Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there such a thing as a "cancer
personality"? Drawing on scientific research and the author's decades of
experience as a practicing physician, this book provides answers to these
and other important questions about the effect of the mind-body link on
illness and health and the role that stress and one's individual emotional
makeup play in an array of common diseases.
Explores the role of the mind-body link in conditions and diseases such as
arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, IBS, and multiple sclerosis
Draws on medical research and the author's clinical experience as a family
physician
Includes The Seven A's of Healing-principles of healing and the prevention
of illness from hidden stress
Shares dozens of enlightening case studies and stories, including those of
people such as Lou Gehrig (ALS), Betty Ford (breast cancer), Ronald Reagan
(Alzheimer's), Gilda Radner (ovarian cancer), and Lance Armstrong
(testicular cancer)
An international bestseller translated into fifteen languages, When the Body
Says No promotes learning and healing, providing transformative insights
into how disease can be the body's way of saying no to what the mind cannot
or will not acknowledge.
