Health Wars

Shut the hatches. It's time to roll out. You'll find yourself behind enemy lines with Clarence Smoyer and the 3rd Armored Division, the workhorse unit know as "Spearhead", the best in the tank armor ranks. You'll feel as if you are right beside Clarence and his fellow crew members - all formerly strangers from across America who have now become family to each other. You will be jarred by enemy fire, and then explore the other side, stepping into the boots of German tanker soldier, Gustav Schaefer, and his crew.

A question plagued Dwayne's very mind as he went from living his dreams of being a professional athlete, to fighting against the thoughts of death, homelessness, and a social disparity stemming from a different cultural upbringing in a cold and unknown foreign country. Follow this journey filled with joy, laughter, sadness and the thoughts that no man ever wants to say out loud as he sheds a light on the stigma of males with depression and the fight to still have a normal life.

In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (1912-1993) boarded the St. Elena in New York Harbor and sailed for Casablanca as part of Operation Torch, the massive Allied invasion of North Africa. As a member of the US Army's 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, he spent the next 34 months working in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, in close proximity to the front lines and often under air or artillery bombardment. He was uncomfortable, struck by the sorrows of war, and homesick for his wife.

Another instalment of the anarchic diaries of 11-year-old Alistair Fury and his quest for justice for younger brothers. This time he's desperate to impress Giselle, his older brother's glamorous French exchange partner.

As a Marine Corps Special Forces Combat doc fighting to save lives while dealing with mass casualty events and incoming rockets, to owning a busy medical clinic in the USA fighting to provide quality medical care while dealing with ill advised government regulations, excessive profit driven policies by insurance companies, and price gouging by “big pharma”, Dr. Anderson has unique insight into what healthcare has become and what that costs each of us as patients. Dr. Anderson presents his prescription and a “call to action” to cure what ails our current healthcare system.

What does it feel like to have OCD? This is the question at the heart of Gregory Gene Conrad's memoir. This first-hand account offers a brief, but powerful, glimpse of one man's journey inside the world of OCD. More importantly, it contains his day-in and day-out struggles to battle this oppressive monster, regain his freedom, and take control of his life. It is a tale of victory and defeat. It is a tale of endurance and survival.

Against a global backdrop of wartime suffering and postwar hope, Borrowing Life gathers the personal histories of the men and women behind the team that enabled and performed the modern medical miracle of the world's first successful organ transplant.

Train your mind, and keep your brain young and healthy! Would you like to discover the secret to reshaping your brain to keep it young? Would you like to implement practical exercises and techniques to make your mind "young", and improve your performance? Would you like to increase and develop your mental skills? Build a Better Brain at Any Age was created to help you!

If you've ever experienced your life and the world out of control, understand why, and take control.

Formed at Camp Breckenridge, the 95th Evac arrived in Casablanca in April 1943, with 7,000 troops, 30 doctors, and 40 nurses. Hospital at War is the story of the 95th Evac Hospital as told by Zachary Friedenberg, a young surgeon at the time, fresh out of his internship. He tells the story of how the men and women of the 95th survived the war. He describes how they solved problems and learned to treat the war-wounded in the extreme heat of North Africa and during the frigid winters of the Rhineland.

Hier geht’s ums Älterwerden. Aber keine Angst: Sie sind nicht allein! Ohne ein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen spricht Kai Wiesinger über alles, was einen Mann in der Mitte des Lebens überrollt. Mal ehrlich: Haben Sie die Schriftgröße Ihres Handys schon geändert? Das ist erst der harmlose Einstieg in den sicheren Abstieg. Plötzlich stellen sich ganz neue Fragen: Wie geht es eigentlich meiner Prostata? Soll ich mir die Haare färben, und wie fühlt sich eine Darmspiegelung an? Schlafen wir nur noch aus Gewohnheit nebeneinander, und wie sinnvoll ist eine Paartherapie.

In, The War Against the Virus: The Ultimate Collection of Tips and Tricks to Help You Thrive During COVID-19 Pandemic, author Dr. Rich Murphy takes us on a detailed journey to understanding our new normal with COVID-19. As a long time survivalist, he brings over forty-five years of experience as an Army Officer and Engineer to his own war - a war against a virus. Reviewing the historical connections to similar mass epidemics, we learn how a virus is able to be spread so rapidly around the world, starting with its origin.

Imagine being 15 years old, facing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on US soil: the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1863, this is exactly what happened to Tillie Pierce, a normal teenager who became an unlikely heroine of the Civil War (1861-1865). Tillie and other women and girls like her found themselves trapped during this critical three-day battle in Southern Pennsylvania.

Military sexual trauma impacts thousands of both female and male United States service members every year. In the last decade, those numbers have been recorded and they are on the rise. This book is just one story from one female and her journey from her experience in the military and years of struggle before she found hope and healing.

Du bist untergewichtig und möchtest gerne Gewicht zunehmen? Du hast schon einiges ausprobiert, aber nichts hat so wirklich funktioniert? Dann ist dieses Buch genau das Richtige für Dich! Obwohl wir in einer Gesellschaft voll Überfluss leben und sich das Übergewicht immer weiter verbreitet, gibt es auch viele Menschen, die unter genau gegenteiligem Aspekt leiden - dem Untergewicht! Das Untergewicht zu besiegen, ist in den meisten Fällen kein Hexenwerk und die Ursachenherde lassen sich auf wenige Bereiche eingrenzen.

La lucha diaria contra todo tipo de gente nefasta que entra a nuestra vida. Parejas, jefes, compañeros de trabajo, personas tóxicas que detectan nuestra nobleza como tiburones a la sangre. Personas que aprovecharán su nobleza y vivirán parasitando de su éxito y de su trabajo, a menos que usted les ponga un alto.

Leiden Sie an Schlafstörungen? Möchten Sie Grübelzwänge vor dem Einschlafen abschalten? Möchten Sie endlich wieder tief und erholsam schlafen? Besonders Menschen mit wechselnden Tag-Nachtrhythmen (z.B. Schichtarbeiter, Piloten, Nachtschwestern) und Menschen die häufig beruflich in Hotels übernachten, haben es schwer ein- und durchzuschlafen.

Venereal diseases exploded into an epidemic in World War II. This endangered the health and safety of our nation and our troops. In many recountings of this war, the fight against VD is not included, but it was a battle worth highlighting. Historically, infected women were blamed and jailed with or without treatment. During this time, hospital camps were set up on a national scale for women to be sequestered for treatment. Dr. George Smullen, my father, worked in two Florida Rapid Treatment Camps, and I am sharing some of my family's experiences when we lived there.

Connor's grandmother leaves his dad a letter when she dies, and the letter's confession shakes their tight-knit Italian American family: The man who raised Dad is not his birth father. But the only clues to this birth father's identity are a class ring and a pair of pilot's wings. And so Connor takes it upon himself to investigate - a pursuit that becomes even more pressing when Dad is hospitalized after a stroke. What Connor discovers will lead him and his father to a new, richer understanding of race, identity, and each other.

Are you suffering from being anxious at times or do you have a loved one who does? Do you want to get out from that situation? Do you want to live a peaceful and happy life without feeling anxious? This book is for everyone living with anxiety - whether you are currently in therapy, hesitant to start, or do not yet have the resources to receive help. While this book is not intended to replace a therapist, the strategies presented here are the same you would learn in treatment.