Best Medicine Books | Summaries & Audio

Medicine Book Summaries

Body by Science

by John Little • 2008

The research behind a weekly 12-minute workout that claims to replace hours of cardio.

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🏋️ Strength Training 🔬 Exercise Science ⚡ High Intensity Training 🫀 Metabolic Health 😴 Recovery Science

Body by Science

The research behind a weekly 12-minute workout that claims to replace hours of cardio.

by John Little 2008 312 pages

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2k+ ratings

🏋️ Strength Training 🔬 Exercise Science ⚡ High Intensity Training 🫀 Metabolic Health 😴 Recovery Science

How to Heal Your Metabolism

by Kate Deering • 2015

Heal your metabolism with butter, fruit, and sugar, and stop choking down kale.

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🫀 Metabolic Health 🧪 Nutritional Science 🍽️ Dietary Therapy 🥑 Anti-Inflammatory Diets ⚖️ Hormone Balance

How to Heal Your Metabolism

Heal your metabolism with butter, fruit, and sugar, and stop choking down kale.

by Kate Deering 2015 390 pages

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500+ ratings

🫀 Metabolic Health 🧪 Nutritional Science 🍽️ Dietary Therapy 🥑 Anti-Inflammatory Diets ⚖️ Hormone Balance

Motivational Interviewing

by William R. Miller • 1991

Don't confront, evoke. The counseling method that replaces arguments with reflective questions.

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🛋️ Client-Centered Therapy 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🔄 Behavior Change 🍷 Addiction Counseling 👂 Active Listening

Motivational Interviewing

Don't confront, evoke. The counseling method that replaces arguments with reflective questions.

by William R. Miller 1991 428 pages

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🛋️ Client-Centered Therapy 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🔄 Behavior Change 🍷 Addiction Counseling 👂 Active Listening

100 Deadly Skills

by Clint Emerson • 2015

A SEAL's hundred skills for the moment everything goes wrong: get out, stay hidden, stay alive.

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🏕️ Survival Skills 🛡️ Personal Security 👀 Situational Awareness 🕵️ Tradecraft 🌲 Wilderness Survival

100 Deadly Skills

A SEAL's hundred skills for the moment everything goes wrong: get out, stay hidden, stay alive.

by Clint Emerson 2015 272 pages

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🏕️ Survival Skills 🛡️ Personal Security 👀 Situational Awareness 🕵️ Tradecraft 🌲 Wilderness Survival

The Oxygen Advantage

by Patrick McKeown • 2015

Breathe less to get more oxygen: a simple test and nasal techniques boost endurance, burn fat.

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🌬️ Breathwork 🫁 Buteyko Method 🏅 Sports Performance 🏃‍♂️ Endurance Training 🫧 Asthma Relief

The Oxygen Advantage

Breathe less to get more oxygen: a simple test and nasal techniques boost endurance, burn fat.

by Patrick McKeown 2015 368 pages

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🌬️ Breathwork 🫁 Buteyko Method 🏅 Sports Performance 🏃‍♂️ Endurance Training 🫧 Asthma Relief

Avicenna's Medicine

by Avicenna • 1025

Four humors, nine temperaments: the medieval system returning to integrative clinics today.

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🧪 Humoral Medicine 🕌 Islamic Medicine 🌡️ Temperament Types 🌿 Herbal Pharmacology 🏛️ Galenic Medicine

Avicenna's Medicine

Four humors, nine temperaments: the medieval system returning to integrative clinics today.

by Avicenna 1025 480 pages

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276 ratings

🧪 Humoral Medicine 🕌 Islamic Medicine 🌡️ Temperament Types 🌿 Herbal Pharmacology 🏛️ Galenic Medicine

Magic Pill

by Johann Hari • 2024

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

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🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Magic Pill

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

by Johann Hari 2024 320 pages

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9k+ ratings

🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Pussypedia

by Zoe Mendelson • 2021

The word pussy reclaimed as an inclusive shame-destroying map of the full pelvic anatomy.

