Best Medicine Books | Summaries & Audio

Medicine Book Summaries

Music Heard So Deeply

by Betsey King • 2015

In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.

4.65

🎵 Music Therapy 📖 Healthcare Memoir 🎨 Creative Arts Therapies 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 🤝 Therapeutic Alliance

Music Heard So Deeply

In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.

by Betsey King 2015 228 pages

4.65

23 ratings

🎵 Music Therapy 📖 Healthcare Memoir 🎨 Creative Arts Therapies 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 🤝 Therapeutic Alliance

Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them

by Mark Jerome Walters • 2003

Epidemics do not strike randomly. They follow the roads we built and the forests we cut.

3.71

178

🦠 Disease Ecology 🌍 Environmental Health 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌿 Biodiversity Loss

Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them

Epidemics do not strike randomly. They follow the roads we built and the forests we cut.

by Mark Jerome Walters 2003 215 pages

3.71

178 ratings

🦠 Disease Ecology 🌍 Environmental Health 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌿 Biodiversity Loss

The Triumph of Doubt

by David Michaels • 2020

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

4.08

222

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Triumph of Doubt

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

by David Michaels 2020 344 pages

4.08

222 ratings

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Trauma and the Body

by Pat Ogden • 2006

To heal trauma, the body must finish the fight-or-flight actions that were interrupted long ago.

4.40

500+

🧠 Somatic Psychology 🩹 Trauma Therapy 🌡️ Arousal Regulation 🔗 Attachment Repair 💔 Dissociation

Trauma and the Body

To heal trauma, the body must finish the fight-or-flight actions that were interrupted long ago.

by Pat Ogden 2006 384 pages

4.40

500+ ratings

🧠 Somatic Psychology 🩹 Trauma Therapy 🌡️ Arousal Regulation 🔗 Attachment Repair 💔 Dissociation

Autism

by Newfoundland and Labrador Autism Society • 2015

A parent's guide to autism: from diagnosis and therapies to nurturing unique strengths.

4.13

🧒 Autism Parenting 🌐 Neurodiversity ⏳ Early Intervention 👂 Sensory Processing 💬 Communication Challenges

Autism

A parent's guide to autism: from diagnosis and therapies to nurturing unique strengths.

by Newfoundland and Labrador Autism Society 2015 291 pages

4.13

8 ratings

🧒 Autism Parenting 🌐 Neurodiversity ⏳ Early Intervention 👂 Sensory Processing 💬 Communication Challenges

On Becoming a Doctor

by Tania Heller • 2009

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

3.66

220

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

On Becoming a Doctor

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

by Tania Heller 2009 307 pages

3.66

220 ratings

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

The Immortal Mind

by Michael Egnor • 2025

Half a brain removed, yet the self stays whole. A neurosurgeon's evidence for an immortal soul.

4.31

288

🧠 Neuroscience Of Consciousness ✝️ Christian Apologetics ✨ Near-Death Experiences ☯️ Substance Dualism 🕊️ Free Will Debate

The Immortal Mind

Half a brain removed, yet the self stays whole. A neurosurgeon's evidence for an immortal soul.

by Michael Egnor 2025 272 pages

4.31

288 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Consciousness ✝️ Christian Apologetics ✨ Near-Death Experiences ☯️ Substance Dualism 🕊️ Free Will Debate

The Nordic Guide to Living 10 Years Longer

by Bertil Marklund • 2016

Your genes only account for a quarter of how long you live. Ten habits cover the rest.

3.15

1k+

🌲 Nordic Lifestyle 🧬 Longevity Science 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Hygiene

The Nordic Guide to Living 10 Years Longer

Your genes only account for a quarter of how long you live. Ten habits cover the rest.

by Bertil Marklund 2016 137 pages

3.15

1k+ ratings

🌲 Nordic Lifestyle 🧬 Longevity Science 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Hygiene

Trauma Releasing Exercises

by David Berceli • 2005

Your body knows how to shake off trauma. A self-guided system that reactivates that lost reflex.

4.08

333

🧘 Somatic Therapy 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Gut Intuition

Trauma Releasing Exercises

Your body knows how to shake off trauma. A self-guided system that reactivates that lost reflex.

by David Berceli 2005 90 pages

4.08

333 ratings

🧘 Somatic Therapy 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Gut Intuition

No One Cares About Crazy People

by Ron Powers • 2017

Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.

