Health & Fitness, Diseases & Conditions
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Discovering the Positives
A Woman's Journey through Triple Negative Breast Cancer by Rhiannon Huzarewich
Discovering the Positives: A Woman’s Journey through Triple Negative Breast Cancer is a powerful memoir of resilience, hope, and self-discovery. Hearing a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and scary. Diagnosed with it in...
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The Crow Jacket
Navigating the Challenges of Dementia by Marian Heemskerk
Dementia presents a complex and uncertain journey, leaving both the diagnosed individual and their loved ones questioning what lies ahead. How can one prepare? What steps can family and caregivers take to cope? In this poignant and timely book,...
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Leaving La-La Land
Escape to Reality by Robert K. Bosscha
Rob is working on renovating his condo when his life is turned upside down. One fateful day, his contractor hears him collapse from the other room. When Rob awakens in the hospital, little does he know, his life—and brain—have changed forever . ....
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Rise: Living Life Over Cancer
Inspiring Hope & Defying Limits by Betty Jean Aucoin
Am I going to die? This is the first question Betty Jean Aucoin asks when diagnosed with recurrent stage IV breast cancer. No, her doctors tell her. But your journey ahead will be one without a cure at this time. Over the past twenty-five years,...
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She's Still My Mom
Navigating Your Loved One's Journey with Alzheimer's by Laura K. Doan
Memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s—diagnoses that generate anxiety, fear, worry, and a host of other crippling emotions. These diseases are widespread, and the numbers of afflicted are escalating at an ever-increasing pace. It is not an...
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Michael's Memories
A Journey of Hope, Healing, Awareness, and Resilience. Includes "Care partner's guide, practical insights and toolkit for Ageing and Living Well with Dementia”. by Dr. Agnes Chinelo
Living with or supporting someone with dementia is a profoundly personal and emotional journey, as author Agnes Chinelo knows well, and it is essential to have good advice and support along the way. Written from the dual perspective of being a...
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Love Always
My Wife’s Courageous Battle Against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by John Charles Corrigan
It started with a worrisome lump in Donna’s neck. It was May 2017. At the time, John and Donna Corrigan were looking forward to the publication of John’s debut non-fiction title about the Red Knight. John had spent twenty-four years doing...
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I'm Not Crazy, I'm Celiac
Gluten-Free/Low-Fodmap Cookbook by Lynda Board
After receiving a celiac disease diagnosis in her late thirties, author Lynda Board knows the difficulties of implementing a celiac-safe, reliable, gluten-free diet. People who don’t understand celiac disease thought she was crazy when eating out...
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Laughter, Learning and Gratitude on a Journey with Alzheimer's
by Marlene Loney
This is a book about Alzheimer’s that is funny, positive and heartfelt. The author Marlene Loney documented the twelve year journey with her mother in short stories and ultimately reframed the tragedy of Alzheimer’s into a positive life changing...
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Delegate and Disappear
Invisible Wounds and Mefloquine-Messed Minds by Bruce Given
Overlapping with and compounding the impacts of post-traumatic stress disorder, mefloquine toxicity is a condition caused by anti-malarial drugs once routinely used in the Canadian Armed Forces—issued and ordered to be taken by tens of thousands...
