She traces a path back to slavery and such racist tropes as the hardiness of Black women while also describing the contemporary phenomenon of stress “weathering” Black bodies. Anthropologist Dana-Ain Davis, PhD, spent seven years plumbing the race-related factors that fuel Black babies’ early arrivals and subsequent need for neonatal intensive care. In the United States, Black women are twice as likely to give birth prematurely than their White peers - and financial success offers scant protection. Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth, Dana-Ain Davis, PhD Although some quirkier sections may not appeal to squeamish readers - there’s a chapter on feces and a description of ingesting eyeballs - the book offers a loving look at the sophisticated ecosystem that is the human body. His travels through Himalayan waterways provide a metaphor for the arteries that carry blood, for example, and an icy trek through Russia reveals the crucial role of temperature regulation in health. Physician by training and naturalist at heart, Jonathan Reisman, MD, takes readers on a tour of the human body, traveling from “Eyes” to “Lungs” and from “Mucus” to “Fat.” But Reisman, who works in emergency medicine, also takes readers on an equally edifying journey around the globe. The Unseen Body: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy, Jonathan Reisman, MD This year’s crop of recently published medicine-related books covers all this and more. Gene sequencing that helped restore vision to a boy who hadn’t seen his mother for years. Health inequities among Black pregnant people.
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