EAN: 9781324002376

A MOLECULE AWAY FROM MADNESS - SARA MANNING PES...

Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind  but they have an Achilles heel:
the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are gripping
accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake. A college student cannot
remember if she has eaten breakfast. By dinner  she is strapped to a hospital bed  convinced
she is battling zombies. A man planning to propose marriage instead becomes violently enraged 
gripped by body spasms so severe that he nearly bites off his own tongue. One after another 
poor farmers in South Carolina drop dead from a mysterious epidemic of dementia. With an
intoxicating blend of history and intrigue  Sara Manning Peskin invites readers to play medical
detective  tracing each diagnosis from the patient to an ailing nervous system. Along the way 
Peskin entertains with tales of the sometimes outlandish  often criticized  and forever devoted
scientists who discovered it all. Peskin never loses sight of the human impact of these
conditions. Alzheimer's Disease is more than the gradual loss of a loved one  it can be a
family's multigenerational curse. The proteins that abound in every cell of our bodies are not
simply strings of oxygen  hydrogen  nitrogen  and carbon  they are the building blocks of our
personalities and relationships. A Molecule Away from Madness is an unputdownable journey into
the deepest mysteries of our brains.

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