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In 1932, the US Public Health Service recruited 623 African American men from Macon County, Alabama, for a study of "the effects of untreated syphilis in the Negro male". For the next 40 years - even after the development of penicillin, the cure for syphilis - these men were denied medical care for this potentially fatal disease.

With his historic win at the 2014 Boston Marathon, Meb Keflezighi cemented his legacy as one of the great champions of long-distance running. Runners everywhere wanted to know how someone two weeks away from his 39th birthday, who had only the 15th best time going into the race, could defeat the best field in Boston Marathon history and become the first American man to win the race in 31 years. Meb for Mortals describes in unprecedented detail how four-time Olympian Keflezighi prepares to take on the best runners in the world.

As the term “mindfulness” becomes more popular in modern culture, I think it has become more generalized. What I mean by that is when people hear the word mindfulness, they think that it's just a word in order to describe a state in which one is at peace and can find tranquility in the present moment. Although that is partially true, it doesn't describe the entire picture when talking about the subject of mindfulness.