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4k+

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

No One Cares About Crazy People

Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.

by Ron Powers 2017 360 pages

3.87

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care

by Tim O'Reilly • 2012

Healthcare guesses which half of its treatments work. Data science is finally giving it an answer.

3.54

118

🎯 Precision Medicine 📊 Big Data 📈 Predictive Analytics 💰 Value-Based Care 💻 Health IT

How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care

Healthcare guesses which half of its treatments work. Data science is finally giving it an answer.

by Tim O'Reilly 2012 30 pages

3.54

118 ratings

🎯 Precision Medicine 📊 Big Data 📈 Predictive Analytics 💰 Value-Based Care 💻 Health IT

The Immune System

by Paul Klenerman • 2017

How the body fights invaders, why it attacks itself, and what vaccines teach the immune system.

3.76

175

🧬 Immunology 🦠 Infectious Diseases 💉 Vaccines 🤒 Autoimmune Disorders 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy

The Immune System

How the body fights invaders, why it attacks itself, and what vaccines teach the immune system.

by Paul Klenerman 2017 119 pages

3.76

175 ratings

🧬 Immunology 🦠 Infectious Diseases 💉 Vaccines 🤒 Autoimmune Disorders 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy

Meals That Heal

by Carolyn Williams • 2019

A meal prep system and 100 recipes that calm chronic inflammation in 30 minutes or less.

4.16

253

🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Cooking 🔬 Inflammation Science 🦠 Gut Health 💊 Food As Medicine 🫒 Mediterranean Diet

Meals That Heal

A meal prep system and 100 recipes that calm chronic inflammation in 30 minutes or less.

by Carolyn Williams 2019 320 pages

4.16

253 ratings

🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Cooking 🔬 Inflammation Science 🦠 Gut Health 💊 Food As Medicine 🫒 Mediterranean Diet

Essential Oils Natural Remedies

by Althea Press • 2015

From migraines to mold: an A-Z guide for swapping synthetic products with essential oil remedies.

4.31

500+

🌿 Aromatherapy 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💧 Natural Remedies 🧘 Holistic Health 🏺 Home Apothecary

Essential Oils Natural Remedies

From migraines to mold: an A-Z guide for swapping synthetic products with essential oil remedies.

by Althea Press 2015 456 pages

4.31

500+ ratings

🌿 Aromatherapy 🌱 Herbal Medicine 💧 Natural Remedies 🧘 Holistic Health 🏺 Home Apothecary

Little Miss Diagnosed

by Erin Nance • 2025

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

4.22

364

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🚫 Sexism In Healthcare

Little Miss Diagnosed

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

by Erin Nance 2025 256 pages

4.22

364 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🚫 Sexism In Healthcare

High Risk

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

4.39

500+

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

High Risk

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020

4.39

500+ ratings

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

Prozac Nation

by Elizabeth Wurtzel • 1994

At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.

3.64

64k+

🧠 Psychiatric Memoir 📖 Confessional Memoir 🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting 💊 Antidepressant Era 🎸 Gen X Literature

Prozac Nation

At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.

by Elizabeth Wurtzel 1994 368 pages

3.64

64k+ ratings

🧠 Psychiatric Memoir 📖 Confessional Memoir 🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting 💊 Antidepressant Era 🎸 Gen X Literature

Self Heal By Design - By Barbara O'Neill

by Barbara O'Neill • 2014

Fungus, not genetics, may drive most illness. The conditions it needs, and how to remove them.

4.58

1k+

🍃 Natural Healing 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Food As Medicine 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🌿 Holistic Health

Self Heal By Design - By Barbara O'Neill

Fungus, not genetics, may drive most illness. The conditions it needs, and how to remove them.

by Barbara O'Neill 2014 166 pages

4.58

1k+ ratings

🍃 Natural Healing 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Food As Medicine 🛡️ Disease Prevention 🌿 Holistic Health

Exposure Therapy for Anxiety

by Jonathan S. Abramowitz • 2010

Anxiety's best treatment is the one therapists avoid most. A guide to doing it safely.

