Medicine audiobooks

Scourge

By: Jonathan B. Tucker

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this... Read more

The House on Beartown Road

By: Elizabeth Cohen

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In this beautiful book, Elizabeth Cohen gives us a true and moving portrait of the love and courage of a family.Elizabeth is a member of the "sandwich generation"—people caught in the middle of simultaneously caring for their children and for their aging parents. She is the mother of Ava and the daughter of Daddy, and she's responsible for both... Read more

What One Man Said to Another

By: Peter Josyph

Narrated by: Peter Josyph & Raymond Todd

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

What One Man Said to Another is, on one level, a series of extended conversations between friends. On another, it is the spoken autobiography of Richard Selzer, respected surgeon and writer, as recorded by artist and writer Peter Josyph.In these pages, we learn firsthand of Selzer’s life as a surgeon in an isolated village in Korea in the early... Read more

Conduct Under Fire

By: John Glusman

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 24 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners of the Japanese.

In Conduct Under Fire, John A. Glusman chronicles these events through the eyes of his father and three fellow Navy doctors captured on Corregidor in May... Read more

Conduct Under Fire - Abridged

By: John Glusman

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners of the Japanese.

In Conduct Under Fire, John A. Glusman chronicles these events through the eyes of his father and three fellow Navy doctors captured on Corregidor in May... Read more

The Perricone Prescription - Abridged

By: Nicholas Perricone

Narrated by: Robb Webb

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The groundbreaking, scientifically based anti-aging program for people of all agesMany people believe that sags, bags, and wrinkles—on the face and body—are inevitable. According to award-winning research scientist and dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, M.D., they are due to inflammation at the cellular level caused by poor nutrition, pollution,... Read more

The Acne Prescription - Abridged

By: Nicholas Perricone

Narrated by: Robb Webb

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perricone Prescription comes a powerful new weapon in the fight for clear and healthy skinLong recognized as a pioneer in reversing skin damage caused by aging, board certified dermatologist and #1 bestselling author Nicholas Perricone, M.D., now turns his scientific knowledge and experience... Read more

Splendid Solution

By: Jeffrey Kluger

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The riveting story of one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century, from the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Apollo 13.



With rivalries, reversals, and a race against time, the struggle to eradicate polio is one of the great tales of modern history. It begins with the birth of Jonas Salk, shortly before one... Read more

Invisible Heroes

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic event, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and your spirit. Life-threatening accidents, illnesses, assaults, abusive relationships-or a tragedy like 9/11-all can leave deep emotional wounds that persist long after physical scars have healed. Survivors become "invisible... Read more

The Bible Cure for High Blood Pressure

By: Don Colbert

Narrated by: Tim Lundeen

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Listen your way to better health! You can lower your blood pressure and feel better—naturally! How hard is your heart working? In this concise easy to understand audio book you’ll discover a wealth of information to help you reduce and prevent high blood pressure. Learn biblical secrets on health and the latest medical research on how to bring... Read more

Beating Back the Devil

By: Maryn McKenna

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASES, THEY ARE THE SPECIAL FORCES.

They always keep a bag packed. They seldom have more than twenty-four hours' notice before they are dispatched. The phone calls that tell them to head to the airport, sometimes in the middle of the night, may give them no more information than the country they are traveling to and the... Read more

Best of Bryson City Tales

By: Walt Larimore, MD

Narrated by: Walt Larimore

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"We walked out onto a side porch, with woven-seat rocking chairs strewn across it, to look out at the hills that were literally ablaze with color--reds and yellows were painted across the promontories, with amber and orange hues specked the bluffs. The spectacular view all the way to the peak of the distant Frye Mountain reminded us of why so... Read more

Healthcare Under Duress

By: Swannee Rivers

Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In an emotional story that details one woman's struggle within a medical organization that was filled with massive illegal billing, her faith shines through. Healthcare Under Duress:An Inside look at the University of Washington Billing Scandal presents one woman's personal account and experience within a prestigious University Hospital... Read more

Blindsided

By: Richard M. Cohen

Narrated by: Richard M. Cohen & Richard Ferrone

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A hopeful look at coping with the ravages of serious chronic illness by an accomplished journalist, a contributing columnist for the New York Times, and former senior producer of the CBS Evening NewsRichard Cohen, a veteran journalist, has lived with multiple sclerosis for 30 years. Diagnosed with colon cancer twice in recent years, Cohen... Read more

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness - Abridged

By: Dean Edell

Narrated by: Dean Edell

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The Cure for America's Health Anxiety!Whether you're interested in advice on sex, health, arthritis, or spotting medical myths -- millions of Americans have come to revere Dr. Dean Edell for his refreshingly candid health talk on radio and television, and in the bestselling Eat, Drink and Be Merry. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness... Read more

Eat, Drink, & Be Merry - Abridged

By: Dean Edell

Narrated by: Dean Edell

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

""Help me, Dr. Dean! I want to be healthy, but I just don't know where to turn for advice.""No wonder. How often have you felt whipsawed by the experts, confused by conflicting advice, or torn with guilt over what you eat, drink, think? Prepare yourself for a shock: You can relax, enjoy life, and still be healthy.Renowned for candid straight... Read more

Super Sexual Orgasm - Abridged

By: Barbara Keesling

Narrated by: Barbara Keesling

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

It's common knowledge that the female orgasm has remained an enigma to men-and sometimes to women themselves. But now a breakthrough discovery by noted sex therapist and bestselling author Dr. Barbara Keesling has at last unlocked the mysteries of the female anatomy. In her latest book, Super Sexual Orgasm, Dr. Keesling describes a proven set of... Read more

Scurvy

By: Stephen Bown

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

From the 15th to the mid-19th centuries, scurvy caused more deaths at sea than storms, shipwrecks, combat, and all other diseases combined. The cure for scurvy ranks among the greatest of military successes, yet its impact on history has mostly been ignored. In this intriguing book, Stephen R. Brown delivers a lively recounting of how three... Read more

The Anatomy of Hope - Abridged

By: Jerome Groopman

Narrated by: Jerome Groopman

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can change
the course of illness

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.

The... Read more

Gifted Hands - Abridged

By: Ben Carson, M.D.

Narrated by: Ben Carson & Dion Graham

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. If it were not for the persistence of his mother, a single parent who... Read more

The Anatomy of Hope

By: Jerome Groopman

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can change
the course of illness

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.

The... Read more

Mountains Beyond Mountains - Abridged

By: Tracy Kidder

Narrated by: Tracy Kidder

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •“[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today
 
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains]... Read more

The Story of My Father

By: Sue Miller

Narrated by: Sue Miller

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the fall of 1988, Sue Miller found herself caring for her father as he slipped into the grasp of Alzheimer's disease. She was, she claims, perhaps the least constitutionally suited of all her siblings to be in the role in which she suddenly found herself, and in The Story of My Father she grapples with the haunting memories of those final... Read more

Complications - Abridged

By: Atul Gawande

Narrated by: William David Griffith

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.

Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized... Read more