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Effortless Healing Summary
Effortless Healing
9 Simple Ways to Sidestep Illness, Shed Excess Weight, and Help Your Body Fix Itself
by Joseph Mercola 2014 336 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Medical
It's All in Your Mouth Summary
It's All in Your Mouth
Biological Dentistry and the Surprising Impact of Oral Health on Whole Body Wellness
by Dominik Nischwitz 2020 224 pages
3.84
197 ratings
Health
Dentistry
Self Help
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
A Prescription for Action
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.31
328 ratings
Science
Health
Medical
Your Life in My Hands Summary
Your Life in My Hands
A Junior Doctor's Story
by Rachel Clarke 2017 278 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
Mutants Summary
Mutants
On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
by Armand Marie Leroi 2003 448 pages
4.05
3k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Medicine
Bipolar Disorder Summary
Bipolar Disorder
A Guide for Patients and Families
by Francis Mark Mondimore 2006 304 pages
4.12
390 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
How We Die Summary
How We Die
Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994 278 pages
4.07
9k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Death
The Long Covid Survival Guide Summary
The Long Covid Survival Guide
How to Take Care of Yourself and What Comes Next
by Fiona Lowenstein 2022 288 pages
4.30
156 ratings
Health
Disability
Medical
The Occasional Human Sacrifice Summary
The Occasional Human Sacrifice
Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No
by Carl Elliott 2024 368 pages
3.88
469 ratings
Science
History
Medical
Undoctored Summary
Undoctored
Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Become Smarter Than Your Doctor
by William Davis 2017 586 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Medicine
ER Nurses Summary
ER Nurses
True stories from the frontline
by James Patterson 2021 304 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Medical
Medicine
Memoir
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals Summary
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals
How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out
by Peter Pronovost 2010 282 pages
3.94
244 ratings
Medicine
Health
Medical
The Fifth Vital Summary
The Fifth Vital
by Mike Majlak 2020 308 pages
4.32
2k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Body on Fire Summary
Body on Fire
How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It
by Monica Aggarwal 2020 258 pages
3.78
280 ratings
Health
Medicine
Medical
Snake Oil Science Summary
Snake Oil Science
The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
by R. Barker Bausell 2007 324 pages
4.01
346 ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
Principles of Human Anatomy Summary
Principles of Human Anatomy
by Gerard J. Tortora 1977 960 pages
3.91
152 ratings
Textbooks
Science
Reference
p53 Summary
p53
The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code
by Sue Armstrong 2014 288 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain
Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 258 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Health
Science
Bad Advice Summary
Bad Advice
Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information
by Paul A. Offit 2018 272 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Science
Medical
Medicine
Healing Arthritis Summary
Healing Arthritis
Your 3-Step Guide to Conquering Arthritis Naturally
by Susan Blum MD MPH 2017 424 pages
3.86
338 ratings
Health
Medical
Medicine
The Family Gene Summary
The Family Gene
A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance into a Hopeful Future
by Joselin Linder 2017 272 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Science
Medical
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
by Jason Tetro 2013 274 pages
3.76
142 ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor
A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics
by Barron H. Lerner 2014 240 pages
3.86
189 ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
Uncontrolled Spread Summary
Uncontrolled Spread
Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
by Scott Gottlieb 2021 480 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Health
Between Life and Death Summary
Between Life and Death
A Gospel-Centered Guide to End-Of-Life Medical Care
by Kathryn Butler 2019
4.54
221 ratings
Christian
Medical
Christian Living
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy Summary
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy
by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1997 342 pages
4.19
156 ratings
Nursing
Medicine
Medical
Pictures of the Mind Summary
Pictures of the Mind
What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are
by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald 2009 177 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2011 Summary
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2011
by Tao Le 1996 623 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Textbooks
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo Summary
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
A Surgeon Cuts through the Evidence
by Ian Harris 2016 240 pages
4.16
196 ratings
Medicine
Science
Psychology
A Cancer in the Family Summary
A Cancer in the Family
Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance
by Theodora Ross 2016 304 pages
4.11
190 ratings
Science
Health
Medical
How to Be a Patient Summary
How to Be a Patient
The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine
by Sana Goldberg 2019 496 pages
4.10
203 ratings
Health
Medicine
Medical
sex sleep eat drink dream Summary
sex sleep eat drink dream
a day in the life of your body
by Jennifer Ackerman 2007 272 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands Summary
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands
Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain
by Dasha Kiper 2023 290 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
A Nurse's Story Summary
A Nurse's Story
My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis
by Louise Curtis 2020 286 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
Clean Summary
Clean
Our Culture of Hygiene Obsession and the Benefits of Doing Less
by James Hamblin 2020
3.89
5k+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye
A Memoir of Dying—and Learning How to Live Again
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018 239 pages
4.09
467 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
Bleed Summary
Bleed
Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care
by Tracey Lindeman 2023 336 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Feminism
Health
Science
Sound Summary
Sound
A Story of Hearing Lost and Found
by Bella Bathurst 2017 223 pages
3.91
288 ratings
Memoir
Biography
Disability
What Seems to Be the Problem? Summary
What Seems to Be the Problem?
by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022 269 pages
4.18
299 ratings
Memoir
Medicine
Medical
Doctored Summary
Doctored
The Disillusionment of an American Physician
by Sandeep Jauhar 2014 288 pages
3.61
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
The Immune System Summary
The Immune System
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Klenerman 2017 119 pages
3.76
175 ratings
Science
Biology
Health
High Risk Summary
High Risk
a doctor’s notes on pregnancy, birth, and the unexpected
by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020
4.39
500+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The Gynae Geek Summary
The Gynae Geek
Your no-nonsense guide to ‘down there’ healthcare
by Anita Mitra 2019 305 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Living Well with Hypothyroidism Summary
Living Well with Hypothyroidism
What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know
by Mary J. Shomon 2000 587 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Health
Medical
Self Help
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Summary
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
by Mark Jerome Walters 2003 215 pages
3.71
178 ratings
Health
Science
Medical
Estrogen Matters Summary
Estrogen Matters
Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer
by Avrum Bluming 2018 310 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Facing the Unseen Summary
Facing the Unseen
The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine
by Damon Tweedy 2024 286 pages
4.26
180 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Medicine
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love
The Crisis of Care
by Madeleine Bunting 2020 343 pages
4.07
160 ratings
Politics
Memoir
Society
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis
Mercury: Money, Politics, and Poison
by Jane M. Hightower 2008 328 pages
3.53
34 ratings
Medical
Science
The Root of Thought Summary
The Root of Thought
Unlocking Glia--the Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease
by Andrew Koob 2009 186 pages
3.68
135 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
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