? In this essential, accessible book, Professor Sophie Harman argues that women's health is being caught in the crossfires of global politics - and gives us a roadmap for how we might stop it.

The United States has the most expensive healthcare system in the world. While policy makers have argued over who is at fault for this, the system has been quietly moving toward high-deductible insurance plans that require patients to pay large amounts out of pocket before insurance kicks in. The idea behind this shift is that patients will become better consumers of healthcare when forced to pay for their medical expenses.

Daniel Ash wakes after midnight to the cry of his daughter. Just a bad dream, he thinks. She's had them before. Yet he can't help but worry when she cries out again as he pads down the hallway. Stepping through her doorway, he expects to find her sitting up in bed, frightened by a nightmare. But the nightmare is his. It's real. And it's just beginning....

Brian and his friends are not part of the cool crowd. They're the misfits and the troublemakers - the ones who jump their high school's fence to skip class regularly. So when a deadly virus breaks out, they're the only ones with a chance of surviving. The virus turns Brian's classmates and teachers into bloodthirsty attackers who don't die easily. The whole school goes on lockdown, but Brian and his best friend, Chad, are safe (and stuck) in the theater department.

For the first time in a thousand years, Americans are experiencing a reversal in lifespan. Despite living in one of the safest and most secure eras in human history, one in five adults suffers from anxiety as does one-third of adolescents. Nearly half of the US population is overweight or obese and one-third of Americans suffer from chronic pain - the highest level in the world.

Years ago, an evil wind did blow through my hometown of London, Ontario, culminating in a series of grisly murders...the suspect remains unknown.... Sick is a brutally honest account of childhood abuse and how I uncovered several connections between my father and the tissue killings.

Visit the Emergency Room Less and Bid All Your Worries Goodbye With This Healthy Baby Book That Will Give You the Confidence to Expertly Navigate Your Newborn’s First Year of Life! Are you a first-time mom feeling overwhelmed by the amount of information surrounding your newborn's health? Does the slightest cough or sneeze send you into a panic? There’s no doubt that you only want what’s best for your baby, but it can be hard to know what you should and shouldn’t be doing for your baby. Don’t worry! This comprehensive guide is here to simplify the journey of motherhood by guiding ...

It’s the time of the Midnight Sun, and out in the Chukchi Sea, northwest of Alaska, the Agloolik is on its maiden voyage. Glacial Petroleum’s state of the art drillship heads out to waters that were once solid pack ice. Now with global temperatures rising and the ice receding, a whole new territory opens up for oil exploration. One of the core samples comes up withsomething that has been dormant for eons. Something black andrank. Something foul. Something sick.