29 Best books for Nurses
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Doing Harm
- By: Kelly Parsons
- Narrator: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 12 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: February 04, 2014
- Language: English
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3.67(3590 ratings)
3.67(3590 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDThere are many ways to die in a hospital…being sick is only one of them. Chief resident Steve Mitchell is the quintessential surgeon: ambitious, intelligent, confident. Charged with molding a group of medical trainees into doctors, and inThere are many ways to die in a hospital…being sick is only one of them.
Chief resident Steve Mitchell is the quintessential surgeon: ambitious, intelligent, confident. Charged with molding a group of medical trainees into doctors, and in line for a coveted job, Steve’s future is bright. But then a patient mysteriously dies, and it quickly becomes clear that a killer is on the loose in his hospital. A killer set on playing a deadly game with Steve. A killer holding information that could ruin his career and marriage. Now, alone and under a cloud of suspicion, Steve must discover a way to outsmart his opponent and save the killer’s next victim before the cycle repeats itself again and again…
A chilling and compelling thriller that also takes you into the hospital and details the politics and hierarchy among doctors, as well as the life and death decisions that are made by flawed human beings, Kelly Parsons’ Doing Harm marks the gripping debut of a major fiction career.
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn
- By: Penny Simkin
- Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar
- Length: 23 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: February 09, 2021
- Language: English
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4.21(1501 ratings)
4.21(1501 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0044.99 USDAvailable for the first time in full color, the up-to-date and authoritative pregnancy guide that has sold 1.5 million copies–by recognizing that “one size fits all” doesn’t apply to maternity care Parents love this bookAvailable for the first time in full color, the up-to-date and authoritative pregnancy guide that has sold 1.5 million copies–by recognizing that “one size fits all” doesn’t apply to maternity care
Parents love this book because it puts them in control; experts love it because it’s based on the latest medical research and recommendations from leading health organizations. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn provides the information and guidance you need to make informed decisions about having a safe and satisfying pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period–decisions that reflect your preferences, priorities, and values.
Unlike pregnancy guides that can overwhelm and alarm by telling you up front all the things that can possibly go wrong, this book first describes normal, healthy processes, their typical variations, and the usual care practices for monitoring them. Only then does it cover possible complications and the care practices and procedures for resolving them. Throughout, the presentation is crystal-clear, the tone is reassuring, and the voice is empowering. And the language is inclusive, reflecting today’s various family configurations such as single-parent families, blended families formed by second marriages, families with gay and lesbian parents, and families formed by open adoption or surrogacy. From sensible nutrition advice to realistic birth plans, from birth doulas when desired to cesareans when needed, from reducing stress during pregnancy to caring for yourself as well as your baby after birth, this pregnancy guide speaks to today’s parents-to-be like no other.
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The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women
- By: Barbara Seaman
- Narrator: Barbara Seaman
- Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 25, 2011
- Language: English
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4.18(32 ratings)
4.18(32 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDFor over 40 years Barbara Seaman has been a leading women’s health advocate. Now she blows the lid off the estrogen industry in this fascinating book that holds the power to improve-possibly even save-women’s lives. In America 30 millionFor over 40 years Barbara Seaman has been a leading women’s health advocate. Now she blows the lid off the estrogen industry in this fascinating book that holds the power to improve-possibly even save-women’s lives. In America 30 million women take estrogen. Seaman shows that this powerful hormone is hardly the cure-all some claim it is. In fact, estrogen treatments may increase the risk of cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis.
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Twelve Patients
- By: Eric Manheimer
- Narrator: Eric Manheimer
- Length: 13 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: July 10, 2012
- Language: English
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3.66(3087 ratings)
3.66(3087 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.98 USDIn the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients’ lives and highlights the complex mind-bodyIn the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients’ lives and highlights the complex mind-body connection.... Read moreUsing the plights of twelve very different patients–from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker’s Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons–Dr. Eric Manheimer “offers far more than remarkable medical dramas: he blends each patient’s personal experiences with their social implications” (Publishers Weekly).
Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country’s oldest public hospital, but he is also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others. -
The Answer to the Riddle Is Me
- By: David Stuart MacLean
- Narrator: Neil Shah
- Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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3.63(1448 ratings)
3.63(1448 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDImagine waking up in a train station in India with no idea who you are or how you got there. This is what happened to David MacLean. In 2002, at age twenty-eight, David MacLean woke up in a foreign land with his memory wiped clean. No money. NoImagine waking up in a train station in India with no idea who you are or how you got there. This is what happened to David MacLean.
