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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks 1985 243 pages
4.05
200k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Medicine
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi 2016 229 pages
4.41
800k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medicine
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis
Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries
by Lisa Sanders 2019 320 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
Why We Die Summary
Why We Die
The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 318 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Aging Well Summary
Aging Well
Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development
by George E. Vaillant MD 2002 384 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
Saving Normal Summary
Saving Normal
An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life
by Allen Frances 2013 336 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Psychiatry
Mental Health
10% Human Summary
10% Human
How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness
by Alanna Collen 2015 336 pages
4.36
4k+ ratings
Health
Science
Biology
Do No Harm Summary
Do No Harm
Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
by Henry Marsh 2014 278 pages
4.25
43k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
The Hot Zone Summary
The Hot Zone
The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
by Richard Preston 1994 352 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Science
History
Medical
Every Patient Tells a Story Summary
Every Patient Tells a Story
Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders 2009 304 pages
3.96
8k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Ageless Summary
Ageless
The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old
by Andrew Steele 2020 348 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Skincare Bible Summary
The Skincare Bible
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Great Skin
by Anjali Mahto 2018 304 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Energy Medicine Summary
Energy Medicine
Balancing Your Body's Energies for Optimal Health, Joy, and Vitality
by Donna Eden 1998 432 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Spirituality
Bad Science Summary
Bad Science
by Ben Goldacre 2008 284 pages
4.06
44k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
The Epigenetics Revolution Summary
The Epigenetics Revolution
by Nessa Carey 2011 320 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
The House of God Summary
The House of God
by Samuel Shem 1978 397 pages
3.84
28k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Humor
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 320 pages
3.89
56k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
The Health Gap Summary
The Health Gap
The Challenge of an Unequal World
by Michael G. Marmot 2015 400 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Health
Health Care
Principles of Biochemistry Summary
Principles of Biochemistry
by Albert L. Lehninger 1970 1119 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Science
Textbooks
Biology
Plagues and Peoples Summary
Plagues and Peoples
by William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages
3.87
5k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
Mindbody Prescription (Oeb)Healing the Body Healing Summary
Mindbody Prescription (Oeb)Healing the Body Healing
by John E. Sarno 1998 120 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Phantoms in the Brain Summary
Phantoms in the Brain
Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
by V.S. Ramachandran 1998 328 pages
4.27
20k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Healing Back Pain the Mind- (Oeb) Body Connection Summary
Healing Back Pain the Mind- (Oeb) Body Connection
by John E. Sarno 1982
4.05
7k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
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
5k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Molecular Cell Biology Summary
Molecular Cell Biology
by Harvey F. Lodish 1992 973 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Textbooks
Better Summary
Better
A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
by Atul Gawande 2007 288 pages
4.25
37k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
World Without Cancer Summary
World Without Cancer
The Story of Vitamin B17
by G. Edward Griffin 1974 368 pages
4.31
495 ratings
Health
Science
Conspiracy Theories
The AI Revolution in Medicine Summary
The AI Revolution in Medicine
GPT-4 and Beyond
by Peter Lee 2023 304 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Medicine
Science
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
4.03
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
The Psychobiotic Revolution Summary
The Psychobiotic Revolution
Mood, Food, and the New Science of the Gut-Brain Connection
by Scott C. Anderson 2017 311 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
The Great Cholesterol Con Summary
The Great Cholesterol Con
The Truth about What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It: The Truth about What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It
by Malcolm Kendrick 2007 374 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Medicine
Epidemiology Summary
Epidemiology
by Leon Gordis 2000 335 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Textbooks
Science
Reference
The Innovator's Prescription Summary
The Innovator's Prescription
A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
by Clayton M. Christensen 2008 496 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Health Care
Business
Health
The Power of Hormones Summary
The Power of Hormones
The new science of how hormones shape every aspect of our lives
by Max Nieuwdorp 2024 351 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Biology
The Lives of a Cell Summary
The Lives of a Cell
Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas 1974 160 pages
4.14
10k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Essays
Somatics Summary
Somatics
Reawakening The Mind's Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health
by Thomas Hanna 1988 176 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Mastering Diabetes Summary
Mastering Diabetes
The Revolutionary Method to Reverse Insulin Resistance Permanently in Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes
by Cyrus Khambatta 2020 400 pages
4.25
1k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Building Motivational Interviewing Skills Summary
Building Motivational Interviewing Skills
A Practitioner Workbook
by David B. Rosengren 2009 335 pages
4.13
380 ratings
Psychology
Social Work
Textbooks
The Spark in the Machine Summary
The Spark in the Machine
How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine
by Dr Daniel Keown 2014 304 pages
4.37
500+ ratings
Health
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Science
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
4.20
4k+ ratings
Health
Science
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
4.45
4k+ ratings
Health Care
Medicine
Health
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care Summary
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care
Helping Patients Change Behavior
by Stephen Rollnick 2007 210 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Medicine
The Diabetes Code Summary
The Diabetes Code
Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally
by Jason Fung 2018 288 pages
4.48
6k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
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
226 ratings
Medicine
Science
Reference
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Music of Life Summary
The Music of Life
Biology Beyond Genes
by Denis Noble 2006 153 pages
3.85
388 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
The Cancer Code Summary
The Cancer Code
A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
by Jason Fung 2020 288 pages
4.44
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Shroom Summary
Shroom
A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom
by Andy Letcher 2006 384 pages
3.87
371 ratings
History
Drugs
Science
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
3.71
1k+ ratings
Nursing
Medical
Medicine
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015 70 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
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