from corinnealyssa

Loved it. Great writer, interesting topic, engaging read. It's a very smart book with a scientific approach, and earnestly quite fascinating much of the time, especially on topics like placebos and how and why they work. Bill Moyers did a great series in the 90s on healing and the mind that delve...

from quilted_kat

In Cure, Marchant explores and studies the bias of doctors to relegate illness as strictly biological, and completely separate from the study of the mind through psychiatry. Recent studies have found that the mind and body are not separate and do communicate and influence the health of each other...

from CinderH

This is a fascinating read! The science of how the mind can affect the body is something that is frowned upon by most in the medical community. Biofeedback, hypnosis, meditation and just plain distraction in aiding burn victims during treatment is not something the drug companies want to fund stu...

from meandmybooks

Fascinating stuff! Marchant reminds us at every turn that more research is needed to confirm the effectiveness of many of the brain related health benefits she talks about, but still... so intriguing! Marchant, a writer of popular science with respectable science-y credentials (PhD in genetics an...

from zimbawilson

First of all, Jo Marchant is a terrific non fiction writer. She does a splendid job on the subject matter of the the mind-body connection in each chapter. Every chapter is it's own different part of fascinating studies from the placebo effect to hypnosis to oxygen deprivation etc. While a book li...