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Body & Brain
Editors' Picks
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Change Blindness
How can we miss big visual changes that happen right before our eyes?
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Can We Slow Aging?
A gene called FOXO may be a real elixir of longevity. Can all of us harness its power?
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Human Hibernation
Medical researchers and ER doctors are testing therapies that cool down patients to save their lives.
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What Is Intelligence?
Hear Steven Pinker, Rodney Brooks, and other experts offer their insights on what it means to be smart.
Body & Brain in the News
Links
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Explore the CDC’s index of diseases and conditions and get the latest on health-related travel alerts.
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National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
Read about clinical trials under way in the U.S. and abroad and sign up for email updates on NIH health news and research.
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World Health Organization
www.who.int
The WHO sponsors projects and initiatives around the world on health issues ranging from avian flu to typhoid fever.
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National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
Learn about mental disorders and find a guide describing medications and their possible side effects.
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Society for Neuroscience
www.sfn.org/home.aspx
Check out the latest edition of “Brain Facts”, a 64-page primer on the brain and nervous system.
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The Visible Human Project
www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
This site hosts anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of male and female human bodies.
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National Human Genome Research Institute
www.genome.gov
Trace your own family health history using the web-based tool, “My Family Health Portrait.”
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Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.com
More than 3,300 health experts from the Mayo Clinic maintain an online guide to hundreds of diseases and conditions.
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The Journal of the American Medical Association
jama.ama-assn.org
Read the latest issue of the weekly publication or browse by topic the collection of articles published since 1998.
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New England Journal of Medicine
content.nejm.org/
Play “Interactive Medical Case,” a game in which you direct the investigation and treatment of a presented medical case.
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Childbirth
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childbirth.html
Read about the latest childbirth news and research and find a link to local childbirth services in your area.
Books
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The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
by Lewis Thomas
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How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
by Atul Gawande
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Doctors: The Biography of Medicine
by Sherwin B. Nuland
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Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family
by Lee M. Silver
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Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life
by Stephen S. Hall
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Polio: An American Story
by David M. Oshinsky
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Best of the Brain From Scientific American: Mind, Matter, and Tomorrow's Brain
by Floyd Bloom, editor
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The Society of Mind
by Marvin Minsky
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Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
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The Dreaming Brain
by Allan Hobson
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
by Oliver Sacks
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The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
by Richard Preston