The Placebo Chronicles

Author : Douglas Farrago, M.D.
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-08
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780307489593

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The Placebo Chronicles by Douglas Farrago, M.D. Pdf

True Tales of the ridiculous, the silly, and the just plain weird cases doctors face—lampooning the medical bureaucracy that makes practicing medicine and getting medical care such a headache. Doctors have a sick sense of humor. This is the deep, dark, and hilarious secret of the medical profession revealed by the irreverent Dr. Douglas Farrago in his popular satirical magazine, Placebo Journal—affectionately known by its thousands of fanatic readers as “Mad magazine for doctors” and called, by U.S. News.com, “raunchy, adolescent, and very funny.” Now, in The Placebo Chronicles, Dr. Farrago has compiled the best of the most outrageous and uproarious true stories to come out of the ERs and examination rooms of doctors all over the country. Submitted by actual physicians, these are the stories they tell each other at cocktail parties and in doctors’ lounges, trading sidesplitting and truly unusual tales of their most embarrassing medical moments, the grossest things they’ve ever seen in medicine, their favorite Munchausen patients, and much more, including “The X-Ray Files”—mind-boggling anecdotes and images of the oddest foreign objects doctors have removed from patients. Not for the faint of heart, the humor in The Placebo Chronicles is brutally funny—just what the doctor ordered to guard against the ill effects of an M.D.’s worst enemies: the Medical Axis of Evil, a.k.a. drug companies, HMOs, and malpractice insurers. Fully illustrated with fake advertisements—for pseudopharmaceuticals like OxyCotton Candy and Indifferex (the mediocre antidepressant)—this refreshingly honest collection invites doctors and patients alike to share the laughter, a liberal dose of the very best medicine.

Author : Melanie Thernstrom
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781429979450

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The Pain Chronicles by Melanie Thernstrom Pdf

Each of us will know physical pain in our lives, but none of us knows when it will come or how long it will stay. Today as much as 10 percent of the population of the United States suffers from chronic pain. It is more widespread, misdiagnosed, and undertreated than any major disease. While recent research has shown that pain produces pathological changes to the brain and spinal cord, many doctors and patients still labor under misguided cultural notions and outdated scientific dogmas that prevent proper treatment, to devastating effect. In The Pain Chronicles, a singular and deeply humane work, Melanie Thernstrom traces conceptions of pain throughout the ages—from ancient Babylonian pain-banishing spells to modern brain imaging—to reveal the elusive, mysterious nature of pain itself. Interweaving first-person reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, incisive reportage from leading-edge pain clinics and medical research, and insights from a wide range of disciplines—science, history, religion, philosophy, anthropology, literature, and art—Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we imagine nor as helpless as we may fear. Both a personal meditation and an intellectual exploration, The Pain Chronicles illuminates and makes sense of the all-too-human experience of pain—and confronts with extraordinary grace and empathy its peculiar traits, its harrowing effects, and its various antidotes.

Author : David Rotenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476746913

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The Placebo Effect by David Rotenberg Pdf

In this first action-packed novel in The Junction Chronicles, professor and acting coach Decker Roberts has the dangerous gift of detecting the truth—that turns into deadly curse. For years Decker’s rare sensory ability to discern the truth proved to be a lucrative sideline to his acting teaching. Only his closest friends know, and he keeps his "synesthete" identity secret from the companies that pay him to tell them if the people they are planning to hire are truthful. But Decker’s carefully compartmentalized life starts to fall apart. His house burns down, his credit cards are cancelled, his bank loan is called and his studio is condemned. He realizes that he must have heard something in one of his truth-telling sessions that someone didn’t want him to know. Decker has to go on the run and figure out why he’s been targeted. There’s also a government agent hunting him who seems to know absolutely everything about Decker Roberts’ identities, real and false—and other people of “his kind.” How will Decker find out which truth was endangering his life? Who betrayed him and revealed all his secrets? Decker needs to find answers quickly, before knowing the truth turns from a gift into a deadly curse.

Author : ELIZABETH HIGHLAND
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491899649

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The Chronicles of Elizabeth Highland by ELIZABETH HIGHLAND Pdf

The Journey Continues is Elizabeth Highlands second novel, her sequel to Life, Love, Soul Mate. Elizabeth Highland and Timothy Blumefield what does the universe have in store for them? In this story of fate, timing, and destiny, Elizabeth and Timothys roller-coaster cyberspace romance carries on much to the surprise and delight of Elizabeth. Timothy is aware that Elizabeth is writing their story to share with the world and gives his total support. He confides he would be most flattered to be romantically linked to her and slowly provokes her into writing Volume II. That was all the inspiration Elizabeth needed. She shares her story of how she became a published author, winding up in New York pitching to Hollywood executives. In this humorous portrayal of lovers, their relationship deepens by leaps and bounds and leads Elizabeth to Istanbul, Jerusalem, and Jordan, where she rides camels in the desert in her ongoing quest for spiritual guidance and inner peace. The Chronicles of Elizabeth Highland: The Journey Continues is a hilarious, romantic comedy of awakening consciousness that defies the laws of time.