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🏫 Sex Education 🩺 Feminist Health 📖 Body Literacy 🧠 Pleasure Anatomy 💬 Destigmatizing Sex

Pussypedia

The word pussy reclaimed as an inclusive shame-destroying map of the full pelvic anatomy.

by Zoe Mendelson 2021 432 pages

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474 ratings

🏫 Sex Education 🩺 Feminist Health 📖 Body Literacy 🧠 Pleasure Anatomy 💬 Destigmatizing Sex

A Silent Fire

by Shilpa Ravella • 2022

Chronic inflammation links heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Your next meal turns it up or down.

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🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Immune System 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧓 Healthy Aging

A Silent Fire

Chronic inflammation links heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Your next meal turns it up or down.

by Shilpa Ravella 2022 368 pages

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500+ ratings

🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Immune System 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧓 Healthy Aging

The New Menopause

by Mary Claire Haver • 2026

The menopause treatment your doctor probably fears, backed by the data they probably missed.

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🩺 Menopause Management 🔬 Hormonal Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 📋 Self-Advocacy In Medicine 📅 Perimenopause

The New Menopause

The menopause treatment your doctor probably fears, backed by the data they probably missed.

by Mary Claire Haver 2026 304 pages

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19k+ ratings

🩺 Menopause Management 🔬 Hormonal Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 📋 Self-Advocacy In Medicine 📅 Perimenopause

The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet

by Rachael F. Heller • 1991

One meal without rules, two that reset insulin. End the cravings that sabotage every diet.

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🥩 Low-Carb Dieting 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🍩 Food Addiction 🧠 Craving Management 📋 Structured Eating Plans

The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet

One meal without rules, two that reset insulin. End the cravings that sabotage every diet.

by Rachael F. Heller 1991 322 pages

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252 ratings

🥩 Low-Carb Dieting 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🍩 Food Addiction 🧠 Craving Management 📋 Structured Eating Plans

Dissolving Illusions

by Suzanne Humphries • 2013

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

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

Dissolving Illusions

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

by Suzanne Humphries 2013 530 pages

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

Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism

by Otto F. Kernberg • 1975

Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.

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🧠 Personality Disorders 👤 Object Relations 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🌊 Borderline Personality 🪞 Narcissistic Personality

Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism

Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.

by Otto F. Kernberg 1975 376 pages

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203 ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 👤 Object Relations 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🌊 Borderline Personality 🪞 Narcissistic Personality

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese • 2023

In 1900 Kerala, a twelve-year-old bride discovers her new family is marked by drownings.

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🏡 Multi Generational Saga 👰 Child Bride 🩺 Medical Mystery 🤫 Secret Parentage 🌊 Elegiac Saga

The Covenant of Water

In 1900 Kerala, a twelve-year-old bride discovers her new family is marked by drownings.

by Abraham Verghese 2023 715 pages

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🏡 Multi Generational Saga 👰 Child Bride 🩺 Medical Mystery 🤫 Secret Parentage 🌊 Elegiac Saga

Easy Way to Control Alcohol

by Allen Carr • 2002

Quit drinking without willpower: see alcohol clearly, and the desire to drink disappears.

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🍷 Quit Lit 🧠 Addiction Psychology 🤔 Sober Curious 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 📺 Social Conditioning

Easy Way to Control Alcohol

Quit drinking without willpower: see alcohol clearly, and the desire to drink disappears.

by Allen Carr 2002 188 pages

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🍷 Quit Lit 🧠 Addiction Psychology 🤔 Sober Curious 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 📺 Social Conditioning

On Death and Dying

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969

Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.

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🩺 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Terminal Illness 🕊️ Death Acceptance 💬 Patient Communication 📚 Medical Humanities

On Death and Dying

Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969 304 pages

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🩺 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Terminal Illness 🕊️ Death Acceptance 💬 Patient Communication 📚 Medical Humanities

Rebuilding Milo

by Aaron Horschig • 2021

Your MRI is probably wrong. Find what movement triggers your pain, then rebuild from there.

