50 Books like 99 Ways to Die

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

4.34

116k+

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography 🧬 Genetics 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

The Emperor of All Maladies 94%

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

4.34

116k+ ratings

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography 🧬 Genetics 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Nine Pints

by Rose George • 2018

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

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4k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Nine Pints 93%

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

by Rose George 2018

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Extra Life

by Steven Johnson • 2023

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

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1k+

🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology 💉 Vaccination 🚽 Sanitation

Extra Life 93%

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

by Steven Johnson 2023

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology 💉 Vaccination 🚽 Sanitation

You

by Michael F. Roizen • 2009

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

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5k+

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

You 93%

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

by Michael F. Roizen 2009

3.65

5k+ ratings

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

COVID-19

by Michael Mosley • 2020

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

3.91

224

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease 🛡️ Immune Health 📜 Pandemic History

COVID-19 93%

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

by Michael Mosley 2020

3.91

224 ratings

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease 🛡️ Immune Health 📜 Pandemic History

Bad Advice

by Paul A. Offit • 2018

Why a movie star's health advice spreads faster than doctors', and what to do about it.

4.11

593

🩺 Health Misinformation 🗣️ Science Communication 📰 Media Criticism 💉 Vaccine Hesitancy 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Bad Advice 93%

Why a movie star's health advice spreads faster than doctors', and what to do about it.

by Paul A. Offit 2018

4.11

593 ratings

🩺 Health Misinformation 🗣️ Science Communication 📰 Media Criticism 💉 Vaccine Hesitancy 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

Replaceable You

by Mary Roach • 2025

Body parts are almost impossible to replace. The workarounds are ingenious, grotesque, and humbling.

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13k+

🔬 Human Anatomy 🫁 Transplant Medicine 📜 Medical History 🛡️ Immunology 🧬 Regenerative Medicine

Replaceable You 93%

Body parts are almost impossible to replace. The workarounds are ingenious, grotesque, and humbling.

by Mary Roach 2025

4.06

13k+ ratings

🔬 Human Anatomy 🫁 Transplant Medicine 📜 Medical History 🛡️ Immunology 🧬 Regenerative Medicine

Booster Shots

by Adam Ratner • 2025

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

4.33

577

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccines

Booster Shots 93%

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

by Adam Ratner 2025

4.33

577 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccines

Better

by Atul Gawande • 2007

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

4.25

37k+

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

Better 93%

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

by Atul Gawande 2007

4.25

37k+ ratings

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

This Book May Save Your Life

by Karan Rajan • 2023

Your body is a masterpiece of near-fatal design. The practical fixes for its worst flaws.

4.03

2k+

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine ⚠️ Bodily Flaws 🦠 Gut Health 🧠 Brain Hacks 🧫 Microbiome

This Book May Save Your Life 93%

Your body is a masterpiece of near-fatal design. The practical fixes for its worst flaws.

by Karan Rajan 2023

4.03

2k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine ⚠️ Bodily Flaws 🦠 Gut Health 🧠 Brain Hacks 🧫 Microbiome

World War C

by Sanjay Gupta • 2021

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

4.04

904

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health 💉 Vaccine Science ⚖️ Science And Politics

World War C 93%

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

by Sanjay Gupta 2021

4.04

904 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health 💉 Vaccine Science ⚖️ Science And Politics

The Body

by Bill Bryson • 2019

Your body's raw elements cost pocket change, but no scientist can assemble them into life.

4.31

101k+

🫀 Human Anatomy 🔬 Popular Science 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦠 Microbiome 📜 Medical History

The Body 93%

Your body's raw elements cost pocket change, but no scientist can assemble them into life.

by Bill Bryson 2019

4.31

101k+ ratings

🫀 Human Anatomy 🔬 Popular Science 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦠 Microbiome 📜 Medical History

Crooked

by Forrest Maready • 2018

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

4.38

178

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism ☠️ Environmental Toxins 🦠 Stealth Infections

Crooked 93%

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

by Forrest Maready 2018

4.38

178 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism ☠️ Environmental Toxins 🦠 Stealth Infections

Patient Zero

by Lydia Kang • 2021

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

4.13

3k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

Patient Zero 93%

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

by Lydia Kang 2021

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

The Unseen Body

by Jonathan Reisman • 2021

Twelve organs, twelve revelations: a physician's tour through the body's unseen interior.

