The Magic Feather Effect: The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief

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Review "The small miracle of Warner's entertaining and highly useful book is that it gives you the tools to understand how alternative medicine works, so you can confidently make up your own mind...With lean and persuasive prose, she skillfully navigates the alternative-medicine landscape with an open mind and a strong bias for the scientific method." (The Washington Post) Read more About the Author Melanie Warner is a freelance writer for various publications, including The New York Times and Fast Company. She has spent the past fifteen years writing about business, first as a writer at Fortune magazine, where among other things, she wrote about the dotcom boom in Silicon Valley. She was also a staff reporter for The New York Times, covering the food industry. The author of The Magic Feather Effect and Pandora’s Lunchbox, she lives in Honolulu. Read more