In 2002, at age twenty-eight, David MacLean woke up in a foreign land with his memory wiped clean. No money. No passport. No identity.
Taken to a mental hospital by the police, MacLean then started to hallucinate so severely he had to be tied down. Soon he could remember song lyrics and scenes from television shows but not his family, his friends, or the woman he loved. All of these symptoms, it turned out, were the result of the commonly prescribed malarial medication he was taking. Upon his return to the States, he struggled to piece together the fragments of his former life in a harrowing, absurd, and unforgettable journey back to himself.
A deeply felt, closely researched, and intensely personal book, The Answer to the Riddle Is Me, drawn from MacLean’s award-winning This American Life essay, confronts and celebrates the dark, mysterious depths of our psyches and the myriad ways we are all unknowable, especially to ourselves.
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Molecules of Emotion
- By: Candace B. Pert
- Narrator: Candace B. Pert
- Length: 3 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1997
- Language: English
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4.16(3424 ratings)
4.16(3424 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.95 USDWhy do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from one another or do they function together as parts of an interconnected system? In this groundbreaking audiobook, CandaceWhy do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from one another or do they function together as parts of an interconnected system?
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In this groundbreaking audiobook, Candace Pert — a neuroscientist whose extraordinary career began with her 1972 discovery of the opiate receptor — provides startling and decisive answers to these and other challenging questions that scientists and philosophers have pondered for centuries.
From explaining the scientific basis of popular wisdom about phenomena like “gut feelings” to making comprehensible recent discoveries in cancer and AIDS research, Molecules of Emotion is an intellectual adventure of the highest order. Yet the journey Pert takes us on is one of personal as well as scientific discovery. Woven into her lucid explanations of the science underlying her work is the remarkable story of how — faced with personal and professional obstacles — she has grown as a woman and a mother, and how her personal and spiritual development has led to breakthroughs in her remarkable career.
Molecules of Emotion is a landmark work. Full of insight and wisdom, it is among those rare audiobooks which possess the power to change the way we see the world and ourselves. -
The Autoimmune Solution
- By: Amy Myers
- Narrator: Tanya Eby
- Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 27, 2015
- Language: English
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3.81(1447 ratings)
3.81(1447 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDOver 90 percent of the population suffers from inflammation or an autoimmune disorder. Until now, conventional medicine has said there is no cure. Minor irritations like rashes and runny noses are ignored, while chronic and debilitating diseasesOver 90 percent of the population suffers from inflammation or an autoimmune disorder. Until now, conventional medicine has said there is no cure. Minor irritations like rashes and runny noses are ignored, while chronic and debilitating diseases like Crohn’s and rheumatoid arthritis are handled with a cocktail of toxic treatments that fail to address their root cause. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
In The Autoimmune Solution, Dr. Amy Myers, a renowned leader in functional medicine, offers her medically proven approach to prevent a wide range of inflammatory-related symptoms and diseases, including allergies, obesity, asthma, cardiovascular disease, fibromyalgia, lupus, IBS, chronic headaches, and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
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CLEAN 7 El Metodo Clean 7 (Spanish edition)
- By: Alejandro Junger
- Narrator: Jesus Molina
- Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 01, 2020
- Language: Spanish
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3.79(203 ratings)
3.79(203 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDEl autor superventas segun el New York Times, Dr. Alejandro Junger, nos regala en esta secuela de su programa oficial de desintoxicacion un sistema detallado, personalizado y cientificamente aprobado para deshacernos de las toxinas de nuestro cuerpoEl autor superventas segun el New York Times, Dr. Alejandro Junger, nos regala en esta secuela de su programa oficial de desintoxicacion un sistema detallado, personalizado y cientificamente aprobado para deshacernos de las toxinas de nuestro cuerpo en una semana. Sin importar donde vive, que edad tiene o de que padece: en tan solo siete dias podra cambiar el curso de su salud para siempre.
Este revolucionario programa de desintoxicacion de siete dias es la culminacion de treinta anos de investigacion, educacion y practica por parte del Dr. Alejandro Junger. Esta basado en los principios basicos de la medicina funcional, la medicina Ayurvedica y los ayunos intermitentes. Cada una de estas practicas por si misma puede ayudarnos a conseguir positivos y duraderos resultados, pero, al practicarlas todas juntas, ayudan a que nuestros cuerpos se pongan saludables, pierdan peso, se libren de sintomas y se restauren.
