Cured

The Remarkable Science of How People Recover from Chronic Illness

By: Dr Jeff Rediger

Narrated by: Dr Jeff Rediger

Length: 14 hrs

Publisher's summary

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As a society, we push aside stories of remarkable recovery which don't fit our paradigm of one cause, one cure.

In the history of medicine, we have almost never used the tools of rigorous science to investigate remarkable recoveries from incurable illnesses. But, Dr Jeff Rediger, a world-leading Harvard medic, psychiatrist and theologian, has spent the last 15 years studying thousands of individuals from around the world and examining the stories behind these extraordinary cases of spontaneous remission.

From retiree Claire, diagnosed with a violent form of pancreatic cancer and given weeks to live, to 23-year-old Matt, given a 2 per cent chance of surviving a lethal brain tumour. Both rejected chemotherapy and radiation and went home to try to prepare themselves for acceptance and a peaceful death. Both are alive over a decade later, their bodies absent of all tumours.

Dr Rediger doesn't classify people like Claire or Matt as 'flukes' or 'outliers' but has analysed what they - and thousands of others - have done to cure themselves and reveals the common denominators of people who have beaten the odds, unlocking the secrets behind the mind-body connection and discovering the immense power of the immune system.

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©2020 Dr Jeff Rediger (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Groundbreaking. Everyone should read this book." (Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score)

"In an era of incurable chronic diseases causing 60% of all deaths worldwide, this book provides one potential way out." (Dr Mark Hyman, author of The Blood Sugar Solution)

"Seasoned with the author's penetrating insights about healing, clearly articulated science and illuminating case histories, Cured opens genuine vistas of transforming illness into health." (Gabor Maté, author of When the Body Says No)