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  The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 652min

  Nursing is more than a career; it's a calling and one of the most important, fascinating, and dangerous professions in the world. As the frontline responders battling traumas, illnesses, and aggression from surprising sources, nurses are remarkable. Yet contemporary literature largely neglects them. In The Nurses, New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff-only door to write a lively, fast-paced story and a riveting work of investigative journalism. Robbins followed real-life nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating audiobook filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humor and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Alexandra Robbins creates sympathetic, engaging characters while diving deep into their world of controlled chaos - the hazing ("nurses eat their young"); sex (not exactly like on TV, but it happens more often than you think); painkiller addiction (disproportionately a problem among the best and brightest); and bullying (by doctors, patients, and others). The result is a riveting story possessing all the twists and turns of a brilliantly told narrative - and a shocking, unvarnished examination of our health care system. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexandra Robbins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/002555/bk_hach_002555_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Deadly Medicine: Capital Crimes, Book 29 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 732min

  If someone in the pharmaceutical industry came upon a cheaper, non-addictive, and more effective painkiller, would he kill for it? Washington D.C. private detective Robert "Don't call me Bobby" Brixton, along with his mentors, attorneys Mac and Annabel Smith, discover that the answer is a resounding "Yes," as they try to help Jayla King, a medical researcher at a small D.C. pharmaceutical firm, carry on the work of her father. His experiments in the jungles of Papua New Guinea in search of such a breakthrough product led to his brutal murder and the theft of his papers. Did Jayla's father's lab assistant kill the doctor and steal his research? Is this shadowy figure prepared to kill again to keep Jayla from profiting from her father's work? Does her recent paramour's romantic interest reflect his true feelings - or will he sell her out and reap the rewards for himself? And to what lengths would Big Pharma's leading lobbyist go to cover up his involvement, and to protect a leading champion of the pharmaceutical industry - a Georgia senator with a shady past? As Mac, Annabel, and Brixton soon realize, no pill can ease the pain that the answers to these questions inflict on everyone in this tale of greed, betrayal - and murder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dick Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/008142/bk_brll_008142_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 835min

  In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America - addiction like no other the country has ever faced. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland. With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two classic tales of capitalism run amok whose unintentional collision has been catastrophic. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive - and extremely addictive - miracle painkiller. Meanwhile a massive influx of black tar heroin - cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel - assaulted small towns and midsized cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico. Introducing a memorable cast of characters - pharma pioneers, young Mexican entrepreneurs, narcotics investigators, survivors, and parents - Quinones shows how these tales fit together. Dreamland is a revelatory account of the corrosive threat facing America and its heartland.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Neil Hellegers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021257/bk_adbl_021257_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Healing an Anal Fissure: How to Cure a Fissure Permanently (Without Resorting to Surgery) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 60min

  Sam Summers, author of Healing an Anal Fissure is a self-confessed fanatic when it comes to nutrition, health, and fitness.One day, in his early 40’s and en route to a Christmas party, he found himself in immense pain.Sam took a painkiller to give himself relief at the Christmas party and briefly forgot about the problem.The next morning reality struck when Sam visited the bathroom and experienced an excruciatingly painful bowel movement.The same thing happened the next day and the day after that too.After much research (and panic), the author discovered that he was suffering from an anal fissure.This came as a shock: Sam’s entire lifestyle was focused around being healthy."So how could this have happened?", he wondered.What followed was a journey of despair, hopelessness and suffering until the author ultimately found a cure for his fissure.Today, he wants to share this information with you.Sometimes what works for others may not work for you.Are you frustrated with traditional medical advice?Are you living in constant dread of your next bowel movement?Is your social life, family life, and work affected by your condition?In this action-oriented audiobook you'll discover the secrets that a regular guy in his 40’s used to nurse himself back to full health after living in fear, shame, and embarrassment for many months because of a chronic anal fissure.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Summers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166170/bk_acx0_166170_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Empire of Pain (eBook, ePUB)

  THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWinner of the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlisted for the 2021 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021The gripping and shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis.'Jaw-dropping . . . Beggars belief' Sunday Times'You feel almost guilty for enjoying it so much' The TimesThe Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions - Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Oxford; the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations in the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis - an international epidemic of drug addiction which has killed nearly half a million people.In this masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, award-winning journalist and host of the Wind of Change podcast Patrick Radden Keefe exhaustively documents the jaw-dropping and ferociously compelling reality. Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty: a parable of twenty-first-century greed.