4.41

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 😰 Anxiety Disorders 🚫 Exposure And Response Prevention 📋 Evidence Based Practice 📖 Therapist Guide

Exposure Therapy for Anxiety

Anxiety's best treatment is the one therapists avoid most. A guide to doing it safely.

by Jonathan S. Abramowitz 2010 398 pages

4.41

85 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 😰 Anxiety Disorders 🚫 Exposure And Response Prevention 📋 Evidence Based Practice 📖 Therapist Guide

Workbook for The Body Keeps The Score

by Dorian Marshman • 2021

Journaling, movement, brain training: body-based practices that calm trauma when talk alone fails.

3.42

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind Body Healing 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth 💗 Self Compassion ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

Workbook for The Body Keeps The Score

Journaling, movement, brain training: body-based practices that calm trauma when talk alone fails.

by Dorian Marshman 2021

3.42

19 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind Body Healing 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth 💗 Self Compassion ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

The Long Covid Self-Help Guide

by Emily Fraser • 2022

One in ten COVID patients stay sick. A clinician's path back from fatigue and brain fog.

4.11

149

🏥 Chronic Illness 🦠 Post-Viral Syndrome 🔋 Energy Pacing 🌬️ Breathwork 😴 Sleep Hygiene

The Long Covid Self-Help Guide

One in ten COVID patients stay sick. A clinician's path back from fatigue and brain fog.

by Emily Fraser 2022 256 pages

4.11

149 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness 🦠 Post-Viral Syndrome 🔋 Energy Pacing 🌬️ Breathwork 😴 Sleep Hygiene

Struck By Genius

by Jason Padgett • 2014

A brutal mugging at 31 rewired a math-averse dropout's brain and reality dissolved into geometry.

3.48

1k+

🧠 Brain Injury Recovery 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🎨 Art As Healing 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 👁️ Altered Perception

Struck By Genius

A brutal mugging at 31 rewired a math-averse dropout's brain and reality dissolved into geometry.

by Jason Padgett 2014 256 pages

3.48

1k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Injury Recovery 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🎨 Art As Healing 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 👁️ Altered Perception

The Everything Guide To The Low-FODMAP Diet

by Barbara Bolen • 2014

A three-phase diet that identifies your exact IBS triggers so you can eat without fear again.

3.82

116

🩺 Ibs Management 🚫 Elimination Diets ⚠️ Food Intolerance 🦠 Gut Health 🤢 Digestive Disorders

The Everything Guide To The Low-FODMAP Diet

A three-phase diet that identifies your exact IBS triggers so you can eat without fear again.

by Barbara Bolen 2014 288 pages

3.82

116 ratings

🩺 Ibs Management 🚫 Elimination Diets ⚠️ Food Intolerance 🦠 Gut Health 🤢 Digestive Disorders

Big Fat Lies

by David Gillespie • 2012

Sugar and seed oils, not saturated fat or calories, are what's making us fat and sick.

3.93

275

🧪 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🍬 Sugar And Health 🛢️ Seed Oils 🔍 Diet Myth Debunking

Big Fat Lies

Sugar and seed oils, not saturated fat or calories, are what's making us fat and sick.

by David Gillespie 2012 224 pages

3.93

275 ratings

🧪 Nutrition Science 🏛️ Food Politics 🍬 Sugar And Health 🛢️ Seed Oils 🔍 Diet Myth Debunking

What to Feed Your Baby

by Tanya Remer Altmann • 2016

The precise foods and schedules that train a baby's palate, so vegetables are never a battle.

4.07

112

🍼 Baby Feeding 🥑 Child Nutrition 🧑‍🍳 Homemade Baby Food 🥦 Picky Eating ⚠️ Allergy Prevention

What to Feed Your Baby

The precise foods and schedules that train a baby's palate, so vegetables are never a battle.

by Tanya Remer Altmann 2016 336 pages

4.07

112 ratings

🍼 Baby Feeding 🥑 Child Nutrition 🧑‍🍳 Homemade Baby Food 🥦 Picky Eating ⚠️ Allergy Prevention

Entitled

by Kate Manne • 2020

The entitlement that fuels incel killers also explains why doctors dismiss pain and rapists walk.

4.19

6k+

👑 Male Entitlement 📚 Feminist Philosophy ⚖️ Rape Culture 🩺 Medical Sexism 🧹 Domestic Labor

Entitled

The entitlement that fuels incel killers also explains why doctors dismiss pain and rapists walk.

by Kate Manne 2020 269 pages

4.19

6k+ ratings

👑 Male Entitlement 📚 Feminist Philosophy ⚖️ Rape Culture 🩺 Medical Sexism 🧹 Domestic Labor

The Power of Teamwork

by Brian Goldman • 2022

Emergency rooms and cockpits share a secret: real teams wire their brains to do more with less.

