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The other side of impossible : ordinary people who faced daunting medical challenges and refused to give up / Susannah Meadows.

Meadows, Susannah, (author.).

Summary:

"True stories about people who triumphed over seemingly impossible medical diagnoses using untraditional, inventive therapies and perseverance--and about what scientists are discovering on the psychology of healing and the mind-body connection--from the author of the New York Times Magazine article about her own son, "The Boy with the Thorn in his Joints," which led to this book about other families"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780812996470
  • ISBN: 081299647X
  • Physical Description: 302 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Shepherd's Story, Part 1: The Leap 3 -- 2 Instead of an Introduction: A Community of the Defiant 19 -- 3 Shepherd's Story, Part 2: The Science of Our Guts 22 -- 4 Terry Wahls: How Far Can Moxie Take You? 34 -- 5 Diet and Inflammation: Terry Looks for Proof 59 -- 6 Science of Success: What Makes Us Try and Try Again 69 -- 7 Amanda Hanson: Love and Sacrifice 72 -- 8 Jamie Stelter: The Raw Fuel of Optimism 107 -- 9 Science of the Mind and Body: "Things Shift Toward Wellness" 142 -- 10 Annie Salafsky: Saying No to No 148 -- 11 Science of Hope: Agency vs. Learned Helplessness 176 -- 12 Trusting Her Son: Amy and Jaxon Chan Take On ADHD with Diet 182 -- 13 Amy Thieringer: Evolution of a Healer 214 -- 14 Shepherd's Story, Part 3: The Surprise 236.
Subject:
Medicine > Philosophy.
Alternative medicine > Philosophy.
Mind and body.

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