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2024.
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"From New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned-with Dr. Nathan Fox, Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist. In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the pregnancy landscape with her data-driven approach. In the years since, she kept hearing questions from readers on how to approach a second pregnancy when the first has not gone as planned. The Unexpected...
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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When Beth James’ son Evan was diagnosed with autism in the early 90s, treatment options were limited. Doctors offered no practical advice for daily living and advised Beth to limit his social interactions. Rejecting these notions, Beth sets out to provide her son with a life filled with purpose and friendship. This heartfelt film is a sweet testament to the power of love and community by profiling a determined mom advocating for her son.
3) Hoarders: S8
Publisher
A&E®
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Profiles adults who suffer from extreme hoarding, a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need to collect things, even if the items are worthless, hazardous, or unsanitary.
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan — all belong to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines aka benzos. Commonly prescribed as treatments beyond their approved uses, news and entertainment media portray them in terms of either addiction and abuse or as innocuous medications that help relax nerves. AS PRESCRIBED documents a strikingly different narrative, following eye-opening stories amidst a mis-prescription epidemic resulting in illness and injury...
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
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In Mexico City, the government operates fewer than 45 emergency ambulances for a population of 9 million. This has spawned an underground industry of for-profit ambulances often run by people with little or no training or certification. An exception in this ethically fraught, cutthroat industry, the Ochoa family struggles to keep their financial needs from jeopardizing the people in their care.When a crackdown by corrupt police pushes the family into...
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St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Man in a White Coat comes a powerful and urgent call to center psychiatry and mental health care into the mainstream of medicine. As much as we all might wish that mental health problems, with their elusive causes and unsettling behaviors, simply did not exist, millions of people suffer from them, sometimes to an extreme extent. Many others face addiction to alcohol and other drugs, as overdose...
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"For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest he ever came to death was the summer of 2020 while spending a quiet afternoon at the New England home he shared with his wife and two young children. Crippled by abdominal pain, Junger was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Once there, he began slipping away. As blackness encroached, he was visited by...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Jaimen Hudson’s spectacular aerial whale and dolphin imagery reached hundreds of millions of people online, but unbeknown to most he is confined to a wheelchair. Embarking on the greatest challenge of his life, he begins his quest to become the world’s first underwater cinematographer with quadriplegia.
10) The Astros Edge
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The Houston Astros cheating scandal and what it says about baseball today. With reporter Ben Reiter, the making of one of the best teams and worst scandals in modern MLB history, the limited accountability and how it changed the sport.
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Granta
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definitive biography of hypochondria. Caroline Crampton's life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a relatively rare blood cancer. After years of invasive treatment, she was finally given the all clear. But being cured of the cancer didn't mean she now felt well. Instead, the fear lingered, and she found herself...
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Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Raising healthy, happy kids shouldn't be so hard. Yet, despite living in what should be a golden age of medicine, our children are sicker than ever. At least 1 in 5 kids has eczema, and 1 in 10 has asthma, ADHD, or anxiety--and sometimes they have all of the above. Many parents are at a loss for who to turn to for trusted advice--advice that takes a root-cause, holistic approach to whole child resilience, but doesn't dismiss the value of conventional...
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"During her junior year at Poplar Grove High School, Aria found herself sliding into a worsening depression. She had what she described as the perfect life, including fabulous vacations, her dream car, and more importantly, a big loving family, close friends, and a boyfriend she adored, but daily life had become unbearable. Though she knew how badly her suicide would hurt everyone around her, her psychological pain ultimately overwhelmed her. Aria...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In the 1840s, a young man named Silas Weir begins practicing medicine in Pennsylvania. Though he is considered inept by family, neighbors, and even his mentor, Dr. Weir discovers he has a gift for phlebotomy, treating patients by bleeding them to purify their bodies. But when an experimental procedure goes horribly wrong, Dr. Weir is forced to start over, relocating his family to Trenton, New Jersey, and taking a position at the New Jersey State...
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Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"The only guide you need to nourishing yourself and your baby from the first through fourth trimesters, from the bestselling author of The Big Book of Organic Baby Food. When you found out you were pregnant, you were probably given a long list of things you were no longer 'supposed' to do. But what you really need is a practical guide to all the things you can do to feel as empowered and strong as possible. The Big Book of Pregnancy Nutrition is the...
17) The French
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
Français
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“For me, this film encapsulates everything I loved and love about the tennis of that moment; and in the hands of the great and singular William Klein, it is at once a gripping sports page, a fascinating piece of reportage, and a work of art.”—Wes Anderson William Klein, the legendary American photographer and filmmaker, has put together a body of work as thrillingly eclectic as any living artist. In his 1969 film Muhammad Ali, the Greatest,...
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Reclaiming Productivity and Joy in the Digital Age Navigate the Digital Age with Ease:In a world dominated by screens, this eBook serves as your compass, guiding you through practical strategies to reclaim control over your digital life.Unlock Peak Productivity:Discover techniques to reduce screen time and enhance focus, empowering you to reclaim precious hours and boost your overall productivity.Forge Meaningful Connections:Dive into a treasure trove...
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Written by someone who cared for teen girls just like you at one of the top children's hospitals in the United States, this book explains the often confusing world of hospital care. In down-to-earth terms, it helps you to understand the doctors, nurses, and other staff who will be caring for you.* It tells you how to be a patient that everyone likes and wants to help. Win their hearts, and they'll do a bit extra to make your stay enjoyable.* It gives...
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This book is designed to be guide to help those who are silently suffering from the effects of PTSD without any help, whether the trauma you have experienced was military, family, a tragic accident, inflicted by another individual , self-induced , first responder, childhood abuse or spousal abuse the bottom line there is help.Please use this or refer this brief guide to someone whom you know who "wears the mask" I am a survivor who is daily living...
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