American Medicine

Healthcare is no longer just a public issue; for millions of Americans it is now a crisis on their own doorstep. Cost of medical care today are a leading cause of personal bankruptcy. Although policy makers have weighed in on all sides, in this book, best-selling author Andrew Weil, M.D., identifies the root of the problem.

In this short audiobook, R.W. Murphy makes the argument that the US healthcare delivery system is irreparably broken as the result of a perfectly inelastic demand curve for healthcare goods and services. In essence, he indicates that Americans will buy the same number of units regardless of price and that is destroying the system. He points to all the retail level cost control initiatives to date as failing to address wholesale pricing pressures. His premise is that underlying wholesale cost increases have hardly been affected at all.

Manifest Love contains 250 affirmations to help radically transform your most important relationships, which are addressed in five parts: self, family, friends, dating, and partner. Each affirmation was carefully crafted to evoke the wisdom of an ancestral proverb, with subtle references to icons and hallmarks of Black culture throughout, along with acknowledgment of the generational traumas that so many of us carry.

In Open Your Eyes: A Prescription for Change in American Health Care, Dr. Eduardo Balbona shares his expert advice on how U.S. health care can be improved from its current state, in which both patients and doctors are unable to thrive. Gleaned from his more than 30 years of practicing medicine, Balbona’s text illustrates how our ideas on medical care have developed, and ultimately at what cost.

The ancient secrets of the philosopher's stone and physical immortality are revealed by a former Benedictine monk. Using the pen name "American Priest" the process of becoming immortal is described as concisely as possible. Drawing from personal experience, this brief handbook is the synthesis of a lifetime of research and practice.