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🏋️ Strength Training 🩹 Injury Rehabilitation 🔍 Movement Screening 🧠 Pain Science 🦴 Spinal Health

Rebuilding Milo

Your MRI is probably wrong. Find what movement triggers your pain, then rebuild from there.

by Aaron Horschig 2021 400 pages

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500+ ratings

🏋️ Strength Training 🩹 Injury Rehabilitation 🔍 Movement Screening 🧠 Pain Science 🦴 Spinal Health

Lifespan

by David A. Sinclair • 2019

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

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🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🏃 Longevity Lifestyle 💊 Aging As Disease

Lifespan

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

by David A. Sinclair 2019 433 pages

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26k+ ratings

🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🏃 Longevity Lifestyle 💊 Aging As Disease

Built from Broken

by Scott H Hogan • 2021

Your joints need load, not rest: training your way out of chronic pain.

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🦴 Joint Health 🩹 Injury Recovery 🧬 Connective Tissue 🤸 Mobility Training 🧠 Pain Science

Built from Broken

Your joints need load, not rest: training your way out of chronic pain.

by Scott H Hogan 2021 614 pages

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1k+ ratings

🦴 Joint Health 🩹 Injury Recovery 🧬 Connective Tissue 🤸 Mobility Training 🧠 Pain Science

The China Study

by T. Colin Campbell • 2004

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

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🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

The China Study

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

by T. Colin Campbell 2004 496 pages

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🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

Rewire Your Brain

by John B. Arden • 2010

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction 🧩 Memory Improvement 🔄 Habit Formation

Rewire Your Brain

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

by John B. Arden 2010 256 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction 🧩 Memory Improvement 🔄 Habit Formation

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

by Tony Attwood • 2006

Not broken, just a different operating system. A lifetime guide to supporting the Asperger's mind.

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🌈 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Autism Parenting 🗣️ Social Skills Training 🧠 Theory Of Mind 🎧 Sensory Processing

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

Not broken, just a different operating system. A lifetime guide to supporting the Asperger's mind.

by Tony Attwood 2006 400 pages

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🌈 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Autism Parenting 🗣️ Social Skills Training 🧠 Theory Of Mind 🎧 Sensory Processing

The Vagus Nerve Reset

by Anna Ferguson • 2023

Polyvagal theory, practical: daily exercises that coax your nervous system out of survival mode.

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🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🤲 Somatic Healing ⚡ Nervous System Health 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔬 Stress Physiology

The Vagus Nerve Reset

Polyvagal theory, practical: daily exercises that coax your nervous system out of survival mode.

by Anna Ferguson 2023 272 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🤲 Somatic Healing ⚡ Nervous System Health 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔬 Stress Physiology

Into the Magic Shop

by James R. Doty • 2016

A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.

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🏥 Medical Memoir 🩹 Trauma Recovery ✨ Creative Visualization ❤️ Compassion Practice 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

Into the Magic Shop

A magic shop gave him everything he wanted; losing it all taught him what he actually needed.

by James R. Doty 2016 287 pages

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28k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 🩹 Trauma Recovery ✨ Creative Visualization ❤️ Compassion Practice 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

Black Box Thinking

by Matthew Syed • 2015

Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.

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💥 Learning From Failure 🛡️ Psychological Safety 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🌱 Growth Mindset 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Black Box Thinking

Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.

by Matthew Syed 2015 336 pages

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💥 Learning From Failure 🛡️ Psychological Safety 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🌱 Growth Mindset 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Play Therapy

by Garry L. Landreth • 1991

Children speak through play. Follow their lead, reflect the feeling, and let the relationship heal.

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🧸 Child Therapy 🎲 Play Therapy 🌱 Child Development 🤝 Person-Centered Therapy 🫂 Therapeutic Relationship

Play Therapy

Children speak through play. Follow their lead, reflect the feeling, and let the relationship heal.

by Garry L. Landreth 1991 432 pages

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500+ ratings

🧸 Child Therapy 🎲 Play Therapy 🌱 Child Development 🤝 Person-Centered Therapy 🫂 Therapeutic Relationship

Young Forever

by Mark Hyman • 2023

Your biological age can reverse. The systems that drive aging and the protocol that resets them.

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🩺 Functional Medicine 🔬 Longevity Science 🧬 Biological Age 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition ⚡ Hormesis

Young Forever

Your biological age can reverse. The systems that drive aging and the protocol that resets them.

by Mark Hyman 2023 352 pages

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4k+ ratings

🩺 Functional Medicine 🔬 Longevity Science 🧬 Biological Age 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition ⚡ Hormesis

The Minds of Billy Milligan

by Daniel Keyes • 1981

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

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🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

The Minds of Billy Milligan

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

by Daniel Keyes 1981 448 pages

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35k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

DMT

by Rick Strassman • 2000

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

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🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

DMT

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

by Rick Strassman 2000 382 pages

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10k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

Why We Get Sick

by Benjamin Bikman • 2020

The hidden condition driving most chronic disease; the diet that reverses it.

