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Acclaimed author Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks—a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s—with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on... [ More...]
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Oddly compelling and often hilarious, Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
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With universal appeal (everyone poops, after all), this witty, illustrated description of over two dozen dookies (each with a medical explanation written by a doctor) details what one can learn about health and well-being by studying what's in the bowl. A... [ More...]
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In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's "The Man Who... [ More...]
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An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both the... [ More...]
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A National Bestseller, a "New York Times" Notable Book, and an "Entertainment Weekly" Best Book of the Year It's the summer of 1854, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure-garbage removal,... [ More...]
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