Medicine audiobooks
The New Menopause
By: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Narrated by: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.
Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering... Read more
The Body Keeps the Score
By: Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 New York Times bestseller
“Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies
A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New... Read more
The Myth of Normal
By: Gabor Maté, MD & Daniel Maté
Narrated by: Daniel Maté
Length: 18 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
The instant New York Times bestseller
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.
In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries... Read more
On Call
By: Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Narrated by: Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Length: 19 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 New York Times Bestseller
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents
“An eventful autobiography [and] a classic American story…Gripping.”—The Washington Post
“One of the most consequential and most... Read more
How to Change Your Mind
By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 13 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
“Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times
A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book
A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his... Read more
Between Two Kingdoms
By: Suleika Jaouad
Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American Symphony
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The... Read more
The Body
By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Bill Bryson
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD
"Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." —The Washington Post
Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a... Read more
What Happened to You?
By: Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry] are both capable, likable narrators who are sincerely engaged with their subject matter...The performances of these two humanitarians make this a must-hear for anyone recovering from their traumatic past." —AudioFile
This program is read by the authors.
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the... Read more
Hidden Valley Road
By: Robert Kolker
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
"Reads like a medical... Read more
Left on Tenth
By: Delia Ephron
Narrated by: Delia Ephron
Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry’s death, she... Read more
View audiobookI Contain Multitudes
By: Ed Yong
Narrated by: Charlie Anson
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times BestsellerNew York Times Notable Book of 2016NPR Great Read of 2016Economist Best Books of 2016Brain Pickings Best Science Books of 2016Smithsonian Best Books about Science of 2016Science Friday Best Science Book of 2016A Mother Jones Notable Read of 2016A Bill Gates “Gates Notes” PickMPR Best Books of 2016Chicago Public Library... Read more
View audiobookBad Blood
By: John Carreyrou
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 11 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley, rigorously reported by the prize-winning journalist. With a new Afterword.
“Chilling ... Reads like a thriller ... Carreyrou tells [the Theranos story]... Read more
NeuroTribes
By: Steve Silberman
Narrated by: William Hughes
Length: 18 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
This New York Times bestseller upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently.What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is both... Read more
View audiobookStiff
By: Mary Roach
Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.
For 2,000 years, cadavers—some willingly, some unwittingly—have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to... Read more
Dying of Whiteness
By: Jonathan M. Metzl
Narrated by: Jamie Renell
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to help
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston Globe
In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again.... Read more
The Invisible Kingdom
By: Meghan O'Rourke
Narrated by: Meghan O'Rourke
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases
A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether.... Read more
The Mindbody Prescription
By: John E. Sarno
Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Learn how to relieve chronic pain for good with this life-changing New York Times bestselling book.
Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause, leaving patients desperate–and still in agonizing... Read more
The XX Brain
By: Lisa Mosconi PhD
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 10 hours
Abridged: No
"In The XX Brain, Lisa meticulously guides us in the ways we can both nourish and protect ourselves, body and mind, to ensure our brains remain resilient throughout our lives."
--from the foreword by Maria Shriver
The first book to address cognitive enhancement and Alzheimer's prevention specifically in women--and to frame brain health as an... Read more
My Stroke of Insight
By: Jill Bolte Taylor
Narrated by: Jill Bolte Taylor
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment.
On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not... Read more
Burn
By: Herman Pontzer PhD
Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
Length: 11 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and exercise.
We burn 2,000 calories a day. And if we exercise and cut carbs, we'll lose more weight. Right? Wrong. In this paradigm-shifting book, Herman Pontzer reveals for the first time how human metabolism really works so that we can finally manage... Read more
The Vagina Bible
By: Jen Gunter, MD
Narrated by: Jen Gunter
Length: 12 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Does eating sugar cause yeast infections?
Does pubic hair have a function?
Should you have a vulvovaginal care regimen?
Will your vagina shrivel up if you go without sex?
What's the truth about the HPV vaccine?
So many important questions, so much confusing, contradictory misinformation! In this age of click bait, pseudoscience, and... Read more
The Sports Gene
By: David Epstein
Narrated by: David Epstein
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa. At the same time, I began to notice that a training group on my team... Read more
View audiobookVital Organs
By: Suzie Edge
Narrated by: Suzie Edge
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts.
Louis XIV's rear end inspired the British National Anthem.
Queen Victoria's armpit led the development of antiseptics.
Robert Jenkin's ear started a war.
All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than real flesh and blood. These stories of bodies... Read more
The Epigenetics Revolution
By: Nessa Carey
Narrated by: Donna Postel
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field... Read more
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