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🩸 Insulin Resistance ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🛡️ Chronic Disease Prevention 🥑 Carb Restriction ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

Why We Get Sick

The hidden condition driving most chronic disease; the diet that reverses it.

by Benjamin Bikman 2020 280 pages

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6k+ ratings

🩸 Insulin Resistance ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🛡️ Chronic Disease Prevention 🥑 Carb Restriction ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult • 2004

Born to save her sister, a thirteen-year-old sues her parents for control of her own body.

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🩺 Medical Ethics 🧬 Designer Baby 👭 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Childhood Illness 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

My Sister's Keeper

Born to save her sister, a thirteen-year-old sues her parents for control of her own body.

by Jodi Picoult 2004 423 pages

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1.2M+ ratings

🩺 Medical Ethics 🧬 Designer Baby 👭 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Childhood Illness 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

Expecting Better

by Emily Oster • 2013

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

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🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

Expecting Better

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

by Emily Oster 2013 336 pages

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55k+ ratings

🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

The Stress of Life

by Hans Selye • 1956

Three stages of adaptation: how the body's defense against threats becomes the engine of disease.

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🧬 Stress Physiology 🧠 Psychosomatic Medicine 💉 Hormonal Health 🦠 Chronic Illness Origins ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

The Stress of Life

Three stages of adaptation: how the body's defense against threats becomes the engine of disease.

by Hans Selye 1956 516 pages

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209 ratings

🧬 Stress Physiology 🧠 Psychosomatic Medicine 💉 Hormonal Health 🦠 Chronic Illness Origins ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

by Walter Isaacson • 2022

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

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🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalries

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

by Walter Isaacson 2022 332 pages

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137 ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalries

Genome

by Matt Ridley • 1999

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

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🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏺 Ancient DNA

Genome

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

by Matt Ridley 1999 344 pages

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28k+ ratings

🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏺 Ancient DNA

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom • 1967

The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🔄 Interpersonal Psychology ⚡ Existential Psychotherapy 🎓 Therapists In Training 🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.

by Irvin D. Yalom 1967 688 pages

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9k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🔄 Interpersonal Psychology ⚡ Existential Psychotherapy 🎓 Therapists In Training 🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods

Moms on Call | Basic Baby Care 0-6 Months | Parenting Book 1 of 3 | 20th Anniversary Edition

by Laura Hunter • 2012

The schedule and swaddle system that teaches a newborn the night, starting from week one.

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😴 Infant Sleep Training 👶 Newborn Care 📋 Baby Schedules 🕐 Parent-Led Routines 🧸 Self Soothing

Moms on Call | Basic Baby Care 0-6 Months | Parenting Book 1 of 3 | 20th Anniversary Edition

The schedule and swaddle system that teaches a newborn the night, starting from week one.

by Laura Hunter 2012 159 pages

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6k+ ratings

😴 Infant Sleep Training 👶 Newborn Care 📋 Baby Schedules 🕐 Parent-Led Routines 🧸 Self Soothing

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

by Lisa See • 2023

In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.

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📜 Real Historical Figure 👩‍⚕️ Female Physician 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 👯 Female Solidarity 🔍 Family Secrets

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.

by Lisa See 2023 352 pages

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200k+ ratings

📜 Real Historical Figure 👩‍⚕️ Female Physician 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 👯 Female Solidarity 🔍 Family Secrets

The Shift

by Theresa Brown • 2015

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

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🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🫂 Bedside Care

The Shift

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

by Theresa Brown 2015 256 pages

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8k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Nursing 📝 Nursing Memoir 💙 Emotional Labor ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🫂 Bedside Care

The Psychopath Inside

by James Fallon • 2013

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

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🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

The Psychopath Inside

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

by James Fallon 2013 246 pages

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6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

The Brain's Way of Healing

by Norman Doidge • 2015

Chronic pain, Parkinson's, brain trauma: the brain can heal itself. The methods don't require drugs.

