"Dr. Bernadine Healy is perhaps best known for leading some of the largest, most respected medical institutions in the country. But on Valentine's Day 1999, she was dealt a blow that shattered her world. That was the night when Healy found out that she had brain cancer. Doctors gave her three months live without treatment. With , her chances increased to 18 months to two years. But eight years later, Healy is still thriving. Her book, "Living Time," is written from two perspectives — that of the physician and that of the patient -- about her fight against brain cancer. She hopes it will help people diagnosed with the disease to realize that cancer isn't "dying time" — it's "living time.""
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(GMA), with excerpt from Chapter One of Living Time: Faith and Facts to Transform Your Cancer Journey (2007 1st edition; 2008 pbk edition )
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Bernadine Healy
(August 4, 1944 – August 6, 2011) was an American cardiologist, medical school professor, president from 1988 to 1989 of the , director from 1991 to 1993 of the (NIH), and president from 1999 to 2001 of the .
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