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Gender:
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Birth:
1957
Education:
Beloit College
Beloit, Rock County, USA
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Introduction

Dan Hurley (born November 11, 1957) is an American health and medical journalist and author. He has written several books and contributed pieces to The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, Neurology Today and The Atlantic.

Early life

Hurley studied at Beloit College in Wisconsin. He went to Western Carolina University as well.

Honours

Hurley received the American Society of Journalists and Authors' award for investigative journalism in 1995.

Personal life

Hurley was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 18. He currently resides in New Jersey with his family.

Works

  • Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power New York : Hudson Street Press (2013) ISBN 978-1594631276 OCLC 849719216
  • Diabetes Rising: How a rare disease became a modern pandemic, and what to do about it New York : Kaplan (2011) ISBN 978-1607144588 OCLC 427608826
  • Natural Causes: Death, Lies, and Politics in America's Herbal Supplement Industry New York : Broadway Books (2006) ISBN 978-0767920421 OCLC 70122602
  • The 60-Second Novelist: What 22,613 People Taught Me About Life Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications (1999) ISBN 978-1558746923 OCLC 40948515
  • Can You Make Yourself Smarter?: New York Times (2012)