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Germs, illness, chronic pain and the health care system
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The Demon in the Freezer: The Terrifying Truth About the Threat from BioterrorismThe Demon in the Freezer: The Terrifying Truth About the Threat from Bioterrorism by Richard Preston
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Smallpox
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy ChildhoodSickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
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Made sick by Mom
The Camera My Mother Gave MeThe Camera My Mother Gave Me by Susanna Kaysen
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Chronic vaginal pain
The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King
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Superflu
A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By LightningA Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning by Gretel Ehrlich
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Chronic health issues due to being struck by lightning
Autobiography of a FaceAutobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
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Ewing's sarcoma (cancer)
Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs In on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can (and Can't) HelpTeenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs In on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can (and Can't) Help by Abby Ellin
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Childhood obesity
Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and ReconciliationFacing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation by Julie Salamon
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Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive TherapyShock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy by Kitty Dukakis
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Chronic depression
Tales from the Bed: A MemoirTales from the Bed: A Memoir by Jenifer Estess
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ALS
Bedlam: A Year in the Life of a Mental HospitalBedlam: A Year in the Life of a Mental Hospital by Dominick Bosco
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Chronic mental illness and the need for mental health care reform.
Lucky Man: A MemoirLucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox
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Parkinsons
The Burn JournalsThe Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
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A burn patient's recovery
KathyKathy by Barbara Miller
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Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental HospitalGracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital by Alex Beam
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History of this mental institution
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and LoveWhat Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love by Carole Radziwill
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Terminal cancer
A Little Pregnant: Our Memoir of Fertility, Infertility, and a MarriageA Little Pregnant: Our Memoir of Fertility, Infertility, and a Marriage by Linda Carbone
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Infertility
Alex: The Life of a ChildAlex: The Life of a Child by Frank Deford
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Cystic fibrosis
Vaccine A: The Covert Government Experiment That's Killing Our Soldiers--And Why GI's Are Only The First VictimsVaccine A: The Covert Government Experiment That's Killing Our Soldiers--And Why GI's Are Only The First Victims by Gary Matsumoto
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All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening HeadacheAll in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache by Paula Kamen
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Still MeStill Me by Christopher Reeve
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Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing AutismLouder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism by Jenny McCarthy
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Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ LaboratoryLab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory by Michael C. Carroll
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Sick GirlSick Girl by Amy Silverstein
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True story of a woman living with a heart transplant for 19 years.
American Experience - Influenza 1918American Experience - Influenza 1918
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The flu
12 Monkeys (Special Edition)12 Monkeys (Special Edition)
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Deadly sickness forces humans to live underground
Common Threads - Stories from the QuiltCommon Threads - Stories from the Quilt
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AIDS
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, SupermasochistSick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
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Sadomasochistic suffering from cystic fibrosis
Sweet Misery: A Poisoned WorldSweet Misery: A Poisoned World
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Chronic illness due to sugar substitute
Lorenzo's OilLorenzo's Oil
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Sicko (Special Edition)Sicko (Special Edition)
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Comparing health care in America to that in other countries.
AwakeningsAwakenings
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ThinThin
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Eating disorders
NOVA - Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in AmericaNOVA - Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
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Mary Mallon was a healthy carrier of the typhoid germ, which caused her to be held against her will for most of her life.
The Business of Being BornThe Business of Being Born
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Miss Evers' BoysMiss Evers' Boys
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I Am Legend (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)I Am Legend (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
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YesterdayYesterday
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American Experience: The LobotomistAmerican Experience: The Lobotomist
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A Paralyzing FearA Paralyzing Fear
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Polio