Medical Book Summaries

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear Summary
The Scalpel and the Silver Bear
The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing
by Lori Arviso Alvord 1999 205 pages
4.01
1.3K ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution Summary
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution
The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars
by Richard K. Bernstein 1997 560 pages
4.23
1.3K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Reference
The Ghost Map Summary
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by Steven Johnson 2006 299 pages
3.89
54.8K ratings
History
Science
Medicine
10% Human Summary
10% Human
How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness
by Alanna Collen 2015 336 pages
4.37
3.9K ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Better Summary
Better
A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
by Atul Gawande 2007 288 pages
4.25
36.1K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Healing with DMSO Summary
Healing with DMSO
The Complete Guide to Safe and Natural Treatments for Managing Pain, Inflammation, and Other Chronic Ailments with Dimethyl Sulfoxide
by Amandha Dawn Vollmer 2020 139 pages
4.48
306 ratings
Health
Medical
The Breathing Cure Summary
The Breathing Cure
Exercises to Develop New Breathing Habits for a Healthier, Happier and Longer Life
by Patrick McKeown 2021 792 pages
4.18
274 ratings
Health
Science
Medical
The 36-Hour Day Summary
The 36-Hour Day
A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life
by Nancy L. Mace 1981 324 pages
4.29
4.6K ratings
Health
Self Help
Reference
Phantoms in the Brain Summary
Phantoms in the Brain
Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
by V.S. Ramachandran 1998 352 pages
4.26
20.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Turtles All The Way Down Summary
Turtles All The Way Down
Vaccine Science and Myth
by Anonymous 2022 556 pages
4.64
574 ratings
Health
Science
Vaccines
What You Can Change and What You Can't Summary
What You Can Change and What You Can't
The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement
by Martin E.P. Seligman 1993 336 pages
3.87
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Say Good Night to Insomnia Summary
Say Good Night to Insomnia
The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School
by Gregg D. Jacobs 1999 256 pages
3.80
1.3K ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS Summary
8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS
A Proven Program to Reset Your Hormones, Repair Your Metabolism, and Restore Your Fertility
by Fiona McCulloch 2016 303 pages
4.26
717 ratings
Health
Self Help
Medical
The Great Cholesterol Con Summary
The Great Cholesterol Con
The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It
by Malcolm Kendrick 2007 384 pages
4.22
846 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Medical Microbiology & Immunology Summary
Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Medical Microbiology & Immunology
by Warren Levinson 2006 580 pages
4.11
225 ratings
Medicine
Science
Reference
The XX Brain Summary
The XX Brain
by Lisa Mosconi 2020 368 pages
4.01
2.7K ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care Summary
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care
Helping Patients Change Behavior
by Stephen Rollnick 2007 210 pages
4.08
654 ratings
Psychology
Health
Medicine
The Price We Pay Summary
The Price We Pay
What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It
by Marty Makary 2019 288 pages
4.46
4.1K ratings
Health Care
Medicine
Health
Hashimoto's Protocol Summary
Hashimoto's Protocol
A 90-Day Plan for Reversing Thyroid Symptoms and Getting Your Life Back
by Izabella Wentz 2017 384 pages
4.05
2.2K ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
World Without Cancer Summary
World Without Cancer
The Story of Vitamin B17
by G. Edward Griffin 1974 368 pages
4.29
457 ratings
Health
Medicine
Science
Tripping Over the Truth Summary
Tripping Over the Truth
The Metabolic Theory of Cancer
by Travis Christofferson 2014 297 pages
4.54
920 ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
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
by Sonja Schwartzbach 2017 184 pages
3.73
1.6K ratings
Medical
Nursing
Health
The Premonition Summary
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
by Michael Lewis 2021 304 pages
4.33
41.8K ratings
Science
History
Politics
The House of God Summary
The House of God
by Samuel Shem 1978 397 pages
3.85
27.0K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Humor
The Carnivore Code Summary
The Carnivore Code
Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health by Returning to Our Ancestral Diet
by Paul Saladino 2020 399 pages
4.19
2.3K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Innovator's Prescription Summary
The Innovator's Prescription
A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
by Clayton M. Christensen 2008 496 pages
4.21
1.1K ratings
Health Care
Business
Health
The End of Alzheimer's Summary
The End of Alzheimer's
The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline
by Dale E. Bredesen 2017 320 pages
4.21
4.1K ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Ten Drugs Summary
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
by Thomas Hager 2019 304 pages
4.18
5.0K ratings
Science
History
Medicine
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Summary
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects
by Weston A. Price 1939 524 pages
4.39
2.2K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Goodbye Lupus Summary
Goodbye Lupus
How A Medical Doctor Healed Herself Naturally with Supermarket Foods
by Brooke Goldner 2015 114 pages
4.18
548 ratings
Health
Food
Vegan
The Mind's Eye Summary
The Mind's Eye
by Oliver Sacks 2010 263 pages
3.92
13.4K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Lies My Doctor Told Me Summary
Lies My Doctor Told Me
Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health
by Ken D. Berry 2017 158 pages
4.40
3.1K ratings
Health
Nutrition
Medical
Fiber Menace Summary
Fiber Menace
The Truth About The Leading Role Of Fiber In Diet Failure, Constipation, Hemorrhoids, Etc.
by Konstantin Monastyrsky 2005
4.03
245 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
When the Air Hits Your Brain Summary
When the Air Hits Your Brain
Tales of Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996 288 pages
4.34
11.2K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between
Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
by Hadley Vlahos 2023 288 pages
4.50
44.0K ratings
Memoir
Death
Medical
The Cancer Code Summary
The Cancer Code
A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
by Jason Fung 2020 288 pages
4.45
2.7K ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
The Hormone Cure Summary
The Hormone Cure
Reclaim Balance, Sleep, Sex Drive and Vitality Naturally with the Gottfried Protocol
by Sara Gottfried 2013 432 pages
3.96
2.8K ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015 70 pages
4.06
5.0K ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
Cholesterol Clarity Summary
Cholesterol Clarity
What the HDL Is Wrong with My Numbers?
by Jimmy Moore 2013 304 pages
4.13
907 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant Summary
The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant
by Jean M. Twenge 2012 272 pages
3.94
1.4K ratings
Parenting
Health
Self Help
This is Going to Hurt Summary
This is Going to Hurt
Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
by Adam Kay 2017 285 pages
4.40
311.4K ratings
Memoir
Medicine
Biography
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition Summary
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition
Get a Passing Score in Less Time
by Christopher Coughlin 2012 403 pages
4.43
290 ratings
Medical
Science
Extra Life Summary
Extra Life
A Short History of Living Longer
by Steven Johnson 2023 320 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Science
History
Health
Hallucinations Summary
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks 2012 326 pages
3.93
24.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Bottle of Lies Summary
Bottle of Lies
The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
by Katherine Eban 2019 512 pages
4.42
7.1K ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear
Demystifying Death to Live More Fully
by Julie McFadden 2024 240 pages
4.45
1.8K ratings
Death
Self Help
Grief
Liver Rescue Summary
Liver Rescue
by Anthony William 2018 469 pages
4.10
2.5K ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
The Disease Delusion Summary
The Disease Delusion
Conquering the Causes of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, and Happier Life
by Jeffrey S. Bland 2014 432 pages
4.20
954 ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Wheat Belly Total Health Summary
Wheat Belly Total Health
The Ultimate Grain-Free Health and Weight-Loss Life Plan
by William Davis 2014 416 pages
4.05
905 ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
Women in White Coats Summary
Women in White Coats
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
by Olivia Campbell 2021 368 pages
3.71
5.3K ratings
History
Medicine
Science
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