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Plagues and Peoples
- By: William H. McNeill
- Narrated by: Douglas James
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history. With the identification of AIDS in the early 1980s, another chapter was added to this chronicle of events, which William McNeill explores in his introduction to this edition. McNeill’s highly acclaimed work is a brilliant and challenging account of the effects of disease on human history. His sophisticated analysis and detailed grasp of the subject make this book fascinating to listen to.
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Plagues and Peoples
- Narrated by: Douglas James
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 06-05-24
- Language: English
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The Living Medicine
- How phages will save us when antibiotics fail
- By: Lina Zeldovich
- Narrated by: Melanie Carey
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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When antibiotics started to fail the race to save humanity from deadly antibiotic resistant infections began. Science journalist Lina Zeldovich reveals the remarkable history of bacteriophages or 'phages', through the colourful lives of the British, French, Soviet and American scientists who discovered, developed and are now reviving this unique living medicine for seemingly incurable diseases.
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The Living Medicine
- How phages will save us when antibiotics fail
- Narrated by: Melanie Carey
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 24-10-24
- Language: English
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The One Thing We've Never Spoken About
- Exposing Our Untold Mental Health Crisis
- By: Elfy Scott
- Narrated by: Elfy Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Over the past two decades, we have started talking more about common mental health conditions like depression and anxiety. But complex conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and psychosis have been left behind, as have many of the people who live with these conditions or who care for them. Part memoir, part deep-dive investigation, The One Thing We've Never Spoken About is filled with rage at how our nation's public discourse, emergency services and healthcare systems continue to fail so many people.
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important and well written work
- By Anonymous on 06-07-24
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The One Thing We've Never Spoken About
- Exposing Our Untold Mental Health Crisis
- Narrated by: Elfy Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 15-03-23
- Language: English
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Singular Intimacies
- Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue
- By: Danielle Ofri MD
- Narrated by: Ann M. Richardson
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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A “finely gifted writer” shares 15 “brilliantly written episodes covering the years from studenthood to the end of medical residency” at Bellevue Hospital (Oliver Sacks, MD, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat). Singular Intimacies is the story of becoming a doctor by...
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Wonderful
- By Julietwendy. on 10-02-18
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Singular Intimacies
- Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue
- Narrated by: Ann M. Richardson
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 06-02-18
- Language: English
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Rumbles
- A Curious History of the Gut
- By: Elsa Richardson
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles, and grumbles while other organs remain silent. For centuries humans have puzzled over this rowdy organ, deliberating on the extent of its influence over cognition, mental wellbeing, and emotions, and wondering how the gut became so central to our sense of self. Traveling from ancient Greece to Victorian England, eighteenth-century France to modern America, historian Elsa Richardson leads us on a tour of the gut, exploring all the ways that we have imagined, theorized, and probed the mysteries of the gastroenterological system.
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Rumbles
- A Curious History of the Gut
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 29-10-24
- Language: English
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Empire of the Scalpel
- The History of Surgery
- By: Ira Rutkow M.D.
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling. There are not many...
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Empire of the Scalpel
- The History of Surgery
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-03-22
- Language: English
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Triage
- A History of America's Frontline Medics from Concord to Covid-19
- Narrated by: Martin King
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 19-10-21
- Language: English
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Jolt
- My Electric Journey out of Darkness
- By: Ted Scheinman
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Before I can tell you about the shock treatment, I should tell you about the horse tranquilizer. Ted Scheinman has struggled with depression through his whole life, and gone to great lengths in his search for relief. As antidepressants prove less and less effective, he turns to the powerful...
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Jolt
- My Electric Journey out of Darkness
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 10-11-26
- Language: English
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How to Be a Badass in a Broken Healthcare System
- Overlooked to Empowered: A Guide for Chronically Ill Patients Who Refuse to Settle
- By: Kristina Kelly
- Narrated by: Kristina Kelly
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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You’re sick, tired, and stuck navigating a healthcare system that feels impossible to crack. The referrals lead nowhere, wait times are endless, and you’re constantly dismissed by doctors who make you feel like it’s all in your head. Meanwhile, you’re battling insurance denials and pondering over lab results with the nagging feeling that you’re alone in this fight. But you don’t have to face your battle alone! Kristina Kelly, a board certified patient advocate, guides you through the chaos with sass, strategy, and empathy.
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How to Be a Badass in a Broken Healthcare System
- Overlooked to Empowered: A Guide for Chronically Ill Patients Who Refuse to Settle
- Narrated by: Kristina Kelly
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-03-25
- Language: English
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Change Is Possible
- Reflections on the History of Global Health
- By: William H. Foege, Paul Elish, Alison T. Hoover, and others
- Narrated by: Doug McDonald
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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In Change Is Possible, public health legend William H. Foege and five coauthors chronicle the failures and successes of global health through the modern age, including the massive impacts of colonialism, religious groups, philanthropies, politics, NGOs, and more. Foege, who has served in local, national, and international public health contexts is uniquely qualified to reflect on the history of global health. He and his Rollins School of Public Health coauthors explain why colonialism has been the greatest disaster for global health, whereas military medicine may have been its greatest asset.
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Change Is Possible
- Reflections on the History of Global Health
- Narrated by: Doug McDonald
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 24-01-25
- Language: English
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Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers
- Rabies, Medicine, and Society in an American Metropolis, 1840-1920
- By: Jessica Wang
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Rabies enjoys a fearsome and lurid reputation. Throughout the decades of spiraling growth that defined New York City from the 1840s to the 1910s, the bone-chilling cry of "Mad dog!" possessed the power to upend the ordinary routines and rhythms of urban life. In Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers, Jessica Wang examines the history of this rare but dreaded affliction during a time of rapid urbanization.
