Summaries of books about Chronic Illness Management:
The Interstitial Cystitis Solution
A Holistic Plan for Healing Painful Symptoms, Resolving Bladder and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, and Taking Back Your Life
Nicole Cozean|Jesse Cozean
The book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing interstitial cystitis (IC), offering evidence-based strategies for alleviating symptoms through diet, physical therapy, and stress management. It includes personalized treatment plans, exercises, and advice on navigating the emotional challenges associated with IC to improve overall quality of life.
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Master the Boards USMLE Step 3 7th Ed.
Conrad Fischer
The book provides a concise review of high-yield topics and critical information needed to pass the USMLE Step 3 exam, with an emphasis on clinical management and decision-making. It includes updated practice questions, clinical algorithms, and exam-like cases to help medical students and residents prepare effectively for the test.
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Marrow
A Love Story
Elizabeth Lesser
The memoir recounts the author's journey as she becomes a bone marrow donor for her sister, who is diagnosed with cancer. It explores themes of love, healing, and self-discovery as the sisters deepen their bond through the life-changing experience.
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Prediabetes For Dummies
Alan L. Rubin
The book provides an overview of prediabetes, including its causes, symptoms, and diagnostic criteria, and offers practical advice on managing the condition through lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise, and weight loss. It also discusses medical treatments and strategies for preventing the progression to type 2 diabetes.
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Ending Parkinson's Disease
A Prescription for Action
Michael S. Okun
The book provides an in-depth look at the rise of Parkinson's disease, examining its causes, the environmental factors that contribute to its spread, and the role of industrial chemicals. It offers a comprehensive plan for action, including policy changes, increased funding for research, and a call for a global public health campaign to prevent and ultimately end the disease.
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The Patient Will See You Now
The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands
Eric Topol
The book explores the shift in healthcare driven by digital technology, empowering patients with more control over their medical data and decisions. It discusses the impact of smartphones, sensors, and increased access to personal health information, predicting a democratization of medicine where individuals play a central role in managing their own health.
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The Pain Relief Secret
How to Retrain Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, and Overcome Chronic Pain
Sarah Warren
The book provides insights into the science of pain and the body's ability to heal itself through retraining the nervous system. It offers practical strategies and techniques for individuals to manage and overcome chronic pain by addressing its underlying causes and implementing holistic healing practices.
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The Undying
Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care
Anne Boyer
The book is a profound exploration of the author's experience with highly aggressive breast cancer, delving into the physical and emotional realities of the disease and its treatment. It critically examines the medical industry, the commodification of care, and the intersection of art and illness, while reflecting on broader themes of human vulnerability and mortality.
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Epic Measures
One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
Jeremy N. Smith
The book chronicles the work of Dr. Christopher Murray, a physician and health economist who developed the Global Burden of Disease, an innovative statistical approach to quantify the comparative magnitude of health loss due to diseases, injuries, and risk factors worldwide. It explores his journey to gather comprehensive health data, revealing the true causes of illness and death across the globe and the potential to transform public health.
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Too Much of a Good Thing
How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us
Lee Goldman
The book examines how traits that once ensured human survival, such as craving for food, propensity to store fat, the fight or flight response, and clotting of the blood, have become detrimental in modern society, leading to issues like obesity, diabetes, stress, and heart disease. It explores the evolutionary origins of these traits and discusses the challenges they pose to contemporary health, along with potential strategies for mitigating their harmful effects.
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