El aire que respiramos, el agua que bebemos y en el que nos banamos, los productos de belleza que utilizamos, los detergentes con los que limpiamos, los medicamentos que tomamos, pero, sobre todo, los alimentos que consumimos estan llenos de sustancias toxicas que causan todo tipo de disfunciones. Esto ya lo sabemos, pero nos sentimos impotentes ante sus efectos: el estrenimiento, los dolores corporales, las alergias, las migranas, las subidas de peso, el insomnio, la depresion y la ansiedad son alguno de ellos. Dejados al azar, estos sintomas pueden transformarse en autenticas enfermedades; algunas podrian, incluso, cambiarle la vida a uno, pero en hasta en los mejores casos, nos dejan sintiendonos incomodos e indispuestos. EL METODO CLEAN 7 es una solucion viable y cientificamente aprobada para combatir este exceso. Este programa de siete dias le guiara en su dia a dia, e incluso por hora, gracias al plan de comidas y las deliciosas recetas que le ofrece para garantizar su exito.
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ALEJANDRO JUNGER, M.D. nacio y se graduo de la escuela de medicina en Uruguay. Es el autor superventas de Clean y Clean Gut elogiado por el New York Times. Termino su entrenamiento en medicina interna en el hospital New York University Downtown junto con su beca de investigacion en cardiologia en el hospital Lenox Hill. Despues de su entrenamiento medico, estudio medicina oriental en India. El Dr. Junger es el fundador de Clean, una compania de bienestar que ayuda a las personas a vivir mas sanamente al orientarlos a traves de programas focalizados. Vive en Los Angeles con su esposa y tres hijos. Puede leer mas acerca de el en: www.cleanprogram.com.
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The Allergy Book
- By: Robert W. Sears
- Narrator: Robert W. Sears
- Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 07, 2015
- Language: English
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3.95(72 ratings)
3.95(72 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.98 USDFrom America’s most trusted name in pediatrics, a comprehensive guide to treating and preventing nasal allergies, asthma, food allergies and intolerances, and more. Allergies are one of the most common ailments, causing children to missFrom America’s most trusted name in pediatrics, a comprehensive guide to treating and preventing nasal allergies, asthma, food allergies and intolerances, and more.
Allergies are one of the most common ailments, causing children to miss school and parents to miss work. Left untreated or unresolved, stuffy noses, itchy skin, and irritated bellies can lead to chronic asthma, eczema, inflammatory bowel disease, and neurological disorders.
Today’s parents don’t just want to treat their family’s allergy symptoms; they want to eliminate allergies and prevent chronic and long-term health complications. The Sears show them how. Drs. Robert and William Sears present a science-based approach that has helped alleviate allergies in many of their patients, providing a plan not only for treatment, but also for prevention.
A family-friendly resource, The Allergy Book offers all the reassurance and accessible, practical advice that parents need to resolve their children’s allergies, now and throughout their lives.
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Wits Guts Grit
- By: Jena Pincott
- Narrator: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 8 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.61(46 ratings)
3.61(46 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDWits Guts Grit is inspired by the many what-if questions acclaimed science writer and mother of two Jena Pincott asked herself as research on how the invisible forces that shape our minds and health has emerged and grown over the past decade. WhatWits Guts Grit is inspired by the many what-if questions acclaimed science writer and mother of two Jena Pincott asked herself as research on how the invisible forces that shape our minds and health has emerged and grown over the past decade.
What if we identify the microbes that support stress resilience, find ways to expose our kids to them, and then test them?What if we reintroduce the mineral magnesium, deficient in almost every child’s diet? Would it reduce anxiety and increase bounce-back, as the science now suggests?What if memory and learning could improve measurably after eating certain foods–such as blueberries–high in plant chemicals called flavonols?What if primal ways of moving the body strengthen kids’ working memory and mental flexibility? What if receiving the right types of touch translates into better emotional control and self-regulation?
These and many more questions led Pincott to simple, all-natural “biohacks”–or experiments inspired by current research and theory–complete with instructions on how to undertake them to help your own children strengthen their wits, guts, and grit. Explaining the science and her own experimentation with her two gung-ho daughters in a lively, humorous, accessible way, Pincott guides parents to learn how the underlying ingredients of the traits we all want for our kids–resilience, focus, perseverance, working memory, and more–may be all around us in the natural world, ready to be harnessed.
