Health

Gorgon's Blood
Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood
by Bill Hayes
The first drop stains the pale, clammy flesh. It's as if the skinned potato, not my sliced finger, is bleeding. Were the cut anywhere else on my body I'd have it under the faucet by now or washed with soap, yet I persist in sucking it.

White Rabbits
Bedside Manners: One Doctor's Reflections on the Oddly Intimate Encounters Between Patient and Healer
by David Watts, M.D.
Frank is in my waiting room, which means I'm going to be spending a lot of time chasing rabbits—little questions he brings on small crumples of paper that skitter around on my desk, issues he's researched on the Internet and gotten emotional about

Nutrient Robbery
The Side Effects Bible: The Dietary Solution to Unwanted Side Effects of Common Medications
by Frederic J. Vagnini, M.D., Barry Fox, Ph.D.
Sixty-five-year-old Hannah had been struggling with stiff and painful fingers for some time before she went to see her physician. The disturbing diagnosis was rheumatoid arthritis (RA), for which Hannah was given a drug named Naprosyn.

All about Sinusitis
The Sinus Cure: 7 Simple Steps to Relieve Sinusitis and Other Ear, Nose, and Throat Conditions
by Debra Fulghum Bruce
It's not unusual for those around you to think your sinus symptoms are in your head. After all, chances are that you look perfectly healthy. Outwardly no one around you can see the misery you feel. But you know differently.

So-How's Your Emotional Energy?
The Emotional Energy Factor: The Secrets High-Energy People Use to Beat Emotional Fatigue
by Mira Kirshenbaum
If you've been looking for more energy, you're not alone. Millions of people every day confess things like 'I wish I had more energy.' 'I just can't get started in the morning.' 'Thinking about the long busy day ahead makes me feel overwhelmed.'

The New Understanding: Most Heart Attacks Are Caused By Vulnerable Plaque and Inflammation
Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
by Ray Kurzweil, Terry Grossman, M.D.
Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women. About 68 million Americans have heart disease, and more than a million suffer heart attacks each year, 40 percent of them fatal. But there has been a recent revolution in our understanding of

You Can Live Long Enough To Live Forever
Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
by Ray Kurzweil, Terry Grossman, M.D.
Immortality is within our grasp. The knowledge exists, if aggressively applied, for you to slow aging and disease processes to such a degree that you can be in good health and good spirit when the more radical life-extending and life-enhancing technologie

Susie
Susie & Herman : A Story of Love and Caregiving
by L. B. Smith
Dementia-for many there is no disease is more tragic- there are no physical symptoms of this disease; no need for hospital stays, no need for intrusive chemical therapy ... the mind just slowly slips away.

Part 1
The 7 Systems of Balance: A Natural Prescription for Healthy Living in a Hectic World
by Paul J. Sorgi, M.D
If you're familiar with some of those dreary feelings that just won't go away-anger, confusion, frustration, tension and sadness-this breakthrough book is for you and those you love. These are some of the feelings we experience when we're out of balance

Health Is a Choice . . .
Never Be Sick Again: Health is a Choice, Learn How to Choose It
by Raymond Francis, M.Sc.
A life-threatening medical condition led Ray Francis, a chemist and graduate of MIT, to formulate a revolutionary theory of health and disease: there is only one disease, only two causes of disease, and six pathways to health and disease.

The Silent War
The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
by Michael Shnayerson, Mark J. Plotkin
Most mornings for Glenn Morris started with his daughters. Only after he loaded the three of them-aged fifteen, twelve, and nine-into his old Infiniti G20 and dropped them off at the carpool did he head in to the hospital.

Prologue
The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
by Michael Shnayerson, Mark J. Plotkin
A battle is taking place on the frontiers of medicine between rapidly evolving bacteria that threaten our health and the doctors who are struggling to outwit them. These bacteria are everywhere: in and on our bodies, in homes, schools, hospitals, crowded

What Is Autoimmunity?
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Autoimmune Disorders: The Revolutionary, Drug-Free Treatments for Thyroid Disease, Lupus, MS, IBD, Chronic Fatigue; Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Other Diseases
by Stephen B. Edelson, M.D., Deborah Mitchell
You're alone, walking down a dark alley late at night. You're feeling strong and confident; there's a spring in your step, and you're striding with determination. Suddenly, out of nowhere, you're attacked from behind. Immediately you burst into action.

Where Did Modern Medicine Go Wrong?
Water: For Health, for Healing, for Life: You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty!
by F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.
The greatest tragedy in medical history in my opinion is the assumption that dry mouth is the only sign of the body's water needs. Based on this mistaken assumption, modern medicine has made three other confounding mistakes that have cost society dearly.

Nine Times out of Ten
The Medical Bill Survival Guide : What You Need to Know Before You Pay a Dime
by Pat Palmer, Martha Ellis, Christopher Slone
More and more people like William Powell are learning that while our health care providers may be treating us well as patients, they're treating us horribly as customers. Reliable studies show that more than nine out of ten medical bills contain errors

Yes, It Can Happen to You
How to Save Your Own Life: The Eight Steps Only You Can Take to Manage and Control Your Health Care
by Marie Savard, M.D., Sondra Forsyth
As we have just seen, denial is a psychological coping mechanism which gives you a specious sense of well-being when you're confronted with actual symptoms, whether acute or persistent. But there's a cousin of denial which can also put your health

Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt
How to Save Your Own Life: The Eight Steps Only You Can Take to Manage and Control Your Health Care
by Marie Savard, M.D., Sondra Forsyth
Now that I've given you some common warning signs and encouraged you to heed them - along with any other symptoms you suspect spell trouble - I could technically end this chapter right here. But I know better.

Symptoms That Should Send You Straight To the Doctor
How to Save Your Own Life: The Eight Steps Only You Can Take to Manage and Control Your Health Care
by Marie Savard, M.D., Sondra Forsyth
Amen. Here's a list of eighteen symptoms that should send you straight to the doctor, plus a capsule look at what the best- and worst-case scenarios might be. Remember, there are often plenty of other possibilities, and other symptoms

Listen to Your Body
How to Save Your Own Life: The Eight Steps Only You Can Take to Manage and Control Your Health Care
by Marie Savard, M.D., Sondra Forsyth
First, however, you need to give yourself permission to home in on how you feel and get the message. Aches and pains, bleeding you can't explain, the sense that nothing tastes good anymore, tossing and turning all night - whatever doesn't seem quite right

Trusting Yourself as the Real Expert About Your Health
How to Save Your Own Life: The Eight Steps Only You Can Take to Manage and Control Your Health Care
by Marie Savard, M.D., Sondra Forsyth
The itching began in the middle of a humid summer night. Carol Watkins bolted upright in bed, flicked on the light, and checked for mosquito bites. She had spent the evening on the deck of her condo, sipping a margarita and talking nonstop