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  Healing Arthritis: How to Heal from Arthritis Naturally Without Drugs, Step by Step Process + Anti-Inflammatory Foods , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 100min

  Arthritis is a disease that affects a significant number of people, especially in Western countries. Unfortunately, statistics show this disease on the rise in both young and older adults, even more than diabetes. It is quite striking how these overwhelming statistics do not occur in some eastern countries; I will show you the reasons.What happens on a regular basis when people start with arthritic symptoms? Even before consulting a doctor, it is very possible that to endure the pain and to be able to continue carrying out daily activities, many go to the nearest pharmacy and look for an analgesic drug or NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) in the OTC products gondola. (without medical prescription). If the person becomes aware that what he is choosing is a drug that brings benefits and inconveniences, he may stop to read the leaflet and there, he finds out about the contraindications, the cases in which it is not recommended and the adverse side effects - a list that is usually quite nourished.In spite of everything, the person intoxicated by his pain may be that he decides to take that analgesic and check that after a while his pain calms, but then it returns with the same or greater intensity and a second intake is necessary, then a third, and this creates a kind of addiction with the painkiller. And the consequences will not be expected, from stomach pains that hinder digestion to liver, kidney, coronary problems, or any other side effect.In this book, it will show you exactly what to do for this problem. Enjoy the listening! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Carey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/153657/bk_acx0_153657_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Jolie Blon's Bounce , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 873min

  When a beautiful teenage girl is killed, the victim of a particularly savage rape, New Iberia, Louisiana police detective Dave Robicheaux senses from the very start of the investigation that the most likely suspect - Tee Bobby Hulin - is not the actual killer. Though a drug addict and general ne'er-do-well, Hulin doesn't fit the profile for this brutal crime. But when another body turns up - a drugged-out prostitute who is the daughter of a local mafia bigwig - all clues point to Tee Bobby Hulin. The dead girl's father sets out to find - and punish - the killer. Before Robicheaux can bring the killer or killers to justice, he battles a painkiller addiction, a habit brought on by a humiliating beating he suffers at the hands of a diabolical character known only as Legion. Once the overseer on a local sugarcane plantation, Legion scrapes by through doing odd jobs. In temperament, he's still the malevolent bully, seemingly possessed with supernatural skills of survival. When Robicheaux's longtime buddy Clete Purcel drops by New Iberia for a visit, he is quickly drawn into the struggle between evil forces - including Jimmy Dean Styles, a black man intent on maintaining his empire of corruption; Joe Zeroski, a trailer park mafioso with palatial aspirations; and Legion Guidry, in whom Robicheaux faces an enemy unlike any he has ever known. And soon, what began as a duel of wits turns into a dance of death. Gothic, dense, brutal, touching, and always compelling, Jolie Blon's Bounce is classic storytelling from a writer who has been dubbed "the Faulkner of crime fiction." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Hammer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000372/bk_sans_000372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 402min