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Your Medical Mind
- By: Jerome Groopman
- Narrator: Linda Emond
- Length: 7 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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3.83(558 ratings)
3.83(558 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.95 USDCutting through the confusion caused by the healthcare system, the media, and gaps in our reasoning, the bestselling author of How Doctors Think gives listeners essential tools for making the medical decisions that best suit their ownCutting through the confusion caused by the healthcare system, the media, and gaps in our reasoning, the bestselling author of How Doctors Think gives listeners essential tools for making the medical decisions that best suit their own needs.
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“This important and riveting book could change–and perhaps even save–your life.”
–Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness
Making the right medical choices is harder than ever. Whether we’re deciding to take a cholesterol drug or
choosing a cancer treatment, we are overwhelmed by information from all sides: our doctors’ recommendations, dissenting expert opinions, confusing statistics, conflicting media reports, the advice of friends, claims on the Internet, and a never-ending stream of drug company ads. Your Medical Mind shows us how to chart a clear path through this sea of confusion.
Drs. Groopman and Hartzband reveal that each of us has a set of deeply rooted beliefs whose profound
influence we may not realize when we make medical decisions. How much trust we place in authority figures, in
statistics or in other patients’ stories, in technology or in natural healing, and whether we seek the most or the
least treatment–all are key factors that shape our choices. Recognizing our preferences and the external factors that might lead our thinking astray can make a dramatic, even lifesaving, difference in our medical decision making. When conflicting information pulls us back and forth between options, when we feel pressured by doctors or loved ones to make a particular choice, or when we have no previous experience to guide us through a crisis, Your Medical Mind will prove to be an essential companion.
The authors interviewed scores of patients and draw on research and insights from doctors, psychologists, economists, and other experts to help explain the array of forces that can aid or impede our
thinking. They show us the subtle strategies drug advertisers use to influence our choices. They unveil
the extreme–sometimes dangerously misleading–power of both narratives and statistics. And they
help us understand how to improve upon a universal human shortcoming–assessing the future impact
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You: Staying Young
- By: Michael F. Roizen
- Narrator: Michael F. Roizen
- Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2007
- Language: English
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3.76(1285 ratings)
3.76(1285 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.95 USDWinner of the 2009 Audie Award for Personal DevelopmentNow substantially updated with a groundbreaking new introduction on telomeres, bioidentical hormones, and more, Drs. Oz and Roizen—the bestselling coauthors of the blockbuster YOUWinner of the 2009 Audie Award for Personal Development
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Now substantially updated with a groundbreaking new introduction on telomeres, bioidentical hormones, and more, Drs. Oz and Roizen—the bestselling coauthors of the blockbuster YOU series—present a new edition of their #1 New York Times bestselling indispensable guide to maintaining vibrant health, improving longevity, and aging gracefully.
Most people think that by age forty-five, every aspect of our bodies is bound to decline. But the wear and tear associated with aging is not inevitable. In fact, the biological processes that age you can be reprogrammed to work the same way they did when you were younger. In this revised edition of the bestselling classic, Drs. Oz and Roizen show you how to beat the seemingly inevitable aging process.
With their entertaining style and signature insight, Dr. Oz and Roizen share a new introduction on telomeres, the nucleotide sequences that cap your chromosomes and may the hold the key to determining your lifespan. There are steps we can take to protect and lengthen these sequences, and YOU: Staying Young explains what to do.
Grounded in the latest scientific research and filled with illustrations, Dr. Oz and Roizen’s fourteen-day plan for staying young will help readers boost vitality, increase energy, and improve vitality…and age beautifully. Because living longer isn’t about dodging disease, but about sustaining a high quality of life for years to come. -
YOU: On A Diet Revised Edition
- By: Michael F. Roizen
- Narrator: Michael F. Roizen
- Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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3.65(60 ratings)
3.65(60 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.95 USDAs they did with the revised edition of YOU: The Owner’s Manual, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz have updated their classic, international bestseller on diet. This nearly three million copy seller is filled with new information on emotional eating, theAs they did with the revised edition of YOU: The Owner’s Manual, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz have updated their classic, international bestseller on diet. This nearly three million copy seller is filled with new information on emotional eating, the latest fad diets, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and over a hundred recipes.