3.98

2k+

🧬 Human Anatomy 📖 Medical Memoir 📚 Popular Medicine 🔍 Organ Exploration 👀 Clinical Observation

The Unseen Body 92%

Twelve organs, twelve revelations: a physician's tour through the body's unseen interior.

by Jonathan Reisman 2021

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧬 Human Anatomy 📖 Medical Memoir 📚 Popular Medicine 🔍 Organ Exploration 👀 Clinical Observation

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

3.74

3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 92%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

4.28

53k+

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

Complications 92%

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

by Atul Gawande 2002

4.28

53k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

Thinking Outside the Pill Box

by Ty Vincent MD • 2012

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

3.71

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

Thinking Outside the Pill Box 92%

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

by Ty Vincent MD 2012

3.71

7 ratings

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

When the Air Hits Your Brain

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

4.35

12k+

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility 💙 Medical Empathy 💀 Confronting Mortality

When the Air Hits Your Brain 92%

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996

4.35

12k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility 💙 Medical Empathy 💀 Confronting Mortality

A Nurse's Story

by Louise Curtis • 2020

An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.

3.93

1k+

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🩺 Nursing Memoirs 🦠 Pandemic Frontline 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 💔 Vicarious Trauma

A Nurse's Story 92%

An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.

by Louise Curtis 2020

3.93

1k+ ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🩺 Nursing Memoirs 🦠 Pandemic Frontline 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 💔 Vicarious Trauma

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 92%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide

by Joseph Alton • 2015

When the ambulance never shows: wound care, infections, and medical improvisation for any disaster.

4.11

131

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🚨 Disaster Preparedness 🩹 First Aid 🌿 Herbal Remedies 🩻 Improvised Medicine

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide Summary

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide 92%

When the ambulance never shows: wound care, infections, and medical improvisation for any disaster.

by Joseph Alton 2015

4.11

131 ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Medicine 🚨 Disaster Preparedness 🩹 First Aid 🌿 Herbal Remedies 🩻 Improvised Medicine

Dissolving Illusions

by Suzanne Humphries • 2013

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

4.62

2k+

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

Dissolving Illusions 92%

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

by Suzanne Humphries 2013

4.62

2k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

The Wellness Trap

by Christy Harrison • 2023

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

3.76

2k+

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

The Wellness Trap 92%

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

by Christy Harrison 2023

3.76

2k+ ratings

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

Did You Just Eat That?

by Paul Dawson • 2018

Two scientists test the five-second rule and your other gross food habits. Bacteria never wait.

3.29

269

🦠 Food Safety 🧪 Food Science 🔨 Myth Busting 🧼 Germs And Hygiene 🔬 Pop Science

Did You Just Eat That? 92%

Two scientists test the five-second rule and your other gross food habits. Bacteria never wait.

by Paul Dawson 2018

3.29

269 ratings

🦠 Food Safety 🧪 Food Science 🔨 Myth Busting 🧼 Germs And Hygiene 🔬 Pop Science

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Bill Gates • 2022

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

3.76

2k+

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 92%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

The Ozone Miracle

by Frank Shallenberger • 2017

Oxygen use predicts disease risk with striking accuracy. The home ozone protocols that restore it.

4.28

123

🌿 Alternative Medicine 🧬 Functional Medicine 🔬 Cellular Health 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🏠 Home Remedies

The Ozone Miracle 92%

Oxygen use predicts disease risk with striking accuracy. The home ozone protocols that restore it.

by Frank Shallenberger 2017

4.28

123 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 🧬 Functional Medicine 🔬 Cellular Health 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🏠 Home Remedies

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

299

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

What Seems to Be the Problem? 92%

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022

4.18

299 ratings

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

Lies My Doctor Told Me

by Harmony Clearwater Grace • 2015

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

4.29

168

🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

Lies My Doctor Told Me 92%

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

by Harmony Clearwater Grace 2015

4.29

168 ratings

🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

Life Force

by Anthony Robbins • 2022

Stem cells, gene therapy, AI diagnostics: access today what doctors call tomorrow's medicine.