3.52

122

🧩 Team Dynamics 🛡️ Psychological Safety ✈️ Crew Resource Management 🚨 Crisis Management 🏥 Patient-Centered Care

The Power of Teamwork

Emergency rooms and cockpits share a secret: real teams wire their brains to do more with less.

by Brian Goldman 2022 334 pages

3.52

122 ratings

🧩 Team Dynamics 🛡️ Psychological Safety ✈️ Crew Resource Management 🚨 Crisis Management 🏥 Patient-Centered Care

The Age of Diagnosis

by Suzanne O'Sullivan • 2025

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

4.11

2k+

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects 🏥 Medicalization 🧬 Genetic Testing Risks

The Age of Diagnosis

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

by Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025 320 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects 🏥 Medicalization 🧬 Genetic Testing Risks

Radical Longevity

by Ann Louise Gittleman Phd Cns • 2021

Aging backward starts where other plans skip: your fascia, your minerals, your cookware.

3.48

162

🩺 Functional Medicine 🧬 Longevity Science 🧹 Detoxification 🔬 Cellular Health 🦴 Fascia Health

Radical Longevity

Aging backward starts where other plans skip: your fascia, your minerals, your cookware.

by Ann Louise Gittleman Phd Cns 2021 492 pages

3.48

162 ratings

🩺 Functional Medicine 🧬 Longevity Science 🧹 Detoxification 🔬 Cellular Health 🦴 Fascia Health

Gut Reactions

by Simon Quellen Field • 2019

The hidden biology of weight: why gut microbes, hormones, and insulin matter more than willpower.

3.57

453

⚡ Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧪 Hormonal Balance 💉 Insulin Resistance 🔥 Chronic Inflammation

Gut Reactions

The hidden biology of weight: why gut microbes, hormones, and insulin matter more than willpower.

by Simon Quellen Field 2019 258 pages

3.57

453 ratings

⚡ Metabolic Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧪 Hormonal Balance 💉 Insulin Resistance 🔥 Chronic Inflammation

When the Body Says No

by Gabor Maté • 2003

People-pleasing reshapes the immune system. A physician explains how, and what to do about it.

4.18

35k+

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 😶 Emotional Repression 🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧒 Childhood Trauma 💉 Stress Physiology

When the Body Says No

People-pleasing reshapes the immune system. A physician explains how, and what to do about it.

by Gabor Maté 2003 300 pages

4.18

35k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 😶 Emotional Repression 🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧒 Childhood Trauma 💉 Stress Physiology

Sitting Kills, Moving Heals

by Joan Vernikos • 2011

Astronauts deteriorate in space. Your chair causes the same damage. More gym time won't fix it.

3.69

245

🪑 Sedentary Lifestyle 🚶 Everyday Movement 🔬 Movement Science 🔄 Non-Exercise Activity 🦴 Bone Health

Sitting Kills, Moving Heals

Astronauts deteriorate in space. Your chair causes the same damage. More gym time won't fix it.

by Joan Vernikos 2011 150 pages

3.69

245 ratings

🪑 Sedentary Lifestyle 🚶 Everyday Movement 🔬 Movement Science 🔄 Non-Exercise Activity 🦴 Bone Health

Old Age

by Michael Kinsley • 2016

Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.

3.20

1k+

🧠 Parkinson's Disease ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👶 Boomer Generation 🧩 Cognitive Decline 🏥 Living With Illness

Old Age

Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.

by Michael Kinsley 2016 144 pages

3.20

1k+ ratings

🧠 Parkinson's Disease ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👶 Boomer Generation 🧩 Cognitive Decline 🏥 Living With Illness

Epidemiology

by Rodolfo Saracci • 2010

The science that saved cities from cholera and proved tobacco kills, packed into 100 pages.

3.37

351

🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Patterns 🔗 Causal Inference 🔬 Study Design 📊 Health Statistics

Epidemiology

The science that saved cities from cholera and proved tobacco kills, packed into 100 pages.

by Rodolfo Saracci 2010 145 pages

3.37

351 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Patterns 🔗 Causal Inference 🔬 Study Design 📊 Health Statistics

The Gut Stuff

by Lisa Macfarlane • 2021

What the trillions of microbes in your gut need: a practical guide to feeding them right.