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For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting–and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now researchers are unraveling biological secrets about such things as why you crave chocolate or gorge at buffets or store so much fat.
Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, America’s most trusted doctor team and authors of the bestselling YOU series, are now translating this cutting-edge information to help you shave inches off your waist. They’re going to do it by giving you the best weapon against fat: knowledge. By understanding how your body’s fat-storing and fat-burning systems work, you’re going to learn how to crack the code on true and lifelong waist management.
Roizen and Oz will invigorate you with equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action to show you how your brain, stomach, hormones, muscles, heart, genetics, and stress levels all interact biologically to determine if your body is the size of a baseball bat or of a baseball stadium. In YOU: On a Diet, Roizen and Oz will redefine what a healthy figure is, then take you through an under-the-skin tour of the organs that influence your body’s size and its health. You’ll even be convinced that the key number to fixate on is not your weight, but your waist size, which best indicates the medical risks of storing too much fat.
Because the world has almost as many diet plans as it has e-mail spammers, you’d think that just about all of us would know everything there is to know about dieting, about fat, and about the reasons why our bellies have grown so large. YOU: On a Diet is much more than a diet plan or a series of instructions and guidelines or a faddish berries-only eating plan. It’s a complete manual for waist management. It will show you how to achieve and maintain an ideal and healthy body size by providing a lexicon according to which any weight-loss system can be explained. YOU: On a Diet will serve as the operating system that facilitates future evolution in our dieting software. After you learn about the biology of your body and the biology and psychology of fat, you’ll be given the YOU Diet and YOU Workout. Both are easy to learn, follow, and maintain. Following a two-week rebooting program will help you lose up to two inches from your waist right from the start.
With Roizen and Oz’s signature accessibility, wit, and humor, YOU: On a Diet–The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the food you consume, so that you’ll diet smart, not hard. Welcome to your body on a diet -
Erasing Death
- By: Sam Parnia
- Narrator: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 12 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 09, 2013
- Language: English
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3.68(405 ratings)
3.68(405 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDContrary to popular belief, death is not a moment in time, such as when the heart stops beating, respiration ceases, or the brain stops functioning. Death, rather, is a process–a process that can be interrupted well after it has begun.Contrary to popular belief, death is not a moment in time, such as when the heart stops beating, respiration ceases, or the brain stops functioning. Death, rather, is a process–a process that can be interrupted well after it has begun. Innovative techniques, such as drastically reducing the patient’s body temperature, have proven to be effective in revitalizing both the body and mind, but studies show they are only employed in approximately half of the hospitals throughout the United States and Europe.
In Erasing Death, Dr. Sam Parnia presents cutting-edge research from the front line of critical care and resuscitation medicine that has enabled modern doctors to routinely reverse death, while also shedding light on the ultimate mystery: what happens to human consciousness during and after death. Parnia reveals how medical discoveries focused on saving lives have also inadvertently raised the possibility that some form of “afterlife” may be uniquely ours, as evidenced by the continuation of the human mind and psyche in the first few hours after death. Questions about the “self” and the “soul” that were once relegated to theology, philosophy, or even science fiction are now being examined afresh according to rigorous scientific research.
With physicians such as Parnia at the forefront, we are on the verge of discovering a new universal science of consciousness that reveals the nature of the mind and a future where death is not the final defeat, but is in fact reversible.
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Ethical Dilemmas and Modern Medicine
- By: Jacob Appel
- Narrator: Jacob Appel
- Length: 1 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: July 06, 2021
- Language: English
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3.8(5 ratings)
3.8(5 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDOne Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds ofOne Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. The same medical technologies that have brought us miracle drugs and unprecedented longevity are also forcing us to confront increasingly difficult ethical dilemmas. Should taxpayers spend several million dollars to prolong one patient’s life for one month? Can genes be patented? How ought judges respond when doctors and family members disagree on the very definition of death? May a seventeen-year-old boy refuse to give a life-saving bone marrow transplant to his fifteen-year-old cousin? Thirty years ago, debates in medical ethics focused on the same questions that had once puzzled Hippocrates and Galen many centuries earlier. When does life begin? When may confidentiality be broken? Must a physician help a stranger in need? Today, most challenges in bioethics arise from two relatively novel sets of issues: 1.) conflicts over scarce healthcare resources and 2.) the desire of philosophical and religious minorities to be opt-out of established medical norms. How society ultimately resolves these questions is not simply an abstract matter for debate by philosophers and ethicists. Rather, the outcome of these controversies is likely to affect each and every one of us when we or our loved ones become ill. This audio lecture includes a supplemental PDF.
