Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Paul Kalanithi
• Narrated By Cassandra Campbell, Sunil Malhotra
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The New York Times number-one best seller. At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live.

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 6 mins)
• By Adam Kay
• Narrated By Adam Kay

Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships.... Welcome to the life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, comedian and former junior doctor Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line.

Fat for Fuel: A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Joseph Mercola
• Narrated By John Glouchevitch

For over a century, we've accepted the scientific consensus that cancer results from genetic disease due to chromosomal damage in cell nuclei. But what if scientists are chasing a flawed paradigm? What if cancer isn't a disease of damaged DNA but rather of defective metabolism as a result of mitochondrial dysfunction? What if that startling truth could revolutionize our understanding of other diseases, too - and show us a radical new path to optimal health?

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Gabor Maté
• Narrated By Daniel Maté

In When the Body Says No, physician and writer Gabor Maté explores the mind-body link and the connection between stress and disease. Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a relationship between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer’s disease? Is there such a thing as a “cancer personality?” Drawing on scientific research and years of experience as a practicing physician, Maté provides answers to these and other important questions.

How Not to Die: Discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Michael Greger, Gene Stone
• Narrated By To Be Announced

Why rely on drugs and surgery to cure you of life-threatening disease when the right decisions can prevent you from falling ill to begin with? How Not to Die gives effective, scientifically proven nutritional advice to prevent our biggest killers - heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes - and reveals the astounding health benefits that simple dietary choices can provide.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 36 mins)
• By Oliver Sacks
• Narrated By Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks - introduction
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Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; who are stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; whose limbs have become alien; who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents.

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 45 mins)
• By Gabor Maté
• Narrated By Daniel Maté
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Best-selling writer and physician Gabor Maté looks at the epidemic of addictions in our society, tells us why we are so prone to them, and details what is needed to liberate ourselves. Starting with a close view of his drug-addicted patients, Dr. Maté looks at his own history of compulsive behavior, weaving a story of real people who struggle with addiction with the latest research on addiction and the brain. In a bold synthesis of clinical experience, insight and cutting edge scientific findings, Dr. Maté sheds light on this most puzzling of human frailties.

The Wisdom of Your Cells: How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 12 mins)
• By Bruce H. Lipton
• Narrated By Bruce H. Lipton

In the tradition of Carl Sagan, Rachel Carson, and Stephen Hawking, a new voice has emerged with the unique gift of translating cutting-edge science into clear, accessible language: Dr. Bruce Lipton. With The Wisdom of Your Cells, this internationally recognized authority on cellular biology takes listeners on an in-depth exploration into the microscopic world, where new discoveries and research are revolutionizing the way we understand life, evolution, and consciousness.

On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 44 mins)
• By Dave Grossman, Loren W. Christensen
• Narrated By Dave Grossman

On Combat looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle and the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what measure warriors can take to prevent such debilitations so they can stay in the fight, survive, and win. A brief, but insightful look at history shows the evolution of combat, the development of the physical and psychological leverage that enables humans to kill other humans, followed by an objective examination of domestic violence in America.

Memorizing Pharmacology: A Relaxed Approach

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Tony Guerra
• Narrated By James Gillies

This easy-to-listen guide organizes pharmacology into manageable, logical steps you can fit in short pockets of time. The proven system helps you memorize medications quickly and form immediate connections. With mnemonics from students and instructors, you'll see how both sides approach learning. After you've finished the 200 Top Drugs in this book, reading pharmacology exam questions will seem like reading plain English.

The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 6 mins)
• By Robert Wachter
• Narrated By Benjamin Wachter
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While modern medicine produces miracles, it also delivers care that is too often unsafe, unreliable, unsatisfying, and impossibly expensive. For the past few decades, technology has been touted as the cure for all of healthcare's ills. But medicine stubbornly resisted computerization - until now. Over the past five years, thanks largely to billions of dollars in federal incentives, health care has finally gone digital.

Tripping Over the Truth: The Return of the Metabolic Theory of Cancer Illuminates a New and Hopeful Path to a Cure

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Travis Christofferson
• Narrated By Clay Lomakayu

A masterful synchronization of history and cutting-edge science shines new light on humanity's darkest diagnosis. In the wake of the Cancer Genome Atlas project's failure to provide a legible road map to a cure for cancer, science writer Travis Christofferson illuminates a promising blend of old and new perspectives on the disease.

