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Get the Summary of Donovan Ramsey's When Crack Was King in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "When Crack Was King" by Donovan Ramsey offers a multifaceted exploration of the crack epidemic's impact on the Black community. Through personal stories, Ramsey illustrates the profound effects of the drug on individuals and society. Elgin Swift's transformation from a troubled youth in Yonkers to a successful car salesman...
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Book Preview: #1 Uric acid is a compound that comes from only three sources: fructose, alcohol, and purines. It is strongly related to being overweight or obese, as well as the risk of cardiovascular problems and hypertension.
#2 The laws of nature, such as the effects of gravity, the principles of time and space, and the importance of food and water to human survival, were established...
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#1 In a perfect world, all humans, including you, would nap. Scientists have already determined this, and their results back up what historians, anthropologists, artists, and countless brilliant leaders and thinkers have been telling their peers for centuries.
#2 The majority of animals sleep in multiple phases. Humans, on the other hand, attempt to get all their sleep...
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#1 The key to your freedom is in your hands. If you're in a situation where your symptoms are already severe, don't panic. The fact is, almost everybody in the world could feel infinitely better by making one simple change to their diet.
#2 The fact that you are reading this book shows that you have made a decision to do something about the amount of sugar you consume....
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#1 The National Sleep Foundation commissioned a nationwide survey of the sleep habits and behaviors of children younger than four years old. They found that about half of the nation's babies log only twelve hours or fewer daily. This is a serious problem: a six-month-old baby who sleeps twelve hours a day will suffer a cumulative sleep loss of hundreds of hours by the...
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#1 The most important takeaway from this is that sleep is a natural periodic state for the mind and body. If you're not doing it, you're being completely unnatural. And, nobody likes unnatural people.
#2 The shortcut to success is not made by bypassing dreamland. You will actually work better, be more efficient, and get more stuff done when you're properly rested.
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#1 The best treatment for back and neck pain is often little or no treatment at all. Minimal to no difference has been found between chiropractic, medication, or physical therapy for acute pain as compared to a simple educational booklet.
#2 Medical care often leads to the pill bottle, a needle-tipped syringe, or the scalpel. The results are often inadequate pain relief...
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#1 Sandra's father, Harry Day, wanted to go to college. He thought he'd go to Stanford after serving in World War I. But just as he set out for college, his father died, leaving his parched and dusty family ranch in southeast Arizona in terrible financial straits.
#2 Sandra Day O'Connor, who was only child, had a sense of entitlement that was typical of straight white...
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#1 I was born in the Soviet Union under difficult circumstances. My father was involved in an illegal business, taking and printing photographs for churches. My family decided to flee the Soviet Union and relocate to Israel. During this time of transition for my family, five surgeries were performed on my eyes. The first two were unsuccessful. The other three were successful,...
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#1 The two main conditions that lead to heart attacks and strokes are atherosclerosis, or the development of lumps in the artery wall, and atherosclerotic plaques. These do not just occur in the coronary and carotid arteries, but can also be found in arteries almost anywhere else in the body.
#2 The vascular system consists of the heart, arteries, and veins. The heart...
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#1 The baby's circadian clock, which is insensitive to red light, is highly sensitive to the blue light that is a component of regular white light. I bought a red light bulb for the nursery, and used it exclusively during night feeds and diaper changes.
#2 Newborns wake up every two to three hours to feed, and to establish a good milk supply. You must feed a newborn...
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#1 I receive an email from ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. They want to come to Salt Lake City to interview me. I'm skeptical, but I decide to consider it. I don't want to prostitute my sickness to the media's love of McNugget news bites.
#2 I was terrified about the interview, but I agreed to do what I could to help the show. I was the story of millions of people...
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#1 The skin is the largest organ in the body, and it is vital to our survival both emotionally and physically. It is important to understand its role and relevance for our overall health, and to learn how to properly care for it.
#2 Our skin is our body's natural heating and air-conditioning system. It protects us from harmful elements that might otherwise gain access...
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#1 The heart is a two-pump organ that pumps blood to the lungs and body. The four chambers of the heart contract in a precisely timed choreography to keep the body supplied with oxygen. The two smaller chambers, called atria, push blood down to the two larger chambers, called ventricles.
#2 Blood pressure is the pressure that the blood puts on the walls of the blood...
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#1 The integrative approach to cancer has become increasingly popular, and is being used by millions of people around the country. It is important to treat patients like family members, which is why we use the terms patient and person interchangeably.
#2 The first case we're going to look at is that of a 84-year-old woman who was diagnosed with metastatic abdominal cancer....
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Book Preview: #1 The filters we apply to the past can make it seem like the 1800s was a time of elegance and romance, when in reality, it was a time of long hours spent doing menial labor for little pay.
#2 The underbelly of Western culture in the 1800s to the 1900s was never discussed in terms of the medical issues and diseases that afflicted that era. However, those were the most...
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#1 The changes that occur during menopause are just as significant, and the world of sex lies before us with vast horizons of reproductive options and attractive bodies in endless variation.
#2 The United States is a young country, and as such, its culture is still in the process of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. As we get older, we begin to realize that...
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#1 There are many ways to end mental and emotional pain. One is to seek help and support, as many of us do. Another is to end the pain ourselves, through suicide, self-harm, or other methods.
#2 There is no objective test for mental illness.
#3 We don't know what causes mental health conditions or how they develop, and we have no good term to describe them.
#4 There...
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#1 My father, Brin, came from a more humble background. He was born in Wales to a middle-class family where his father, Oliver John, worked as a carpenter. He was a brilliant man who spoke French and German fluently.
#2 I had many memories of my father, who was headmaster of King's College in Cambridge. I loved him very much, and still do. He was a charming, charismatic...
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#1 I felt intuitively when it was time to leave my marriage. I was 29, and my husband and I had been together for 10 years. We had two children together. I felt so alone and isolated by the shame the violence in our relationship had created.
#2 The times in our lives that require us to transform are based on taking actions based on how we feel. We are the conduits for...
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