The Patient from Hell or The Great Physicians Rx for Depression and Anxiety

The Patient from Hell: How I Worked with My Doctors to Get the Best of Modern Medicine and How You Can Too

Author: Stephen Schneider

Threatened with a rare and life-threatening cancer, a scientist works with his doctors to make decisions in the face of uncertainty

Journal of the American Medical Association

"Compelling...offers a number of positive and useful messages for patients enduring chemotherapy, radiation, and other cancer treatment."

MacLean's

"An emotional account of the pain and fear [Schneider] felt while he was ill."

Publishers Weekly

Schneider, a climate scientist at Stanford and a MacArthur fellow, brought skills rooted in the uncertainty of his own field to bear on the treatments he received for mantle cell lymphoma, a rare condition for which treatments were relatively new. With his wife, Terry, also a scientist, he learned as much as possible about the protocol he had been assigned and read up on his oncologist, a leader in this type of cancer, Dr. Sandra Horning. Schneider gives a detailed account of the painful and otherwise unpleasant side effects of the chemotherapy, radiation and bone-marrow transplant he endured in a determined effort to arrest the disease. From the beginning, the author researched probabilities and outcomes and sought to modify decisions made by his physicians. Most importantly, after some resistance, Dr. Horning agreed to use Rituxan for Schneider as maintenance therapy to prolong his remission. Although the author's scientific language can be daunting, patients will relate to his arguments for the importance of patient advocates, individualization of treatments and the negative role bottom-line accounting plays in medical judgments made by HMOs. (Oct.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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The Great Physician's Rx for Depression and Anxiety

Author: Jordan Rubin

A total lifestyle program for the health of the spirit, mind, and body.

According to the latest government statistics, around 19 million Americans suffer from clinical depression. Depression and anxiety affect your thoughts, moods, feelings, behavior, sleep, eating habits, career, sex life, and relationships with your family and friends. Why are so many people depressed and anxious about the present or the future?

The yoke around our necks these days is our complicated, hyper-speed, shop-until-we-drop, always-on-the-go lives. Too many physicians, when facing a patient complaining about feeling depressed, reach for their prescription pads to solve the problem. Instead, this total lifestyle program for the health of the body, mind, and spirit is more comprehensive than a prescription for antidepressants. This plan is based on the Seven Keys to unlock your God-given health potential from The Great Physician's Rx for Health and Wellness but targeted specifically for depression and anxiety.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Introduction: Down for the Count....................v
Key #1: Eat to Live....................1
Key #2: Supplement Your Diet with Whole Food Nutritionals, Living Nutrients, and Superfoods....................32
Key #3: Practice Advanced Hygiene....................41
Key #4: Condition Your Body with Exercise and Body Therapies....................48
Key #5: Reduce Toxins in Your Environment....................57
Key #6: Avoid Deadly Emotions....................63
Key #7: Live a Life of Prayer and Purpose....................69
The Great Physician's Rx for Depression and Anxiety Battle Plan....................74
Notes....................97
About the Authors....................101