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Contains photographs and interviews with thirty women in which they relate the challenges of living with HIV, discussing how they learned they have the virus, how their lives have changed since being diagnosed, and their hopes for the future.

The author tells about his experiences as a physician at St. Clare's Spellman Center for HIV Related Diseases in New York, relating patient stories of love, hope, and courage, and discussing the insights he has gained and the lessons he has learned as a result of his work.

Describes how AIDS effected fifteen individuals, their families, and friends.

The author shares the story of how she led an outward life of Hollywood and New glamour as a fashion and beauty reporter while suffering behind the scenes with debilitating rheumatoid arthritis, discusses her nineteen years going through drug trials and treatments at the UCLA Medical Center, and tells of her remission and decision to work as a spokesperson for the National Arthritis Foundation.

Molly is shocked to learn that her twin sister Robin, a world-class runner, has had a heart attack and may never regain consciousness, and while the rest of her family seems to be crumbling, Molly is left to make the big decisions.

While battling cancer, Portland homocide detective Skin Kadash investigates the deaths of men who had been suffering cancer as the patients of Skin's own doctor, but when the daughter of the first victim, who insists the deaths were murder, disappears, Skin is left alone solve the mystery without the support of the other officers.

Singer Carnie Wilson chronicles her lifelong struggle with obesity and discusses how gastric bypass surgery changed her life.

Forensic psychologist Peter Zak is called in by the Massachusetts Public Defender to help an amnesia patient remember the details surrounding her boyfriend's murder and her own brutal attack.

Teaches young women about healthy body image and natural eating and offers parents advice on how they can help their daughters build self-esteem and contentment.

Siblings Sydney, Gina, and Rick struggle to overcome the obstacles that have shattered their lives as they come together to care for their mother who suffered a debilitating stroke.