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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up because I didn't want to pay the price for the new hardback Atul Gawande book. <br/>I don't get headaches, nor do I know anyone who does (or at least admits it to me) so I figured it would be good to try and see the affliction from a sufferer's perspective. I'm sure I will have a p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1905777">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to order this book online because it’s apparently not available in-store anywhere. I wanted to read it so that I could learn about the struggles Kamen went through to cure her headache. Though her experience isn’t the same thing that I have been going through, I thought it could lend some ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55780035">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My sister said this includes a commentary about modern medicine in america, and I'm always interested in that, probably more than I should be. If nothing else, I'd like to know if and how the headache was fixed.]]></body>
    
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