A New York Post Best Book of 2016New York Magazine Best Science Book of 2016A Mindful.org Top 10 Mindful Book of 2016 Sunday Times Book of the Year An Economist Book of the YearSpirituality & Health Best Mind/Body Book of 2016 New York Times Cure is a cautious, scrupulous investigation of how the brain can help heal our bodies. It is also an important look at the flip side of this coin, which is how brains damaged by stress may make bodies succumb to physical illness or accelerated aging…Cure points a way toward a future in which the two camps [mainstream medicine and alternative therapies] might work together. After all, any medicine that makes a patient better, whether conventional, alternative, or placebo, is simply medicine.” —Wall Street Journal —Susannah Cahalan, New York Post Cure is for anyone interested in a readable overview of recent findings in mind-body phenomena, a reliably enthralling topic… A rewarding read that seeks to separate the wishful and emotion-driven from the scientifically tested.”—Washington Post —Entertainment Weekly —New York Magazine —Economist Cure is a much-needed counter to a reductionist medical culture that ignores anything that doesn’t show up in a scan… [it] should be compulsory reading for all young doctors.” — — Cure .”—Spirituality & Health — The Guardian —Times Literary Supplement —The Independent —Sunday Times Cure is intriguing and trailblazing, and Marchant's account of its pursuit is often gripping… There's a lot to this impressive book, and it has the potential to have the same dramatic impact on our understanding of our self as Norman Doidge's blockbuster, The Brain that Changes Itself .” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Kirkus Reviews 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. Drawing on her training as a scientist and a science writer, Marchant meticulously investigates both promising and improbable theories of the mind’s ability to heal the body. The result is to illuminate a fascinating approach to medicine, full of human detail, integrity, and ultimately, hope.”Deborah Blum , author of The Poisoner’s Handbook and Love at Goon Park Cure beautifully describes the cutting-edge research going on in the fascinating—and until now, often unexplored—area of mind-body medicine. 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
Two things separate Cure from other books of this type. First, Ms. Marchant writes well, which is never a guarantee in this genre; you often must make a choice between authors who understand science but can't write, and authors who can write but don't understand science. Second, Ms. Marchant has chosen very moving characters to show us the importance of the research she discusses—we forget that those who turn to alternative medicine are often people in extremis—and she possesses an equal flair for finding inspirational figures.
The New York Times - Jennifer Senior
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