4.04

3k+

🧬 Precision Medicine 🧪 Longevity Science 🔬 Regenerative Medicine ⚡ Biohacking 🩺 Preventive Medicine

Life Force 92%

Stem cells, gene therapy, AI diagnostics: access today what doctors call tomorrow's medicine.

by Anthony Robbins 2022

4.04

3k+ ratings

🧬 Precision Medicine 🧪 Longevity Science 🔬 Regenerative Medicine ⚡ Biohacking 🩺 Preventive Medicine

Curing the Incurable

by Thomas E. Levy • 2002

A vitamin cured sixty straight polio cases. The world forgot. The dosing that erases infections.

4.39

158

🧬 Orthomolecular Medicine 💊 Vitamin Therapy ⚡ High-Dose Nutrients ✨ Antioxidant Therapy 🦠 Infectious Disease

Curing the Incurable 92%

A vitamin cured sixty straight polio cases. The world forgot. The dosing that erases infections.

by Thomas E. Levy 2002

4.39

158 ratings

🧬 Orthomolecular Medicine 💊 Vitamin Therapy ⚡ High-Dose Nutrients ✨ Antioxidant Therapy 🦠 Infectious Disease

Bad Science

by Ben Goldacre • 2008

From detox footbaths to vaccine panics: how bad science hijacks the headlines and your brain.

4.06

45k+

📰 Science Journalism 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Statistical Literacy 📺 Media Criticism 🔬 Pseudoscience Debunking

Bad Science 92%

From detox footbaths to vaccine panics: how bad science hijacks the headlines and your brain.

by Ben Goldacre 2008

4.06

45k+ ratings

📰 Science Journalism 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Statistical Literacy 📺 Media Criticism 🔬 Pseudoscience Debunking

Deadliest Enemy

by Michael T. Osterholm • 2017

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

4.33

3k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness 💊 Antimicrobial Resistance 💉 Vaccine Development

Deadliest Enemy 92%

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

by Michael T. Osterholm 2017

4.33

3k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness 💊 Antimicrobial Resistance 💉 Vaccine Development

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 92%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Science for Life

by Brian Clegg • 2015

Cut through diet myths, brain-training scams, and bad advice with one tool: the scientific method.

3.43

111

🌱 Evidence-Based Living 🥗 Diet Myths 🔍 Everyday Skepticism 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📚 Learning Science

Science for Life 92%

Cut through diet myths, brain-training scams, and bad advice with one tool: the scientific method.

by Brian Clegg 2015

3.43

111 ratings

🌱 Evidence-Based Living 🥗 Diet Myths 🔍 Everyday Skepticism 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📚 Learning Science

The Clot Thickens

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2021

Cholesterol doesn't clog arteries. Blood clots do, triggered by stress, sugar, and pollution.

4.65

658

🫀 Cardiovascular Health 🔍 Cholesterol Skeptics 🧪 Medical Myths 😰 Chronic Stress 🔬 Metabolic Health

The Clot Thickens 92%

Cholesterol doesn't clog arteries. Blood clots do, triggered by stress, sugar, and pollution.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2021

4.65

658 ratings

🫀 Cardiovascular Health 🔍 Cholesterol Skeptics 🧪 Medical Myths 😰 Chronic Stress 🔬 Metabolic Health

Outliving Heart Disease

by Richard Stein • 2008

Heart attacks don't announce themselves. Ten rules for knowing your real risk before it's too late.

4.00

🩺 Preventive Cardiology 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 💪 Patient Advocacy 🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Risk Assessment

Outliving Heart Disease 92%

Heart attacks don't announce themselves. Ten rules for knowing your real risk before it's too late.

by Richard Stein 2008

4.00

1 ratings

🩺 Preventive Cardiology 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 💪 Patient Advocacy 🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Risk Assessment

Fantastic Voyage

by Ray Kurzweil • 2004

Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.

