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After a difficult pregnancy, a woman is delighted to give birth to a baby girl. Her new child is perfect â though she has an unusually large head. Although the problem seems to be benign, the baby soon develops other problems. Desperate to help her child, the mother takes her to every specialist possible â but will anyone be able to find the answer she needs?
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Inspired by Wonderyâs hit podcast Against the Oddsâlearn how to survive whatever nature can throw at you through gut-twisting true stories of survival on the brink
How to Survive Against the Odds places you at the center of fifteen real life-or-death scenarios. Each story explores the physiological responses of the human body under unbearable conditions, how to counteract them, and strategies for survival from doctors and psychologists. Through these tales, we see the grit, willpower, and know-how needed to navigate out of a host of merciless situations.
This invaluable survival guide includes tips on how to endure being:
ADRIFT AT SEA: Learn how to cure turtle meat, procure potable water, and survive on a life raft.MAULED BY A BEAR: Black bears? Fight back. Grizzly bears? Play dead. Polar bears? Start praying. Youâll learn how to triage wounds using the MARCH method and how to spot the difference between a bearâs bluff charge and an actual attack.BURIED BY AN EARTHQUAKE: Find out how to survive the initial crush, maintain your sanity if trapped under the rubble, and âthink away your hunger.âAnd so much more!This might just be the most important book youâll ever read. Armed with the information in How to Survive Against the Odds and when faced with similar threats, you may also find that you have what it takes to defy death and live to tell your story.
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âOut of This Worldâ: In 2003, a treasure hunter in Chile makes a shocking discovery: a tiny, 6-inch skeleton of what appears to be a human. But parts of its anatomy just donât make sense. Itâs too well-formed to be a fetal skeleton, and its skull is strangely elongated â making some people wonder, is this a medical mystery⊠or an extraterrestrial one?
âA Good Scrub Downâ:
After thoroughly cleaning his apartment, a young man is ready to enjoy his weekend. A few hours later, his eye starts to itch unbearably. Is it an allergy? An irritant? A bacteria? Or something even more sinister?
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The course of history never follows a straight line. These are the epic stories that have shaped the world we now live in. From Ballen Studios, join us - for the most heart pounding podcast in history.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Listen now: â â https://ballen.lnk.to/atwistofhistory
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After a successful overseas tour, an American rock guitarist comes home with a troubling affliction. All of a sudden, his hearing is extremely sensitive â like everything is turned up to 11. When it doesnât go away, heâs forced to give up everything he loves, including music. Trapped in his own personal hell, he desperately tries to find an answer before it becomes too much to bear.
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âThe Sick Snowbirdâ: After a lovely winter in Southern California, an older woman is excited to enjoy the spring in her native New Jersey. But when she starts experiencing inexplicable nausea and headaches, she ends up in the hospital. With her baffling symptoms appearing and disappearing seemingly without reason, her condition seems inexplicable â but it turns out, her doctors just arenât asking the right questions.
âA Spoonful of Sugarâ: When a successful real estate agent starts acting confused and erratic at work, her colleagues wonder if sheâs getting drunk on the job. In reality, sheâs suffering from extremely low blood sugar. Or at least, thatâs what her doctors think. But when her condition only gets worse, the woman desperately seeks an answer â before she passes out and never wakes up.
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When a vivacious preteen girl with Down syndrome suddenly becomes shy and withdrawn, her mother worries her precious daughter is getting depressed. But soon, it becomes clear that something else is wrong. With every passing day, the girl withdraws deeper into her shell. Her mother is determined to figure out whatâs wrong before she loses her daughter forever.
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A young, active mother is dismayed when she starts feeling weak and exhausted â with small children and a business to run, she canât afford to get sick. But none of her doctors can offer an explanation. And when she finally does get an answer⊠it feels like a betrayal of everything sheâs worked to accomplish.
