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Discusses the benefits, risks, and legal aspects of breast implants.

Scott Bolzan, pilot and retired professional football player, suffers from one of the most severe cases of permanent retrograde amnesia after falling and hitting his head. He and his family, that he does not remember, must struggle to regain the life he once had.

The author describes losing her two hemophiliac sons after they contracted AIDS through blood transfusions, and discusses her role as a member of a group that seeks legal reparation from the pharmaceutical companies responsible for manufacturing the tainted blood products.

Just after the first World War, there was a great encephalitis (sleeping sickness) epidemic. Those affected were alive, but only barely so. They simply existed with no emotion, expression or humanity. The rigidity in facial expression and movement was similar to Parkinson's Disease and so these symptoms were called Parkinsonism. But in 1969 this changed. With injections of a remarkable new "awakening" drug, Laevodihydroxy-phenylalanine, or L-DOPA by Dr. Oliver Sacks, these patients came alive. First published in 1973, the events in this book are still riveting to scientists as well as others who are interested in the workings of the brain.

Examines the rise in autism cases in American children since the 1980s, a trend that corresponds to new childhood vaccinations which contain thimerosal, a preservative made of the toxin mercury, and follows the struggles of several families to learn why their once-healthy children became autistic.

Provides parents with the support and information needed to help a child recover from traumatic brain injuries, including information on diagnosis, rehabilitation, medical concerns, effects on learning, preventing further injury, legal issues, and other related topics.

Discusses how the brain functions, the effects of drugs on the brain, how drug use can lead to addiction, and where to get help.

Describes the home and school life of twelve-year-old Leslie, a girl with mental retardation, and discusses mental retardation in general.