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Peachtree City, GA, U.S.A.: F C & A Publishing, 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 9th Revised Printing. THE BOOK OF 1001 HOME HEALTH REMEDIES is your answer book for your most important health questions. Developed by the editors of the Natural Healing Newsletter, this comprehensive self-help guide offers hundreds and hundreds of natural therapies and over-the-counter remedies that are safe, effective and economical. Gathered from the most . 426 pages..

New York, NY: Avon Books, 1993. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States, and this live-saving book helps women understand, avoid, and survive the disease. Vital information includes a profile of the high-risk woman, specific female considerations, including pregnancy, menopause and estrogen replacement therapy, stress, and how to avoid being labeled "hysterical" by your doctor, the good news about diet and exercise, and much more. Author Biography: Marianne J. Legato, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and Founder and Director of Partnership for Women's Health at Columbia University. Carol Colman is an award-winning medical writer. 252 pages..

Boise, ID, U.S.A.: Healthwise, Incorporated, 1992. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First Edition, 2nd Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 380 pages. The book includes: Your Role in Health Care.; Self Care for Health Problems.; Staying Healthy and Independent.; Caregiver's Guide.; Self Care Resources; and Includes: Choosing your Doctor, prevention and early detection, bones, muscles, joints, circulation, heart, lungs, digestive, urinary, thyroid, diabetes, nervous system. eyes, headaches, dental, mouth, skin, nails, .Top of spine, top edge and both outside coner tips of front cover slightly bumped..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1989. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A four-year-old is hit by a car. A child has two holes in her heart from a schoolyard shooting. A victim of parental abuse clings to life. These are just some of the patients the staff at Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., fights to save--in an astonishing eyewitness account. 269 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1990. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ina Yalof spent 10 years as a medical sociologist in a metropolitan hospital. Now, in the words of the people who worked there, she offers amazing accounts of what it is like to work at New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, one of America's busiest and best. 351 pages. Prev. owners name on Ffep. Some light rubbing on top & bottom & edges of spine and some places on outside edges. Spine is creased. A 1/2 dia. red circle on side of book..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperPerennial, 1998. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By embracing the idea that unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system -- that love heals -- Love, Medicine and Miracles can help patients find the courage to love, and the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery. Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day--patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery. "Run, don't walk, to the nearest bookstore and get this amazing book that explains how you can 'think' yourself sick or well.Every family should have a copy. It can be a lifesaver." --Ann Landers 242 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Co. 1990. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Here, in their own words, over 70 doctors - a third of them women - from all geographic areas, stages of practice, and types of specialties, open up their hearts and minds. In the tradition of Studs Terkel's works and mark Baker's best selling COPS, this dramatic account lets physicians speak anonymously (and therefore freely) to reveal a stunning truth about themselves and their profession. Sometimes shocking, sometimes inspiring, always humanizing, M.D. brings you a view of doctors you've never seen - and won't soon forget. 301 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author is executive director of the National Uterine Fibroids Foundation. Offers a provocative and comprehensive assessment of every available treatment options for the symptoms of uterine fibroids and the latest methods for dealing with the fibroids themselves. For consumers..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Basic Books, 1982. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition, 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries. A light 6" crease on front cover. 514 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1990. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Taking Heart is a moving first-person narrative about a medical miracle - and a dramatic voyage of the human spirit. Taking us into the operating room, inside his own body, and inside his heart and soul, A.C. Greene tells the remarkable story of his heart transplant operation. Taking Heart is more than a medical story - it is a v ivid drama of despair and hope, a testament to the strength of the human spirit. 222 pages..