BRAVE NEW MEDICINE

Millions of Americans are affected by autoimmune conditions. Dr. Cynthia Li's journey through autoimmune
illness provides vindication and guidance for these readers.

Dr. Cynthia Li had it all: a successful career in medicine, a loving marriage, and children on the horizon. But it all came crashing down when, within months of having her first child, she developed mysterious symptoms that baffled her doctors. In this revelatory memoir, Li shares the truth other doctors don't always understand and often won't share if they do—that chronic illness is complicated, and that treatment is not just a matter of test results and prescriptions. By sharing her own struggle with a disabling autoimmune crisis, which forced her to question her own conventional medical training and embrace the integrative principles of functional medicine, Li reveals the insider knowledge sufferers need to truly begin healing—mind, body, and spirit.

Cynthia Li, MD, is a board-certified physician in internal medicine, having completed her medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Her practice has centered on public health in underserved communities (HIV/AIDS in San Francisco, CA; Doctors Without Borders in rural China), environmental health, and evolutionary health. Li resides in Berkeley, CA.