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Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers
- Rabies, Medicine, and Society in an American Metropolis, 1840-1920
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 29-10-19
- Language: English
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These Vital Signs
- A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets
- By: Sayed Tabatabai
- Narrated by: Christopher Salazar
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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A doctor reflects on his profession and his experience with patients in this brilliant essay collection that expands on his wildly popular Twitter poems. In medicine, every patient presents with a story. “Once upon a time I was well, and then . . . ” These patient narratives are the beating...
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Beautiful
- By diziet on 11-06-23
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These Vital Signs
- A Doctor's Notes on Life and Loss in Tweets
- Narrated by: Christopher Salazar
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 16-05-23
- Language: English
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The Curious History of the Heart
- A Cultural and Scientific Journey
- By: Vincent M. Figueredo
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to be the most important organ in the body. In cultures around the world, the heart—not the brain—was believed to be the location of intelligence, memory, emotion, and the soul. Over time, views on the purpose of the heart have transformed. Modern medicine and science dismissed what was once the king of the organs as a mere blood pump subservient to the brain, yet the heart remains a potent symbol of love and health and an important part of our cultural iconography.
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The Curious History of the Heart
- A Cultural and Scientific Journey
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 13-02-24
- Language: English
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Jonas Salk
- A Life
- By: Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
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When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a 20th-century icon - a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with Gandhi and Churchill on lists of the most revered people.
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Jonas Salk
- A Life
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 06-10-15
- Language: English
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IQ
- How Psychology Hijacked Intelligence
- By: Stephen Murdoch
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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IQ scores have the power to determine the chances we have in life: the people we meet, the schools we attend, the jobs we get, the lives we live. Very few of us, however, understand what IQ tests and ratings really mean. In this fascinating, provocative book, Stephen Murdoch explains the turbulent history and controversial current uses of intelligence testing.
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Not sure about the content, but...
- By Nicola Fern on 08-09-09
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IQ
- How Psychology Hijacked Intelligence
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 20-08-09
- Language: English
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Dispatches from the AIDS Pandemic
- A Public Health Story
- By: Kevin M. De Cock, Harold W. Jaffe, James W. Curran, and others
- Narrated by: Curtis Michael Holland
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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Dispatches from the AIDS Pandemic is a unique firsthand account from three public health leaders of CDC's early response to AIDS. Drawing in part on interviews from the CDC's AIDS oral history project, the authors trace the evolution of AIDS from newly recognized disease to pandemic.
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Dispatches from the AIDS Pandemic
- A Public Health Story
- Narrated by: Curtis Michael Holland
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 24-10-23
- Language: English
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Why We Hurt
- The Natural History of Pain
- By: Frank T. Vertosick Jr. MD
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Medical science has made brilliant discoveries over the last century but as any cancer patient can attest, it has yet to conquer, or even fully comprehend, pain. Beginning with his own battle against severe migraines, and citing numerous case studies of his patients, in Why We Hurt Dr. Frank Vertosick explains how pain evolved, and by highlighting the critical functions it serves, he helps us to understand its value.
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Why We Hurt
- The Natural History of Pain
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 13-06-23
- Language: English
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Drugs and the FDA
- Safety, Efficacy, and the Public's Trust
- By: Mikkael A. Sekeres
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Food and Drug Administration approval for COVID-19 vaccines and the controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm made headlines, but few of us know much about how the agency does its work. Why is the FDA the ultimate United States authority on a drug's safety and efficacy? In Drugs and the FDA, Mikkael Sekeres—a leading oncologist and former chair of the FDA's cancer drug advisory committee—tells the story of how the FDA became the most trusted regulatory agency in the world.
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Drugs and the FDA
- Safety, Efficacy, and the Public's Trust
- Narrated by: Mike Lenz
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 11-04-23
- Language: English
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Your Money or Your Life
- Debt Collection in American Medicine
- By: Luke Messac
- Narrated by: Luke Messac
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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For the crime of falling sick without wealth, Americans today face lawsuits, wage garnishment, home foreclosure, and jail time. Yet who really profits from aggressive medical debt collection? Your Money or Your Life reveals how medical debt collection became a multi-billion-dollar industry and how everyday Americans are made to pay the price. Emergency physician and historian Luke Messac weaves patient stories into a history of law, finance, and medicine to show how debt and debt collection are destroying the foundational trust between doctors and patients at the heart of American healthcare.
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Your Money or Your Life
- Debt Collection in American Medicine
- Narrated by: Luke Messac
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 11-01-24
- Language: English
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Cancer Virus
- The Story of the Epstein-Barr Virus
- By: Dorothy H. Crawford, Alan B. Rickinson, Ingolfur Johannessen
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964. At the time, the very idea of a virus underlying a cancer was revolutionary. Cancer is, after all, not catching. Even now, the idea of a virus causing cancer surprises many people. But Epstein-Barr, named after its discoverers, Sir Anthony Epstein and Dr Yvonne Barr, is fascinating for other reasons, too. Almost everyone carries it, yet it is only under certain circumstances that it produces disease.
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Fantastic subject matter
- By Mr James A McGill on 30-12-18
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Cancer Virus
- The Story of the Epstein-Barr Virus
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 06-06-14
- Language: English
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