Category: medicine
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Book Review: Dr. Feelgood by Richard A. Lertzman & William J. Birnes
Earlier this year, I read Blitzed by Norman Ohler. My interest in that book led me to find this book, which follows a similar figure in the United States who injected well-known celebrities and public figures with an addictive amphetamine cocktail…
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Top 5: Favorite Nonfiction Reads of 2025 (so far)
I’ve read a fantastic assortment of fiction books this year, but I think my nonfiction reads have surpassed those. It was difficult to build this list…
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Book Review: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
I never gave much thought to tuberculosis. Of course, I knew that several historical figures suffered from and/or died from it, and I knew in some parts of the world it was still possible to become ill with it, but growing up in America, I’ve always assumed it was largely an illness of the past.…
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Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Thanks to random YouTube rabbit holes, I was somewhat familiar with Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells going into this book. Had I realized there was a book at the time, I would have read this a lot sooner…