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The Naked Lady Who Stood On Her Head [eBook]

Subtitled A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases and written by long-practicing doctor Gary Small, this collection of true and unusual patients’ tales is fascinating and enlightening. In his introduction, Dr. Small states that every year about sixty million people in the U.S. … Continue reading

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Cheating Death: the doctors and medical miracles that are saving lives against all odds

It seems that the smarter you are, the less you know. With all of medicine’s advances over the past century, there are still so many very basic aspects of human physiology that are a complete mystery. In this intriguing and … Continue reading

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My Stroke of Insight: a brain scientist’s personal journey

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor loves brains! Her amazement and wonder at the intricate workings of the human brain come through on every page of this very personal record of the massive stroke that almost took her life 13 years ago … Continue reading

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