If Our Bodies Could Talk
Operating and Maintaining a Human Body
"If you want to understand the strange workings of the human body, and the future of medicine, you must read this illuminating, engaging book." —Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene
In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called "If Our Bodies Could Talk." With it, the doctor-turned-journalist established himself as a seriously entertaining authority in the field of health. Now, in illuminating and genuinely funny prose, Hamblin explores the human stories behind health questions that never seem to go away—and which tend to be mischaracterized and oversimplified by marketing and news media. He covers topics such as sleep, aging, diet, and much more:
• Can I “boost” my immune system?
• Does caffeine make me live longer?
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JAMES HAMBLIN is a writer and senior editor at The Atlantic magazine. He hosts the video series "If Our Bodies Could Talk," for which he was a finalist in the 2015 Webby Awards for Best Web Personality. He is the recipient of a 2015 Yale University Poynter Fellowship in Journalism. His work has been featured in/on The New York Times, Politico magazine, NPR, BBC, MSNBC, New York, The Awl, and The Colbert Report. Time named him among the 140 people to follow on Twitter in 2014. He's based in Brooklyn, NY.
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