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 Neurological Healing 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🔥 Chronic Pain 🏥 Brain Rehabilitation

The Brain's Way of Healing

Chronic pain, Parkinson's, brain trauma: the brain can heal itself. The methods don't require drugs.

by Norman Doidge 2015 409 pages

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5k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 Neurological Healing 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🔥 Chronic Pain 🏥 Brain Rehabilitation

Becoming a Supple Leopard, 1st Edition

by Kelly Starrett • 2013

Your body didn't break. It's just out of position. Here's the manual for putting it back.

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🧘 Mobility Training 🛡️ Injury Prevention 🏋️ Functional Movement 🦴 Spinal Stability 🦵 Joint Health

Becoming a Supple Leopard, 1st Edition

Your body didn't break. It's just out of position. Here's the manual for putting it back.

by Kelly Starrett 2013 400 pages

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6k+ ratings

🧘 Mobility Training 🛡️ Injury Prevention 🏋️ Functional Movement 🦴 Spinal Stability 🦵 Joint Health

The Math of Life and Death

by Kit Yates • 2019

Key mathematical ideas govern medicine, law, and media, and your intuition gets each one wrong.

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The Math of Life and Death

Key mathematical ideas govern medicine, law, and media, and your intuition gets each one wrong.

by Kit Yates 2019 288 pages

3.90

2k+ ratings

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

by Judith S. Beck • 1995

CBT made clinical: session maps, case formulation, and the skills that turn worksheets into change.

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🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 📚 Therapist Training 💭 Cognitive Restructuring 🏛️ Core Beliefs 🏃 Behavioral Activation

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

CBT made clinical: session maps, case formulation, and the skills that turn worksheets into change.

by Judith S. Beck 1995 432 pages

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 📚 Therapist Training 💭 Cognitive Restructuring 🏛️ Core Beliefs 🏃 Behavioral Activation

Head Strong

by Dave Asprey • 2017

Brain fog starts in your mitochondria. A protocol to upgrade your mental energy at the source.

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🧬 Biohacking 🧠 Brain Health 💊 Nootropics 🥑 Ketogenic Diet 🌙 Circadian Rhythms

Head Strong

Brain fog starts in your mitochondria. A protocol to upgrade your mental energy at the source.

by Dave Asprey 2017 337 pages

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3k+ ratings

🧬 Biohacking 🧠 Brain Health 💊 Nootropics 🥑 Ketogenic Diet 🌙 Circadian Rhythms

Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz • 1996

OCD is a brain circuit stuck on false alarm. The UCLA fix: fifteen minutes of active redirection.

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🧠 Ocd Treatment 💭 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🗺️ Self-Directed Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness For Ocd 🧪 Brain Plasticity

Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition

OCD is a brain circuit stuck on false alarm. The UCLA fix: fifteen minutes of active redirection.

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 1996 219 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Ocd Treatment 💭 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🗺️ Self-Directed Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness For Ocd 🧪 Brain Plasticity

The Mask of Sanity

by Hervey M. Cleckley • 1941

Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.

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🧠 Clinical Psychopathy 📋 Personality Disorders 💔 Empathy Deficits 🔍 Forensic Psychology 📖 Psychiatric Case Studies

The Mask of Sanity

Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.

by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychopathy 📋 Personality Disorders 💔 Empathy Deficits 🔍 Forensic Psychology 📖 Psychiatric Case Studies

The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity

by Daniel Reid • 1989

The three Taoist arts of health: food as medicine, breath as energy, and sex as rejuvenation.

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🧘 Taoist Philosophy 🎋 Chinese Medicine 🌿 Holistic Health 🌬️ Breathwork 🔥 Sexual Vitality

The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity

The three Taoist arts of health: food as medicine, breath as energy, and sex as rejuvenation.

by Daniel Reid 1989 416 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧘 Taoist Philosophy 🎋 Chinese Medicine 🌿 Holistic Health 🌬️ Breathwork 🔥 Sexual Vitality

Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts • 1983

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

by Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 pages

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

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

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

Complications

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

by Atul Gawande 2002 270 pages

4.28

52k+ ratings

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

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