Author : Catherine Aird
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504055802

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The Calleshire Chronicles Volume Five by Catherine Aird Pdf

A must-have collection of British whodunits featuring Detective Inspector Sloan—from a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and “most ingenious” author (The New Yorker). Over the course of twenty-four crime novels set in the fictional County of Calleshire, England, and featuring the sleuthing team of shrewd Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan and his less-than-shrewd sidekick, Detective Constable William Crosby, award-winning author Catherine Aird maintained the perfect balance between cozy village mystery and police procedural. These entertaining puzzlers offer “the very best in British mystery” (The New Yorker). The Body Politic: A British-based mineral company finds itself in hot water when one of its engineers kills a pedestrian while driving in a foreign country. The engineer is whisked back to Calleshire, but the foreign government is threatening to strip the mining company of its most valuable contract. When the engineer dies suddenly in a war reenactment, it seems a little too convenient a solution. Enter Detective Inspector Sloan. A Going Concern: In this “intricate, witty and thoroughly delightful” mystery, a bizarre clause in an elderly woman’s will that the police must be present at her funeral and the coroner should be exceptionally thorough exposes a dirty secret—and a murder for Sloan to solve (Publishers Weekly). After Effects: Dozens of elderly patients suffering from heart disease have been “gently pushed” toward taking part in a double-blind drug trial from a powerful pharmaceutical company. Now there’s been a string of eerily similar deaths. Malpractice or foul play? When the doctor in charge is found dead as well, it’s up to Sloan to see who really needs to be brought to trial. Injury Time: These sixteen “clever” short stories feature mysteries solved by Detective Inspector Sloan as well as Henry Tyler of the Foreign Office, and “serve as an excellent introduction to new readers and . . . a sure delight to fans” (Publishers Weekly).

Author : Dr. Allen R. Remaley
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-26
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781728378930

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The Marilyn Chronicles: One Man's Effort to Become a More-Understanding Dementia Care Giver for His Wife by Dr. Allen R. Remaley Pdf

The Marilyn Chronicles was written for one single person, the love of my life. She, this woman whom I married sixty-three years ago, is now suffering from late-stage dementia, and I am her care giver. In an effort to better understand the disease and what it is doing to my wife, I have researched, documented and built in advice to anyone who might become involved in the preservation of dignity and passion which remains in the mind of the person afflicted with the disease. The portrayal of the inevitable march toward finality is a literary approach done as a tender tribute to a remarkable woman, and its message serves as a beacon to those who want to understand and care for the person afflicted with the insidious disease called dementia. This book is my love story.

Author : Sara Ellington,Stephanie Triplett
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781401937379

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The Mommy Chronicles by Sara Ellington,Stephanie Triplett Pdf

When girlfriends Stephanie Triplett and Sara Ellington realized that they were both pregnant and their babies were due just weeks apart, they began e-mailing each other constantly. Throughout their individual journeys, both women discovered many aspects of pregnancy, childbirth, and especially motherhood that no one ever seemed to talk about. Stephanie and Sara had both read every book on these subjects they could find so why weren’t they prepared for the roller-coaster ride they were about to embark on? Why hadn’t anyone ever given then the real truth about being a Mommy before?! The Mommy Chronicles is a warm, candid, and sometimes irreverent view into the lives and emotions of these two new mothers. In intimate and often hilarious detail, the authors share their own diverse-and universal-experiences as they progress from being pregnant…to being parents. Listen in on their conversations as they laugh, cry, rage, and celebrate. Labor and delivery, postpartum depression, career choices, daycare dilemmas, husbands who don't get it - it's all here, presented in an entertaining, easy-to-read format.

Author : Joseph Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MSU:31293201351008

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The Chronicles of John and Richard of Hexham by Joseph Stevenson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : YALE:39002008169238

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The Church Historians of England: pt. 1. The chronicles of John and Richard of Hexham. The chronicle of Holyrood. The chronicle of Melrose. Jordan Fantosme's chronicle. Documents respecting Canterbury and Winchester by Anonim Pdf

Author : Neil Baum,Gretchen Henkel
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780763769833

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Marketing Your Clinical Practice by Neil Baum,Gretchen Henkel Pdf

This essential resource provides readers with the plans and real examples to market and grow a successful practice. The guide is filled with practical marketing tips and strategies based around the five components of a successful practice.

