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Just when you thought cancer couldn’t suck any more than it already does

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery by Barbara K. Lipska with Elaine McArdle

February 18, 2019 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

Barbara K. Lipska had already survived two encounters with the dreaded “C” disease when weird things started happening to her brain. In 2009 she fought off breast cancer, undergoing a mastectomy of her left breast, and then, in 2012, she defeated melanoma, or so she thought. That’s the trouble with cancer; you’re never really “cured.” There’s always the chance that it can metastasize somewhere else in your body. For Lipska, a neuroscientist who specializes in studying mental illness, the disease came roaring back in the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Barbara K. Lipska, brain chemistry, cancer, cbr11, Elaine McArdle, KimMiE", neuroscience

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Barbara K. Lipska, brain chemistry, cancer, cbr11, Elaine McArdle, KimMiE", neuroscience ·
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Okay, fuckety bye.

March 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

So firstly, this was fun and liked it and I admire its enthusiasm. Any book that tries to break down the taboo veil surrounding swearing is good in my book. I do not understand the fixation that some people have about swearing, and I probably never will. But this book does a really good job laying out a general overview of, as the title tells you, why swearing is good for you. This is actually why I’m only giving it three and a half stars, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: emma byrne, narfna, neuroscience, Non-Fiction, pop science, Psychology, science, swearing is good for you, the amazing science of bad language

narfna's CBR10 Review No:42 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: emma byrne, narfna, neuroscience, Non-Fiction, pop science, Psychology, science, swearing is good for you, the amazing science of bad language ·
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