  OxyContin, a potent painkiller containing opium-derived oxycodone as its key active ingredient, was first sold in 1996 as a treatment for cancer patients and other chronic pain sufferers. From the start, the drug's manufacturer aggressively marketed its patented time-release formula as a breakthrough in the effort to reduce prescription drug abuse. It wasn't long, however, before thrill-seeking teenagers shattered that illusion of safety; by simply crushing an "Oxy," they were able to tap into a high so seductive it would come to dominate their lives. Some patients, seeking relief from pain, also found themselves drawn to the drug's dark side.   Pain Killer takes listeners on a journey of discovery that begins with the true story of Lindsay, a high-school cheerleader in Virginia who gets hooked on Oxys, and expands outward to explore the critical issues of legitimate pain management, prescription drug abuse, and how the misuse of science by the drug industry threatens the public good. With the fast-rising abuse of prescription drugs by young people ringing alarm bells within government, the how and why behind the OxyContin disaster is a gripping listen not only for parents, but also for medical professionals, community leaders, business executives, and all those concerned with this crisis.   The dangers described in Pain Killer also reverberate far beyond the threat from a single drug at a particular moment in time. The focus of our government's war on drugs has clearly misled many of us into thinking that only illegal drugs smuggled from beyond our borders can be abused. As Meier tells the dramatic story, some of the most deadly substances are produced and sold legally right here at home.   The extraordinary and true story of Oxycontin   Equal parts crime thriller, medical detective story, and business exposé, Pain Killer takes a hard-hitting look at how a powerful drug touted as the salvation for milli ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Porter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006162/bk_rand_006162_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Dr. Cathy Moreland Mysteries Books One to Three (eBook, ePUB)

  The first three novels in the series, featuring a physician in the British countryside who knows all too well that death isn't always from natural causes . . . This three-in-one murder mystery collection, written by a former practicing physician praised for her "great characters" (Peter Boon, author of Who Killed Miss Finch?), includes: Death by Appointment Dr. Cathy Moreland needs time to heal, having recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder while struggling with a painkiller habit. A village on Scotland's coast promises respite, but after Cathy attempts to get an opiate prescription, things don't go well-and when she discovers the body of a fellow doctor, her sanctuary is shattered. Murder & Malpractice Returning to work after battling mental health challenges, Dr. Cathy Moreland finds her surgery in the British countryside simmering, as usual, with tensions. One doctor struggles to keep up with the changes in the medical field; another, ambitious and aggressive, is romantically entangled with a nurse. The newest arrival, a pharmacist, seems very competent-but his behaviour is mysterious. When one of them dies after drinking a cup of coffee, the practice is thrown into chaos. Circumstances seem to point toward one partner-but Cathy intends to examine the evidence more closely . . . Deadly Diagnosis As Betty Scott is dying, she warns Dr. Cathy Moreland that danger lurks at the charity shop where she volunteers. But the only clue she provides is a reference to the now-derelict psychiatric hospital called Fernibanks. Then Betty is found dead-but not from natural causes-and Cathy is compelled to investigate . . .

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  The Healing Effects of CBD Rich Hemp Oil: Make Your Own CBD Oil at Home , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 80min

  How to extract, use, and heal with cannabis medicine. I first learned about the medicinal benefits of marijuana through a Dutch friend who was born and raised in the Netherlands where marijuana has been legal for many years now. It was 1994 when I first got interested in learning more about the healing effects of marijuana, but not much data was available back then, as the Internet was just in its infancy at that time. As a self-proclaimed naturopathic healer, my interest just grew over time. Around the end of 1996, when California legalized marijuana for medical use, I was finally able to get more research data on the topic. For some reason, I always had this belief that marijuana holds a big secret under its leaves most of which we just haven't discovered yet. At first, marijuana was only used as a painkiller in the medical field as a last resort for terminal patients that were suffering from AIDS, cancer, and other such deadly illnesses. But after 2005, that started to change in a big way, researchers and doctors started seeing the true medicinal value of marijuana and the healing effects of its various ingredients like THC, CBD, and hemp oil. It was like opening a floodgate, so much started to pour in and so fast that it was truly overwhelming for most researchers. I too was consumed and overwhelmed with all the information. But I am sure some of you may not know all these details but most of you should remember when Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN did a medical breakthrough program of a five-year-old girl in New Jersey who was suffering from an acute case of epilepsy where she was having six to 10 seizures a day and no modern medicine could stop that. Long story short, when the parents found out about the new marijuana-derived medical research, they took their daughter and started the new treatment immediately. Only after a few dosages, she began to recover. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nicholas Santasier. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/086383/bk_acx0_086383_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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