3.59

226

🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Microbiome Science 🥒 Fermented Foods 🧘 Mindful Eating 🌾 Dietary Fiber

The Gut Stuff

What the trillions of microbes in your gut need: a practical guide to feeding them right.

by Lisa Macfarlane 2021 228 pages

3.59

226 ratings

🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Microbiome Science 🥒 Fermented Foods 🧘 Mindful Eating 🌾 Dietary Fiber

The Nocturnal Brain

by Guy Leschziner • 2019

What sleepwalking, night terrors, and waking paralysis reveal about the sleeping brain.

4.02

3k+

😴 Sleep Disorders 🔬 Sleep Science 🧠 Clinical Neurology 📋 Case Studies 📖 Narrative Medicine

The Nocturnal Brain

What sleepwalking, night terrors, and waking paralysis reveal about the sleeping brain.

by Guy Leschziner 2019 368 pages

4.02

3k+ ratings

😴 Sleep Disorders 🔬 Sleep Science 🧠 Clinical Neurology 📋 Case Studies 📖 Narrative Medicine

Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)

by Sallie Tisdale • 2018

How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.

4.14

2k+

🕊️ End Of Life Care 💀 Death Acceptance 🫂 Caregiver Support ⚱️ Death Rituals 🥀 Grief And Loss

Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)

How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.

by Sallie Tisdale 2018 256 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🕊️ End Of Life Care 💀 Death Acceptance 🫂 Caregiver Support ⚱️ Death Rituals 🥀 Grief And Loss

The Collagen Diet

by Pamela Schoenfeld • 2018

The protein behind firm skin and pain-free joints thins with age. Diet can restore it.

3.94

🍲 Bone Broth ✨ Skin Nutrition 🧬 Gut Healing 🦿 Joint Health 🕰️ Anti-Aging Nutrition

The Collagen Diet

The protein behind firm skin and pain-free joints thins with age. Diet can restore it.

by Pamela Schoenfeld 2018 242 pages

3.94

16 ratings

🍲 Bone Broth ✨ Skin Nutrition 🧬 Gut Healing 🦿 Joint Health 🕰️ Anti-Aging Nutrition

Freeing Your Child from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

by Tamar E. Chansky • 2000

What to do when your child's brain gets stuck on repeat: a parent's roadmap through OCD.

4.20

216

🧠 Childhood Anxiety 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Guides 🧰 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🎯 Exposure Therapy 🔄 Compulsive Behaviors

Freeing Your Child from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

What to do when your child's brain gets stuck on repeat: a parent's roadmap through OCD.

by Tamar E. Chansky 2000 368 pages

4.20

216 ratings

🧠 Childhood Anxiety 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Guides 🧰 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🎯 Exposure Therapy 🔄 Compulsive Behaviors

Owning the Sun

by Alexander Zaitchik • 2022

How patents turned medicine into a monopoly. The century-long story from Aspirin to COVID.

3.79

122

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚖️ Intellectual Property 💊 Medical Monopolies 🔬 Public Science 🏛️ Antitrust

Owning the Sun

How patents turned medicine into a monopoly. The century-long story from Aspirin to COVID.

by Alexander Zaitchik 2022 304 pages

3.79

122 ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚖️ Intellectual Property 💊 Medical Monopolies 🔬 Public Science 🏛️ Antitrust

Food Sanity

by David Ross Friedman • 2018

Milk, red meat, and Paleo: three food claims a doctor dismantles, and what to eat instead.

3.75

118

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧩 Dietary Myths 🏭 Food Industry Critique ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🌱 Whole Food Plant-Based

Food Sanity

Milk, red meat, and Paleo: three food claims a doctor dismantles, and what to eat instead.

by David Ross Friedman 2018 352 pages

3.75

118 ratings

🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧩 Dietary Myths 🏭 Food Industry Critique ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🌱 Whole Food Plant-Based

Longshot

by David Heath • 2022

338 days from sequence to shot. The twenty years of failure that made it possible.

