"Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science"

[Tom Kindlon]

Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand Hardcover – May 23, 2017

by Julie Rehmeyer

https://smile.amazon.com/Through-Shadowlands-Science-Writers-Understand/dp/1623367654/

 

[Tom Kindlon]

I was consulted on one chapter.

 

[Simon]

I'm giving away a copy of Julie Rehmeyer's "Through the Shadowlands" for ME Awareness day

Julie kindly sent me an early bird copy of her wonderful book (I'm one of the people she consulted about the science) - thanks, Julie! I'm keeping that copy, of course, but I already had a copy on pre-order and I'm going to give that one away for ME Awareness Day.

If you'd like to be in the mix for the free copy just send me a PM, or send a tweet to me, @sjmnotes, using the hashtag #winshadowlands. I'll choose a winner on today or tomorrow, and contact you for your address.

Ideally, I'd like the book to go to someone who wouldn't be able to get it otherwise (hardbacks aren't cheap), but it's entirely up to people to decide what to do.

I'll post to the US or the UK for sure. I'll also post further afield if the winner will pay any additional postage (it's Amazon, whose postage charges don't seem too bad).

And of course, thanks to Julie for making this possible by sending me an early bird copy.

More about the Through the Shadowlands (and how to buy it).

 

[Cheshire]

The Loneliness of Having an Illness Science Doesn’t Understand

If someone told you she had something called chronic fatigue syndrome, you might not take her very seriously. Who among us isn’t tired all the time? And yet chronic fatigue is a condition with a name that belies the very serious malady it’s meant to convey. While exhaustion is indeed part of it, the worst symptoms are often debilitating: loss of motor functions for periods of time, feeling ill after even mild exercise, drops in blood pressure, and quickening heart rate. Although as many as 2.5 million Americans could be afflicted with the illness, there is no cure for CFS, and scientists still don’t understand its cause.

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/08/living-with-an-illness-science-hasnt-figured-out.html