Author : Dr. Joe Dispenza
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781401944599

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You Are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza Pdf

Is it possible to heal by thought alone—without drugs or surgery? The truth is that it happens more often than you might expect. In You Are the Placebo, best-selling author, international speaker, chiropractor, and renowned researcher of epigenetics, quantum physics, & neuroscience, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares numerous documented cases of those who reversed cancer, heart disease, depression, crippling arthritis, and even the tremors of Parkinson’s disease by believing in a placebo. Similarly, Dr. Joe tells of how others have gotten sick and even died the victims of a hex or voodoo curse—or after being misdiagnosed with a fatal illness. Belief can be so strong that pharmaceutical companies use double- and triple-blind randomized studies to try to exclude the power of the mind over the body when evaluating new drugs. “In his paradigm-altering book, You Are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza catapults us beyond thinking of the placebo effect as an anomaly. Through 12 concise chapters that read like a true-life scientific thriller, Dispenza gives us rock-solid reasons to accept the game-changer of our lives: that the placebo effect is actually us, proving to ourselves the greatest possibilities of healing, miracles, and longevity! I love this book and look forward to a world where the secret of the placebo is the foundation of everyday life.” — Gregg Braden, New York Times best-selling author of Deep Truth and The Divine Matrix Chapters Include: Foreward by Dawson Church, Ph.D. Part I. Is It Possible? A Brief History of the Placebo The Placebo Effect in the Brain The Placebo Effect in the Body How Thoughts Change the Brain and the Body Suggestibility Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceptions The Quantum Mind Three Stories of Personal Transformation Information to Transformation: Proof That You Are the Placebo Part II: Transformation Meditation Preparation Changing Beliefs and Perceptions Meditation Becoming Supernatural Dr. Joe does more than simply explore the history and the physiology of the placebo effect. He asks the question: "Is it possible to teach the principles of the placebo, and without relying on any external substance, produce the same internal changes in a person’s health and ultimately in his or her life?" Then he shares scientific evidence (including color brain scans) of amazing healings from his workshops, in which participants learn his consciousness shifting model of personal transformation, based on practical applications of the so-called placebo effect. The book ends with a "how-to" calming meditation for changing limiting beliefs and mental perceptions that hold us back—the first step in healing. You Are the Placebo combines the latest research in neuroscience, biology, psychology, hypnosis, behavioral conditioning, and quantum physics to demystify the workings of the placebo effect . . . and show how the seemingly impossible can become possible. “I discovered that if I could teach people the scientific model of transformation (bringing in a little quantum physics to help them understand the science of possibility); combine it with the latest information in neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, epigenetics, and psychoneuroimmunology; give them the right kind of instruction; and provide the opportunity to apply that information, then they would experience a transformation... This book is about: empowering you to realize that you have all the biological and neurological machinery to do exactly that. My goal is to demystify these concepts with the new science of the way things really are so that it is within the reach of more people to change their internal states in order to create positive changes in their health and in their external world.” — Dr. Joe Dispenza

Author : Gairdner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00076200

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Three Fifteenth-century Chronicles by Gairdner Pdf

Author : Joseph Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : MSU:31293006439917

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The Chronicle of Fabius Ethelwerd by Joseph Stevenson Pdf

Author : David Rotenberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476717227

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The Glass House by David Rotenberg Pdf

When Decker's estranged son, Seth, is kidnapped, it sets in motion a mysterious and unstoppable chain of events. Seth is the key to everyone's plans. His inherited "gifts" are more powerful than his father's, and there are some who will do anything to control them.

Author : Bob Zebroski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317413332

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A Brief History of Pharmacy by Bob Zebroski Pdf

Pharmacy has become an integral part of our lives. Nearly half of all 300 million Americans take at least one prescription drug daily, accounting for $250 billion per year in sales in the US alone. And this number doesn't even include the over-the-counter medications or health aids that are taken. How did this practice become such an essential part of our lives and our health? A Brief History of Pharmacy: Humanity's Search for Wellness aims to answer that question. As this short overview of the practice shows, the search for well-being through the ingestion or application of natural products and artificially derived compounds is as old as humanity itself. From the Mesopotamians to the corner drug store, Bob Zebroski describes how treatments were sought, highlights some of the main victories of each time period, and shows how we came to be people who rely on drugs to feel better, to live longer, and look younger. This accessible survey of pharmaceutical history is essential reading for all students of pharmacy.