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Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind over Body
Jo Marchant
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Description for Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind over Body
Paperback. A ground-breaking look at the new science behind the mind's surprising ability to heal the body, with advice and tips on how we can all use the latest research to improve our health and our lives Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: MMZ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME PRIZE ALL IN THE MIND? - Can meditation fend off dementia? - Can the smell of lavender affect the immune system? - Can your thoughts ease physical pain? In Cure, award-winning science writer Jo Marchant travels the world to meet the physicians, patients and researchers on the cutting edge of mind-body medicine, asking how the brain can heal the body and how we can all make changes to keep ourselves healthier.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857868855
SKU
V9780857868855
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99-99
About Jo Marchant
Dr Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist based in London. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London, and an MSc in Science Communication (with a dissertation in evidence-based medicine) from Imperial College London. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and at Nature, and her articles have appeared in publications including The Guardian, Wired UK, The Observer Review, New Scientist and Nature. Her radio and TV appearances include BBC Radio 4's Start the Week and Today programmes, CNN and National Geographic. She has lectured around the world. Her book Decoding the Heavens was shortlisted for the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books.
Reviews for Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind over Body
Should be compulsory reading for all young doctors
NEW SCIENTIST
[Marchant] surveys with grace what we think we know, and what we would like to know, about the mysterious and troubling relationship between our minds and our bodies
GUARDIAN
A revved-up, research-packed explication of the use of mind in medicine
NATURE
Turns the mind-body debate on its head
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
A well-researched page-turner . . . may very well lead to widespread changes in the ways we practice medicine
NEW YORK POST
A diligent and useful work that makes the case for 'holistic' medicine while warning against the snake-oil salesmen who have annexed that word for profit
SUNDAY TIMES
This is popular science writing at its very best . . . I would recommend this book to anybody who has a mind and a body
HENRY MARSH
author of DO NO HARM: STORIES OF LIFE, DEATH, AND BRAIN SURGERY
Marchant is a skeptical, evidence-based reporter - one with a background in microbiology, no less - which makes for a fascinating juxtaposition against some of the alternative treatments she discusses
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
A thought-provoking exploration of how the mind affects the body and can be harnessed to help treat physical illness, by an award-winning science journalist
ECONOMIST, Book of the Year
A rewarding read that seeks to separate the wishful and emotion-driven from the scientifically tested
WASHINGTON POST
Marchant writes this with sparkling clarity and authority . . . much food for thought
NUDGE
This is an important book, and one that will challenge those dismissive of efforts to investigate how our thoughts, emotions and beliefs might directly influence our physical wellbeing . . . intriguing and trailblazing
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
A powerful and critically needed conceptual bridge for those who are frustrated with pseudoscientific explanations of alternative therapies but intrigued by the mind's potential power to both cause and treat chronic, stress-related conditions
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cure represents a journey in the best sense of the word: a vivid, compassionate, generous exploration of the role of the human mind in both health and illness
DEBORAH BLUM Optimistic . . . [and] empowering
MAIL ON SUNDAY
Marchant makes her case so cogently that it is hard to disagree
INDEPENDENT
Thought-provoking . . . Ms Marchant's book makes a convincing case
ECONOMIST
NEW SCIENTIST
[Marchant] surveys with grace what we think we know, and what we would like to know, about the mysterious and troubling relationship between our minds and our bodies
GUARDIAN
A revved-up, research-packed explication of the use of mind in medicine
NATURE
Turns the mind-body debate on its head
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
A well-researched page-turner . . . may very well lead to widespread changes in the ways we practice medicine
NEW YORK POST
A diligent and useful work that makes the case for 'holistic' medicine while warning against the snake-oil salesmen who have annexed that word for profit
SUNDAY TIMES
This is popular science writing at its very best . . . I would recommend this book to anybody who has a mind and a body
HENRY MARSH
author of DO NO HARM: STORIES OF LIFE, DEATH, AND BRAIN SURGERY
Marchant is a skeptical, evidence-based reporter - one with a background in microbiology, no less - which makes for a fascinating juxtaposition against some of the alternative treatments she discusses
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
A thought-provoking exploration of how the mind affects the body and can be harnessed to help treat physical illness, by an award-winning science journalist
ECONOMIST, Book of the Year
A rewarding read that seeks to separate the wishful and emotion-driven from the scientifically tested
WASHINGTON POST
Marchant writes this with sparkling clarity and authority . . . much food for thought
NUDGE
This is an important book, and one that will challenge those dismissive of efforts to investigate how our thoughts, emotions and beliefs might directly influence our physical wellbeing . . . intriguing and trailblazing
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
A powerful and critically needed conceptual bridge for those who are frustrated with pseudoscientific explanations of alternative therapies but intrigued by the mind's potential power to both cause and treat chronic, stress-related conditions
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cure represents a journey in the best sense of the word: a vivid, compassionate, generous exploration of the role of the human mind in both health and illness
DEBORAH BLUM Optimistic . . . [and] empowering
MAIL ON SUNDAY
Marchant makes her case so cogently that it is hard to disagree
INDEPENDENT
Thought-provoking . . . Ms Marchant's book makes a convincing case
ECONOMIST