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As it is a major component of blood, water is vital for transporting oxygen to the brain. Heaven forbid that your blood…
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If I was writing a lifestyle book it would have the same advice on every page, and you’d know it all already.…
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In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world - an expansion of the…
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Transparency and detail are everything in science.
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Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published as negative findings. This is a cancer at the core of evidence-based…
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The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill,…
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Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.
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You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.
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Homeopathy pills are, after all, empty little sugar pills which seem to work, and so they embody [..] how we can be…
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And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you'll…
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You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.
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Children can be disgusting, and often they can develop extraordinary talents, but I’m yet to meet any child who can stimulate his…
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If I was writing a lifestyle book it would have the same advice on every page, and you’d know it all already.…
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I’m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me.” I’m not…
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As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to…
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I didn’t ask. Some things are better left unsaid. He looked at me and I shivered. I never get enough of him.…
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I’m not certain you’d know the right sort of man for you if he arrived on our doorstep riding an elephant.” “I…
— Julia Quinn
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Well. We’ll just have to hope that this wasn’t a loup-garou, I guess.” “If it was a louper, you’d know,” Bob said…
— Jim Butcher
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I’d know you in the dark,” he said. “From a thousand miles away. There’s nothing you could become that I haven’t already…
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In my time,” he said, “they believed in witches. Are you a witch, Honor, that you make me say these things to…
— Nalini Singh
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Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good.…
— Richard Siken
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If I could just stay alive for a week, I’d know the unwritten secrets of Anna’s mom and the Dutch Tulip Guy.
— John Green
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