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âUnraveling Boleroâ: When a middle-aged scientist experiences unexpected success as an artist, it seems like little more than a surprising career change. But then, she becomes obsessed with interpreting a repetitive orchestral piece called âBolero.â As her obsession deepens, her health takes a turn for the worse â and the cause has a surprising connection to her favorite piece of music.
âCrossing Overâ: A few days after arriving in Boston, an immigrant from Mexico starts coughing up blood and experiencing horrible stomach pain. As doctors scramble to save his life, they have to contend with their patientsâ reluctance to share his background. But when they finally learn the truth, it unlocks the key to everything.
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When a little girl in Vietnam starts mysteriously bleeding from her scalp and hands, her doctors wonder if sheâs faking it for attention â to make it seem like sheâs experiencing stigmata, the wounds experienced by Jesus Christ in Christian scripture. The blood on the girlâs skin is real enough, but nobody is ever around when she starts to bleed.
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In the early 1900s, a young woman gets a coveted job at a clock factory. But her work is interrupted when she feels terrible pain in her mouth. Soon, her whole jaw is rotting away. Itâs up to her dentist to try and stop it. But his misguided moral judgements about the young womanâs life send him in the completely wrong direction.
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A recovering heroin addict wakes up one morning with an odd sensation on one side of her head: a nagging, constant itch. No matter what she tries, it wonât go away. And eventually it gets so bad⊠she literally starts to lose her mind.
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âThe Sliverâ: After a man survives a terrible car accident with only a cracked vertebra, he feels grateful to have emerged relatively unscathed. But after undergoing surgery to fix the problem, his pain only grows worse â and soon, heâs on the verge of death. And there are only hours left to save him.
âKiller Styleâ: A young man in Turkey leaves his small village for the big city to chase his dreams. But soon, he finds himself so short of breath, he canât work â let alone breathe. If he canât work, he wonât be able to afford to stay. However, as his health gets worse and worse, his job is the least of his worries.
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When a high-achieving teenager suddenly starts to freeze up in social situations and her grades plummet, her mother tries to get her help. But doctors canât explain why the girl is suddenly struggling to do ordinary things like talk. Before long, sheâs a shell of herself⊠and her mother fears that soon there may be nothing left.
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In the town of Oakville, Washington, chaos erupts when mysterious blobs start falling from the sky â and anyone who touches them ends up in the hospital. As scientists struggle to understand what the blobs are, Oakvilleâs terrified residents are left to wonder if theyâre the victims of a natural disaster⊠or a targeted attack.
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When an elderly man in New Brunswick, Canada, dies from what seems to be rapid-onset dementia, his doctor believes he had a rare condition called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. But then, dozens of people around the area start experiencing the same awful symptoms, making the doctor fear heâs dealing with something entirely new⊠and completely terrifying.
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In the 1940s, the people of Donora, Pennsylvania fall prey to a deadly epidemic that destroys their lungs. Doctors suspect it has something to do with the fog that is constantly blanketing their town⊠but why now? They need to find an answer fast â before the darkness claims more victims.
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During the COVID pandemic, a boy starts experiencing sudden, inexplicable bursts of pain. At first, his symptoms seem psychological â but then doctors say he may need brain surgery to fix the problem. Thatâs when the boyâs mother turns to a cutting edge technology to help her figure out whatâs wrong with her son.
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âA Clean Breakâ
When a night out in Nepal leaves a tourist weak and hungover, he figures heâll feel better after some rest and rehydration. But his stomach pain becomes unbearable, and he heads to the hospital. Thatâs when a doctor discovers a secret that the man didnât even know he had.
âLook, Donât Touchâ
When dozens of children contract salmonella after visiting the Denver Zoo, doctors assume something there caused the outbreak. But when they investigate further, the answer turns out to be something that was supposed to be impossible.
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For his entire adult life, a successful businessman deals with a bizarre problem: whenever he bends over, he throws up. On top of that, he struggles with asthma-like symptoms. But no matter what techniques he tries or medicine he takes, the man canât shake his symptoms, sometimes with embarrassing results.
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