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In Mercies in Disguise, acclaimed New York Times reporter and best-selling author Gina Kolata tells the story of the Baxleys, an upstanding family in small-town South Carolina. Many of them were doctors, but still, they are struck down by an inscrutable illness. Finally they discover the cause of the disease after a remarkable sequence of providential events. Meanwhile science, progressing for 50 years along a parallel track, handed the Baxleys a question - not a cure but a blood test that would reveal who had the gene for the disease.

"What Obese Patients Should Say to Doctors" is from the September 26, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"More Men with Early Prostate Cancer Choosing to Avoid Treatment" is from the May 24, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"The Shame of Fat Shaming" is from the October 01, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"People Who Avoided Illness Could Be Key in Treating Those Who Didn't" is from the April 11, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Diabetes and Your Diet: The Low-Carb Debate" is from the September 15, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Nearly 200,000 Americans have bariatric surgery each year. Yet far more — an estimated 24 million — are heavy enough to qualify for the operation, and many of them are struggling with whether to have such a radical treatment, the only one that leads to profound and lasting weight loss for virtually everyone who has it.

"After Weight-Loss Surgery, a Year of Joys and Disappointments" is from the December 26, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"One Weight-Loss Approach Fits All? No, Not Even Close" is from the December 12, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Drug Overdoses Propel Rise in Mortality Rates of Whites" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and Sarah Cohen and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Study Shows Promise for Expensive Cholesterol Drugs, but They Are Still Hard to Obtain" is from the November 14, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Americans Blame Obesity on Lack of Willpower, Despite Evidence It’s Genetic" is from the November 1, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Dashing Hopes, Study Shows a Cholesterol Drug Had No Effect on Heart Health" is from the April 3, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"One Weight-Loss Approach Fits All? No, Not Even Close" is from the December 12, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Screening for Alzheimer’s Gene Tests the Desire to Know" is from the March 07, 2016, Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"NIH May Resume Funds for Human-Animal Stem Cell Research" is from the August 04, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"When Doctors Fail to See Past Weight, Other Problems Lurk" is from the September 25, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Birth of ‘3-Parent Baby’ a Success for Controversial Procedure" is from the September 27, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"U.S. Dementia Rates Are Dropping Even as Population Ages" is from the November 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"After 'the Biggest Loser,' Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight" is from the May 2, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Genetic Heart Disease Risk Eased by Healthy Habits, Study Finds" is from the November 13, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Caroline Miller.