Canary in the Coal Mine: A Forgotten Rural Community, a Hidden Epidemic, and a Lone Doctor Battling for the Life, Health, and Soul of the People Free Audiobook Download by Laura Ungar,William Cooke

In this audio biography of Dr. Ungar William Cooke the author relates how a rural community in West Virginia came to find out that their children were dying from drug overdoses, and how this doctor rose up in opposition to the powers that be to discover how to save these children's lives.

Canary in the Coal Mine is an incredible true story of a town- Mt. Hope, West Virginia- where "Mt. Hope's people were doomed to die a slow death from asbestos-related disease." With each passing year, more and more people in this town are succumbing to deadly asbestos-related diseases. Dr. William Cooke was chosen to be their lone doctor because nobody else wanted to come out of retirement and take care of Mt. Hope's rural population which had decreased drastically over time. The doctor started seeing patients younger and younger as the town fell apart around him, but the disease still continued to spread.

The book "Cyanide in the Coal Mine" describes a community where they have been silently impacted by environmental problems, such as water contamination and mining operation. Dr. Cooke, who is a lone doctor working on this issue, endures lawsuits, politics, and other difficulties to continue working towards the best outcome for his patients.

For decades, coal miners have been plagued by a myriad of health problems caused by the inhalation of coal dust. Doctors have known that exposure to this dust was harmful and that its effects could be alleviated with proper treatment. In recent years, the medical community has discovered that coal miners also suffer from symptoms related to malnutrition, dehydration, and vitamin deficiencies. These are all conditions that can be remedied with proper medical attention. The book describes the efforts of Dr. Jayne Carpenter, a doctor at West Virginia University who has dedicated her career to educating people about these issues and improving the lives of coal miners around the state.

Dr. Laura Ungar is a small town family practitioner in rural West Virginia who treats the Appalachian poor as they struggle with poverty, chronic depression, and addiction. She is also the only practicing doctor in her region of Appalachia, one of the poorest areas in America. In Canary in the Coal Mine she opens up about the many challenges she faces trying to maintain a practice in a small community overtaken by despair.

In her memoir, Canary in the Coal Mine, author Laura Ungar tells of an impoverished Appalachian community invaded by a new form of cancer. As this cancer spread among the village, many families were forced to leave their homes and communities as they no longer had a means to support themselves. The more desperate residents began selling off their possessions and turning to alcohol to cope with the overwhelming loss.