How to Survive a Stay in the Hospital Without Getting Killed is an easy-to-understand hospital-survival guide. This handbook explains what kinds of mistakes can and do happen in the hospital and how to prevent them from happening to you. It contains inside information and secrets as told by a nurse who has worked in various hospitals and healthcare facilities in different nursing departments, in two different states, and has "been there and done that." This book will teach...

When Lorrie Davis McDonald heard the words, She is better by 18 months. Perhaps I misdiagnosed her. She was elated! Those words were about her mother-in-law who had been correctly diagnosed with Alzheimers.With encouragement from the neurologist, Lorrie came up with a game plan to beat this dreaded disease. Read the incredible and often hilarious account of the journey she and her mother-in-law, Granny, went on. This book is part biography and part how-to guide. You will laugh, you...

Truth is quirkier than fiction in this romp through the history of one unforgettable town. Millions of tourists know Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as a charming Victorian village. Far fewer have heard these sixty too-crazy-to-make-up tales of colorful characters who have trodden its wildly uneven streets. Each story is narrated by a different Eureka Springs area resident, creating a magical listening experience!How did a skin rash lead to the tow...

Truth is quirkier than fiction in this romp through the history of one unforgettable town. Millions of tourists know Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as a charming Victorian village. Far fewer have heard these sixty too-crazy-to-make-up tales of colorful characters who have trodden its wildly uneven streets. Each story is narrated by a different Eureka Springs area resident, creating a magical listening experience!How did a skin rash lead to the tow...

Truth is quirkier than fiction in this romp through the history of one unforgettable town. Millions of tourists know Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as a charming Victorian village. Far fewer have heard these sixty too-crazy-to-make-up tales of colorful characters who have trodden its wildly uneven streets. Each story is narrated by a different Eureka Springs area resident, creating a magical listening experience!How did a skin rash lead to the tow...

Truth is quirkier than fiction in this romp through the history of one unforgettable town. Millions of tourists know Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as a charming Victorian village. Far fewer have heard these sixty too-crazy-to-make-up tales of colorful characters who have trodden its wildly uneven streets. Each story is narrated by a different Eureka Springs area resident, creating a magical listening experience!How did a skin rash lead to the tow...

WHEN THIS DOCTOR TALKS, YOU SHOULD LISTEN.Thousands of people make an early exit each year and arrive on medical examiner Jan Garavaglia’s table. What is particularly sad about this is that many of these deaths could easily have been prevented. Although Dr. Garavaglia, or Dr. G, as she’s known to many, could not tell these individuals how to avoid their fates, we can benefit from her experience and profound insight into the choices we make each day.In How Not to Die

Chicken Soup for the Soul joins forces with top doctors to give you the cutting-edge medical information you need and the positive inspiration to thrive. Each book features true stories from other patients plus information on diet, lifestyle adjustments, diagnosis, medical tests and procedures, along with care-giving and emotional issues from the medical sector's most informed experts.The best inspiration meets the best information…• Diagnostic Tools• Working with Yo...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Say Goodbye to Back Pain! is full of inspirational stories and practical medical information and advice. This new book with Harvard Medical School will help readers with back pain, whether it is occasional or chronic.Almost everyone experiences back pain at some point in their lives. Many people suffer far more than they need to and are looking for help. This book offers that help, combining inspiring and comforting Chicken Soup ...

A unique, must-have resource with medical information, practical tips, psychological insight, and coping strategies to help men help the women they love through the challenges of breast cancer“With a wonderful blend of empathy, humor, and information, Breast Cancer Husband is a buddy and an on-call support group for men who love women with breast cancer.”—Hester Hill Schnipper, oncology social worker and author of After Breast Cancer

Live Your Life with COPD 52 Weeks of Health, Happiness and Hope is your guide to living well with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Theres a lot to learn when youve got COPD Live Your Life will show you what you need to know and help you put it into practice. Each week youll discover something new: Information on breathing techniques, medications, exercise, oxygen, nutrition and more…as well as thoughtful perspectives, joyful inspiration and endless empowerment. Whether you were diagno...

Go behind the scenes of the OR in this "fact-filled, poignant, and funny" account by an anesthesiologist ( Booklist).Even patients who've spent time in the operating room don't really know much about them—thanks to the important work of anesthesiologists like Dr. Paul Whang. But here, he takes readers into the hospital and past the OR doors—fully alert.Combining personal stories with staff experiences, he reveals hidden truths about what goes on du...