Friday, November 20, 2009

giveaway: cheating death

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who always files great health stories, has a book out called Cheating Death. And guess what? I've got three copies to giveaway thanks to Hachette!

Publishers Weekly had this to say about Cheating Death:
"High-profile physician-journalist Gupta—a medical reporter for CNN and columnist for Time who declined President Obama's nomination to be surgeon general—knows a great story when he hears one, and in this collection he rolls out extraordinarily harrowing and inspiring tales from the annals of they-ought-to-be-dead. When there is an injury, a heart attack or any loss of oxygen to the brain, time is the essential factor in determining whether a patient will live. For instance, therapeutic hypothermia, by reducing the brain's need for oxygen immediately after a trauma, allows more time for treatments to work. Gupta also notes that lives can be saved through incremental changes to current medical techniques rather than revolutionary breakthroughs. Eliminating the breathing component from CPR and concentrating only on chest compressions has been shown to raise heart attack survival rates to an unheard-of 20%. The achievements are stunning, though Gupta notes none of the exciting medical changes that we've come across will eliminate the sense of awe and mystery that stalks our notions of death. Yet it's beyond comforting to know there are doctors who simply refuse to quit a brave but ultimately losing battle to wrestle control over death."

The rules: Enter by leaving a comment to this post with your email (if I can't contact you, you can't win). You can gain additional entries by leaving separate comments letting me know that you're a follower or have posted a link to the giveaway on your site. The deadline to enter is 11:59pm Pacific on December 12. Winners will be selected at random. Since this is from Hachette the winners must have mailing addresses in the US or Canada; no PO Boxes.

28 comments:

  1. Please count me in.

    simplystacieblog at gmail dot com

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  3. I follow through google friend. cardshark42(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  4. I hope to use this book to inspire students to pursue careers in science, medicine, or research.
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  5. I'm a follower.
    enyl(at)inbox(dot)com

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  8. Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway.
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  10. I love to watch him on tv, and would be very interested in his book.
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  11. I follow Dr.Sanjay Gupta on CNN and am avid reader...so a book authored by him would be a wonderfule prize to win.

    Thank you for the giveaway.
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  12. Count me in to win --- thanks for the great giveaway:)

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  13. Please enter me! Thanks!
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  14. This sounds like a fascinating book--I'd love to win! Thanks so much!

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  15. Yes please! Count me in --I would love to read it!
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  16. I like watching him on talk shows and would love to listen to this book.

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  17. Sounds like a fascinating read! Thank you for the giveaway.

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  18. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  19. please enter me, would love a copy
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    Please enter me in the giveaway!

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  21. justpeachy36@yahoo.com

    I am a follower via Google Reader.

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  22. justpeachy36@yahoo.com

    I posted the giveaway on my blog here:

    http://bookblogs.ning.com/profiles/blogs/my-book-views-giveaway

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  23. This looks so interesting. Please count me in.

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  24. Enter me please! Thanks for the contest!
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