4.16

140

🧬 Vaccine Development 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 💉 Medical Innovation 📖 Scientific Backstories 🏢 Biotech Startups

Longshot

338 days from sequence to shot. The twenty years of failure that made it possible.

by David Heath 2022 288 pages

4.16

140 ratings

🧬 Vaccine Development 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 💉 Medical Innovation 📖 Scientific Backstories 🏢 Biotech Startups

Okinawa Diet

by Rina Ken • 2016

More food, fewer calories, stop at 80% full: the Okinawan formula that produces centenarians.

🧬 Longevity Diets 🌏 Blue Zones 🥗 Plant-Based Eating 🍱 Traditional Diets 🍵 Japanese Wellness

Okinawa Diet

More food, fewer calories, stop at 80% full: the Okinawan formula that produces centenarians.

by Rina Ken 2016

🧬 Longevity Diets 🌏 Blue Zones 🥗 Plant-Based Eating 🍱 Traditional Diets 🍵 Japanese Wellness

The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan

by Cathryn Tobin • 2006

Start sleep training at six weeks, not six months: the gentle window most parents miss.

3.35

😴 Infant Sleep 👶 Newborn Care 🛏️ Sleep Training 🌿 Gentle Parenting 📈 Developmental Milestones

The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan

Start sleep training at six weeks, not six months: the gentle window most parents miss.

by Cathryn Tobin 2006 228 pages

3.35

72 ratings

😴 Infant Sleep 👶 Newborn Care 🛏️ Sleep Training 🌿 Gentle Parenting 📈 Developmental Milestones

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

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

by Michael T. Osterholm 2017 352 pages

4.33

3k+ ratings

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

The Body Keeps the Score

by Instaread Summaries • 2015

Talk therapy often fails trauma survivors because the wound lives in the body, not the story.

4.15

🫂 Trauma Recovery 👶 Childhood Trauma 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧠 Neuroscience Of Trauma 🤝 Attachment Theory

The Body Keeps the Score

Talk therapy often fails trauma survivors because the wound lives in the body, not the story.

by Instaread Summaries 2015 21 pages

4.15

61 ratings

🫂 Trauma Recovery 👶 Childhood Trauma 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧠 Neuroscience Of Trauma 🤝 Attachment Theory

The Penis Book

by Aaron Spitz • 2018

Your penis reveals heart disease before your heart does. A urologist's guide to reading the signs.

4.04

500+

🩺 Men's Health ❤️ Sexual Health 📚 Sex Education 🔬 Urology 💔 Erectile Dysfunction

The Penis Book

Your penis reveals heart disease before your heart does. A urologist's guide to reading the signs.

by Aaron Spitz 2018 306 pages

4.04

500+ ratings

🩺 Men's Health ❤️ Sexual Health 📚 Sex Education 🔬 Urology 💔 Erectile Dysfunction

The Fibro Fix

by David M. Brady • 2016

Your fibromyalgia diagnosis may be wrong. A 21-day plan to target what's really causing the pain.

3.50

115

🤕 Fibromyalgia 💥 Chronic Pain 😴 Chronic Fatigue 🧬 Functional Medicine 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

The Fibro Fix

Your fibromyalgia diagnosis may be wrong. A 21-day plan to target what's really causing the pain.

by David M. Brady 2016 304 pages

3.50

115 ratings

🤕 Fibromyalgia 💥 Chronic Pain 😴 Chronic Fatigue 🧬 Functional Medicine 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

The Simple Heart Cure

by Chauncey Crandall • 2013

Reverse heart disease in 90 days by treating its root cause: chronic inflammation.

4.09

149

❤️ Heart Health 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧘 Stress Reduction

The Simple Heart Cure

Reverse heart disease in 90 days by treating its root cause: chronic inflammation.

by Chauncey Crandall 2013 225 pages

4.09

149 ratings

❤️ Heart Health 🏃 Lifestyle Medicine 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition 🧘 Stress Reduction

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis

by George Jelinek MD • 2010

A physician's seven-part protocol to slow multiple sclerosis: diet, sun, and stress reduction.

4.42

295

🧠 Multiple Sclerosis 🛡️ Autoimmune Disease 💊 Chronic Illness 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🌱 Plant-Based Diet

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis

A physician's seven-part protocol to slow multiple sclerosis: diet, sun, and stress reduction.

by George Jelinek MD 2010 504 pages

4.42

295 ratings

🧠 Multiple Sclerosis 🛡️ Autoimmune Disease 💊 Chronic Illness 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🌱 Plant-Based Diet

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