3.87

920

⏳ Longevity Science 🤖 Transhumanism 🩺 Future Of Medicine 🩸 Metabolic Health 🧪 Biohacking

Fantastic Voyage 92%

Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.

by Ray Kurzweil 2004

3.87

920 ratings

⏳ Longevity Science 🤖 Transhumanism 🩺 Future Of Medicine 🩸 Metabolic Health 🧪 Biohacking

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

4.06

1k+

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Uncontrolled Spread 92%

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

How Doctors Think

by Jerome Groopman • 2007

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

3.93

13k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship 📖 Narrative Medicine 🤔 Clinical Decision Making

How Doctors Think 92%

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

by Jerome Groopman 2007

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship 📖 Narrative Medicine 🤔 Clinical Decision Making

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

Ending Medical Reversal 92%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

4.24

131

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Primal Prescription 92%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

Dr Cuterus

by Tanaya Narendra • 2022

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

4.47

496

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

Dr Cuterus 92%

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

by Tanaya Narendra 2022

4.47

496 ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

A Statin Nation

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2019

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

4.61

282

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism 🥩 Dietary Fat Defense ☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency

A Statin Nation 92%

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2019

4.61

282 ratings

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism 🥩 Dietary Fat Defense ☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy

by Walter C. Willett • 2001

Forget the food pyramid you know. Harvard's nutrition guide: whole foods, good fats, plants first.

4.11

2k+

🧪 Nutrition Science 🛡️ Preventive Health 📊 Evidence-Based Eating 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🌾 Whole Foods

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy 92%

Forget the food pyramid you know. Harvard's nutrition guide: whole foods, good fats, plants first.

by Walter C. Willett 2001

4.11

2k+ ratings

🧪 Nutrition Science 🛡️ Preventive Health 📊 Evidence-Based Eating 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🌾 Whole Foods

The Whole Health Life

by Shannon Harvey • 2016

When specialists gave up, one journalist found recovery in the biology of everyday choices.

4.29

🍃 Holistic Health 🩺 Chronic Illness Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🦠 Gut Microbiome

The Whole Health Life 92%

When specialists gave up, one journalist found recovery in the biology of everyday choices.

by Shannon Harvey 2016

4.29

62 ratings

🍃 Holistic Health 🩺 Chronic Illness Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🦠 Gut Microbiome

Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You

by Sonja Schwartzbach • 2017

Nursing school stopped at mannequins. The job is chaos, death, and dark humor as survival.

3.71

2k+

🩺 Nursing Careers 📖 Medical Memoirs 🏥 Healthcare Culture 🚀 Career Launch 🧭 Workplace Survival

Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You Summary

Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You 92%

Nursing school stopped at mannequins. The job is chaos, death, and dark humor as survival.

by Sonja Schwartzbach 2017

3.71

2k+ ratings

🩺 Nursing Careers 📖 Medical Memoirs 🏥 Healthcare Culture 🚀 Career Launch 🧭 Workplace Survival

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed

by Sophie J. Bakri • 2014

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

4.19

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging 🩸 Diabetes Care 📚 Patient Education

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed Summary

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed 91%

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

by Sophie J. Bakri 2014

4.19

27 ratings

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging 🩸 Diabetes Care 📚 Patient Education

Undoctored

by William Davis • 2017

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

4.14

1k+

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets 🦠 Gut Microbiome 📉 Low-Carb Diets

Undoctored 91%

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

by William Davis 2017

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets 🦠 Gut Microbiome 📉 Low-Carb Diets

On Becoming a Doctor

by Tania Heller • 2009

A decade of training, six figures of debt, and one question to answer before you begin.

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📋 Pre-Med Guidance 🏥 Medical Training 📚 Medical School Survival 🩺 Residency Preparation 🔬 Medical Specialties

On Becoming a Doctor 91%

A decade of training, six figures of debt, and one question to answer before you begin.

by Tania Heller 2009

3.66

220 ratings

📋 Pre-Med Guidance 🏥 Medical Training 📚 Medical School Survival 🩺 Residency Preparation 🔬 Medical Specialties

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