Living with Someone Who's Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Practical Guide for Family, Friends, and Coworkers

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Chelsea Lowe, Bruce M. Cohen
• Narrated By Jean Alexander
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This book provides a much-needed resource for family and friends of the more than 5 million American adults suffering from bipolar disorder. From psychotic behavior that requires medication to milder mood swings with disturbing ups and down, this book offers a warm and often humorous user-friend guide for coping with bipolar loved ones, colleagues, and friends. This important book contains real-life illustrative examples and a wealth of helpful strategies and coping mechanisms that can be put into action immediately.

Whole Body Barefoot: Transitioning Well to Minimal Footwear

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Katy Bowman
• Narrated By Katy Bowman

Barefoot enthusiasts say ditching your shoes is essential for optimal whole-body function. Doctors say minimalist shoes cause injury. Who's right? What if they both are?

Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Henry Marsh
• Narrated By Henry Marsh
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Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the NHS, and through his continuing work in Nepal and Ukraine, Henry has been forced to reflect more deeply about what 40 years spent handling the human brain has taught him.

It Starts with the Egg: How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant Naturally, Prevent Miscarriage, and Improve Your Odds in IVF

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 33 mins)
• By Rebecca Fett
• Narrated By Anne Flosnik

Whether you are trying to conceive naturally or through IVF, the quality of your eggs will have a powerful impact on how long it takes you to get pregnant and whether you face an increased risk of miscarriage. Poor egg quality is emerging as the single most important cause of age-related infertility, recurrent miscarriage, and failed IVF cycles. It is also a major contributor to infertility in PCOS.

The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan: Boost Brain Performance, Lose Weight, and Achieve Optimal Health

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs)
• By David Perlmutter
• Narrated By Peter Ganim
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The official lifestyle companion guide to Dr. David Perlmutter's revolutionary approach to vibrant health, as described in his international best sellers Grain Brain, The Grain Brain Cookbook, and Brain Maker. With over a million copies sold worldwide, Dr. Perlmutter's novels have changed the lives of people across the globe, revealing the devastating truth about the effects of gluten on the brain and teaching us how to reprogram our genetic destiny.

On Immunity: An Inoculation

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 23 mins)
• By Eula Biss
• Narrated By Tamara Marston

In this bold, fascinating book, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. As she hears more and more fears about vaccines, Biss researches what they mean for her own child, her immediate community, America, and the world, both historically and in the present moment.

Skinny Liver: A Proven Program to Prevent and Reverse the New Silent Epidemic - Fatty Liver Disease

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 51 mins)
• By Kristin Kirkpatrick MS RD LD, Ibrahim Hanouneh MD
• Narrated By Hillary Huber

A silent health crisis is impacting one third of the American population - nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Because its symptoms often don't manifest until the liver is seriously compromised, many people are not aware that they are at risk. Did you know that if you have fatty liver disease, you are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (heart attack and stroke) and potentially several devastating conditions such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer? Did you know that fat is as dangerous as alcohol to the liver?

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee - Key Takeaways & Analysis: A Biography of Cancer

• UNABRIDGED (34 mins)
• By Instaread
• Narrated By Jason P. Hilton

Please note: This product includes key takeaways and analysis of The Emperor of All Maladies, not the original audiobook. The recording includes overviews of research work, historical accounts, and scientific and medical communities' understanding of the disease.

The Cannabis Pharmacy: Grow Cannabis, Make Hemp Oil, and Know the Difference between THC, CBD and the Medical Benefits of Cannabinoids

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 9 mins)
• By Smart Reads
• Narrated By Sangita Chauhan

Cannabis and the hemp family of plants are often known as recreational drugs but did you know many of the same parts that cause the "high" also deliver strong, medicinal effects? Its active component, known as CBD, has the power to heal, improve, and aid various health problems people suffer with. In this book, you'll learn more about this active component as well as the various effects of THC (the stimulant chemical in the plant). You'll learn common applications for CBD products, personal recipes, and even applications for various ailments and problems.

Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 9 mins)
• By Julie Rehmeyer
• Narrated By Julie Rehmeyer

Julie fully expected to be breathing at the end of the trip - but driving into Death Valley felt like giving up, surrendering. She'd spent years battling a mysterious illness so extreme that she often couldn't turn over in her bed. The top specialists in the world were powerless to help, and research on her disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, was at a near standstill. Having exhausted the plausible ideas, Julie turned to an implausible one. Going against both her instincts and her training, she followed the advice of strangers she'd met on the Internet.

What Women Must Know, Vol. 1: Solutions for Natural Hormone Balance

• ORIGINAL (8 hrs and 31 mins)
• By Sherrill Sellman, ND
• Narrated By Sherrill Sellman, ND

Volume 1 of What Women Must Know includes nine segments from various doctors about natural hormone balance.

How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS

• UNABRIDGED (24 hrs and 27 mins)
• By David France
• Narrated By Rory O'Malley
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How to Survive a Plague by David France is the riveting, powerful and profoundly moving story of the AIDS epidemic and the grass-roots movement of activists, many of them facing their own life-or-death struggles, who grabbed the reins of scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease.

Trauma Room Two

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Philip Allen Green MD
• Narrated By David de Vries
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In every hospital emergency department there is a room reserved for trauma. It is a place where life and death are separated by the thinnest of margins. A place where some families celebrate the most improbable of victories while others face the most devastating of losses. A place where what matters the most in this life is revealed. Trauma Room Two is just such a place. In this collection of short stories, Dr. Green takes the listener inside the hidden emotional landscape of emergency medicine.

Medical Marijuana: The History and Health Benefits of Marijuana on Anxiety, Cancer, Epilepsy, and More

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 9 mins)
• By Jake Allen
• Narrated By Giles Miller

This book covers the topic of medical marijuana, and will teach you its history, laws, and practical uses. You will learn the history of marijuana, the laws around cannabis use, medical marijuana and its effects on cancer, and much more.

Hashimotos: The 30 Day Guide to Help Reverse Thyroid Symptoms and Live a Healthier Lifestyle

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 43 mins)
• By Andrew Johnson
• Narrated By Christopher Preece

From start to finish, this audiobook gives you all the information you need after a diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease. First, it goes over the biological basics. As the audiobook progresses, you will begin to learn how your thyroid is affected by everything that you put into your body.

Cervical Cancer

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 5 mins)
• By My Ebook Publishing House
• Narrated By Matt Montanez
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Cervical cancer is the third most common malignancy in women worldwide, and it remains a leading cause of cancer-related death for women in developing countries. Cervical Cancer will provide listeners with a thorough review on cervical cancer, treatment guidelines, and emerging therapies available for the disease. This concise pocket book will review cervical cancer's epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and medical management.

Hemingway's Brain

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Andrew Farah
• Narrated By Andrew Farah

Hemingway's Brain is an innovative biography and the first forensic psychiatric examination of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway. After committing 17 years to researching Hemingway's life and medical history, Andrew Farah, a forensic psychiatrist, has concluded that the writer's diagnoses were incorrect. Contrary to the commonly accepted diagnoses of bipolar disorder and alcoholism, Farah provides a comprehensive explanation of the medical conditions that led to Hemingway's suicide.

Psychiatry - Medical School Crash Course

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 9 mins)
• By AudioLearn Medical Content Team
• Narrated By Bhama Roget

Written by experts and authorities in the field and professionally narrated for easy listening, this crash course is a valuable tool both during school and when preparing for the USMLE, or if you're simply interested in the subject. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical medical school psychiatry course. Included are both capsule and detailed explanations of critical issues and topics you must know to master the course.

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 6 mins)
• By Adam Kay
• Narrated By Adam Kay

Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships.... Welcome to the life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, comedian and former junior doctor Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line.

Miraculous CBD: The Essential Guide

• UNABRIDGED (58 mins)
• By Carol Merlo M.Ed.
• Narrated By Carol Merlo
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Have you been on a quest to find the solution to eliminate pain and restore your health? Have you tried all the potions, pills, and drugs but are still dealing with the aches, pains, and costs of treatment? Now you can discover recent advances in science that have revealed that a non-psychoactive ingredient in the hemp plant has the ability to balance hormones, reduce inflammation, balance brain chemistry and much, much more. Discover the power of CBD oil and what it can do for your health.

Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Richard Harris
• Narrated By Joe Delafield
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American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated due to poor experimental design, improper methods, and sloppy statistics. Bad science doesn't just hold back medical progress, it can sign the equivalent of a death sentence for terminal patients. In Rigor Mortis, Richard Harris explores these urgent issues with vivid anecdotes, personal stories, and interviews with the top biomedical researchers. We need to fix our dysfunctional biomedical system - before it's too late.

Hungry for Life: A Memoir Unlocking the Truth Inside an Anorexic Mind

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Rachel Richards
• Narrated By Rachel Richards
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In this painfully moving memoir, take a firsthand look at anorexia through the eyes of a young girl. Even in kindergarten, Rachel Richards knows something isn't right. By leading us through her distorted thoughts, she shines a light on the experience and mystery of mental illness. As she grows up, unable to comprehend or communicate her inner trauma, Rachel lashes out, hurting herself, running away from home, and fighting her family. Restricting food gives her the control she craves. But after being hospitalized and force-fed, Rachel only retreats further into herself.

To Siri, with Love: A mother, her autistic son, and the kindness of a machine

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Judith Newman
• Narrated By Sarah Borges
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No one would consider Judith Newman's domestic life normal. She and her husband keep separate apartments - his filled with twin grand pianos, as befits a former opera singer; hers packed with the clutter and chaos of twin adolescent boys conceived late in life. And one of those boys is Gus, her sweet, complicated, autistic 13-year-old. With honesty and humour, To Siri, with Love chronicles one year in the life of Gus and the family around him - a family with the same crazy ups and downs as any other.

Tummy Tuck: Are You the Right Candidate for a Tummy Tuck

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 6 mins)
• By Tony William
• Narrated By Matthew Sabados

If you've tried every sit-up and stomach crunching move there is, and are still far from your goal of a flat-as-a-board belly or six pack, then a tummy tuck could be the right choice for you. A tummy tuck, also known as abodominoplasty, is a cosmetic surgery procedure aimed at removing excess flab from the abdominal area, and tightening the abdominal muscles. Like all cosmetic procedures, it's not a "one size fits all" option. A tummy tuck is not a weight loss measure and should never be treated like one.

The Keystone Approach: Healing Arthritis and Psoriasis by Restoring the Microbiome

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 4 mins)
• By Rebecca Fett
• Narrated By Pamela Almand

This groundbreaking new book examines the causes of psoriasis and arthritis and offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date protocol for reversing autoimmune disease. If you have psoriasis or inflammatory arthritis, it is crucial to understand how diet, gut health, and the microbiome can influence pain and inflammation. By learning which foods trigger flares and which foods help to calm the immune system, you can dramatically reduce the severity of symptoms and reclaim your health.

The Complete Guide to Autism & Healthcare

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Anita Lesko
• Narrated By Colleen Patrick

This audiobook is a comprehensive guide in understanding how to deal with a person on the autism spectrum within the medical system, formulating effective communication strategies, and developing best care practices. It covers sensory issues, pain tolerance, body awareness, communication challenges, legal and ethical issues, HIPPA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, and much more.

Dr. Lani's No-Nonsense Bone Health Guide: The Truth About Density Testing, Osteoporosis Drugs, and Building Bone Quality at Any Age

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 5 mins)
• By Claude D. Arnaud, Lani Simpson DC CCD
• Narrated By Randye Kaye

Author Dr. Lani Simpson, both a doctor of chiropractic and a certified clinical densitometrist, cuts through the confusion and inaccuracies surrounding osteoporosis to explain her whole-body approach to bone health, which includes discussions of digestive health, diet, supplements, and exercise. You may be surprised to learn which foods and medicines hurt bone health and which ones help in building strong bones.

Underwater: When Encephalitis, Brain Injury and Epilepsy Change Everything

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Chris Maxwell
• Narrated By Chris Maxwell

Encephalitis almost ended Chris Maxwell's life. The scar tissue in his brain and life with epilepsy made him - and his family and friends - feel like the life they'd known changed suddenly and permanently. For Maxwell and the staggering number of people facing traumatic brain injuries, epilepsy, or other painful encounters, life is experienced through a different lens.