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Ah-Choo! The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold (Twelve, 2010)
On average, we spend five years of our lives suffering from colds. Wouldn't it be a good idea to learn something about them? Some colds are like mice, timid and annoying; others like dragons, accompanied by body aches and deep misery. Ah-Choo! explains just what a cold is, how it works, and whether it’s really possible to “fight one off.” Scientists call this the Golden Age of the Common Cold for good reason. Americans suffer up to a billion colds each year, resulting in 40 million days of missed work and school and 100 million doctor visits. Also, over the past decade we’ve learned much more about what cold viruses are, what they do to the human body, and how symptoms can be addressed. This ode to the odious cold sifts through the chatter about treatments—what works, what doesn’t, and what can’t hurt. It dispels myths, such as susceptibility to colds reflects a weakened immune system. And it tracks current research, including work at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, a world-renowned center of cold research studies, where the search for a cure continues. (MORE...)
“The common cold is far from being the stuffy subject one might expect. In the hands of gifted science writer Ackerman, the cold is addressed with dry wit while she covers every detail from soup (chicken, of course) to nuts (folk remedies)."
Booklist (starred review)
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Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body (2007)
Taking us through a typical day, from the arousal of the senses to hunger, fatigue, stress, sex, the reverie of sleep and dreams, this book explores the new science of what happens in the body. At once entertaining and deeply practical, it reveals the body as we've never seen it: busy, cunning, miraculous. (MORE... )
Selected as:
- an"Editors' Choice" by The New York Times
- a "new and notable book of scientific interest" by Science News
- a main selection by the Scientific American Book Club
"An enthusiastic tour through 24 hours in the life of a typical human body. . . .[an] illuminating and hospitable book." — Kyla Dunn,
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"A readable and remarkably comprehensive tour of all that is new and intriguing in the study of human physiology." — Abigail Zuger, MD, The New York Times Science Times MORE
"Engaging, eloquent, and accessible." — New Scientist
"An insightful text celebrating just how clever is the machine we call the human body." — Kirkus Reviews
Offers fascinating insight into the workings of our often inscrutable bodies." — Bookpage
"Provide[s] a steady stream of interesting information" — Publisher's Weekly
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Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity
A startling new message has emerged lately about human heredity. Scientists probing the deep workings of organisms have discovered that all living things, from yeasts to worms to humans, are guided by similar genes and proteins, which have passed down nearly intact for hundreds of millions of years. Both personal memoir and cutting-edge science, this book offers an encompassing vision of the impact of these shared gifts on our everyday lives. (MORE...)
"Fascinating…tying together the famous and the forgotten, the microscopic and the vast."— New York Times Book Review
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Notes From The Shore
An exploration of the natural life of the mid-Atlantic coast—the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard—this book takes the reader on journey to the ocean’s edge, to view the habits of shorebirds, the movement of sand and water, the wealth of creatures that survive amid storm and surf. (MORE... )
“The alchemy of art with solid science” — Edward Hoagland
“Arresting and provocative, a joy to read" — The Washington Post
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With Miriam Nelson, PhD:
The Strong Women's Guide to Total Health (Rodale, 2010)
The Strong Women's Guide to Total Health offers a complete picture of the broad spectrum of issues that affect women's health, including:
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Stress management and emotional well-being
· Exercise, nutrition, and weight control
· Heart and cardiovascular health
· Beauty, inside and out
· Sexual and reproductive health
· Disease prevention
This practical, hands-on guide also offers a self-assessment tool to help you understand your current state of health and the diseases and health issues for which you may be at risk. Accessible, comprehensive, and informed by the most up-to-date medical information available, this volume is essential reading for women of all ages.
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