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Hardwired
- By: Robert Barrett
- Narrator: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.67(10 ratings)
4.67(10 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDFor the first time in a thousand years, Americans are experiencing a reversal in lifespan. Despite living in one of the safest and most secure eras in human history, one in five adults suffers from anxiety as does one-third of adolescents. NearlyFor the first time in a thousand years, Americans are experiencing a reversal in lifespan. Despite living in one of the safest and most secure eras in human history, one in five adults suffers from anxiety as does one-third of adolescents. Nearly half of the US population is overweight or obese and one-third of Americans suffer from chronic pain–the highest level in the world. In the United States, fatalities due to prescription pain medications now surpass those of heroin and cocaine combined, and each year ten percent of all students on American college campuses contemplate suicide. With the proliferation of social media and the algorithms for social sharing that prey upon our emotional brains, inaccurate or misleading health articles and videos now move faster through social media networks than do reputable ones.
This audiobook is about modern health–or lack of it. The authors make two key arguments: that our deteriorating wellness is rapidly becoming a health emergency, and two, that much of these trends are rooted in the way our highly evolved hardwired brains and bodies deal with modern social change. The coauthors: a PhD from the world of social science and an MD from the world of medicine–combine forces to bring this emerging human crisis to light. Densely packed with fascinating facts and little-told stories, the authors weave together real-life cases that describe how our ancient evolutionary drives are propelling us toward ill health and disease. Over the course of seven chapters, the authors unlock the mysteries of our top health vices: why hospitals are more dangerous than warzones, our addiction to sugar, salt, and stress, our emotionally-driven brains, our relentless pursuit of happiness, our sleepless society, our understanding of risk, and finally, how world history can be a valuable tutor. Through these varied themes, the authors illustrate how our social lives are more of a determinant of health outcome than at any other time in our history, and to truly understand our plight, we need to recognize when our decisions and behavior are being directed by our survival-seeking hardwired brains and bodies.
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Healthy Brain, Happy Life
- By: Wendy Suzuki
- Narrator: Wendy Suzuki
- Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 19, 2015
- Language: English
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3.63(1157 ratings)
3.63(1157 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDA neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide–a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring theA neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide–a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive abilities.
Nearing forty, Dr. Wendy Suzuki was at the pinnacle of her career. An award-winning university professor and world-renowned neuroscientist, she had tenure, her own successful research lab, prestigious awards, and international renown.
That’s when to celebrate her birthday, she booked an adventure trip that forced her to wake up to a startling reality: despite her professional success, she was overweight, lonely, and tired and knew that her life had to change. Wendy started simply–by going to an exercise class. Eventually, she noticed an improvement in her memory, her energy levels, and her ability to work quickly and move from task to task easily. Not only did Wendy begin to get fit, but she also became sharper, had more energy, and her memory improved. Being a neuroscientist, she wanted to know why.
What she learned transformed her body and her life. Now, it can transform yours.
Wendy discovered that there is a biological connection between exercise, mindfulness, and action. With exercise, your body feels more alive and your brain actually performs better. Yes–you can make yourself smarter. In this fascinating book, Suzuki makes neuroscience easy to understand, interweaving her personal story with groundbreaking research, and offering practical, short exercises–4 minute Brain Hacks–to engage your mind and improve your memory, your ability to learn new skills, and function more efficiently.
Taking us on an amazing journey inside the brain as never before, Suzuki helps us unlock the keys to neuroplasticity that can change our brains, or bodies, and, ultimately, our lives.
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HELP! Someone I Love Has Cancer
- By: Joel Hughes
- Narrator: Alex Boyles
- Length: 3 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.44(9 ratings)
4.44(9 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDIn 2015, Joel and Rebekah were married. Seven months later, Joel’s dad was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. A month after that, at the age of twenty-six, Rebekah was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. What do you say? What doIn 2015, Joel and Rebekah were married. Seven months later, Joel’s dad was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. A month after that, at the age of twenty-six, Rebekah was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer.
What do you say? What do you do? These questions and many others are answered in this book. The answers come from real life, learned in the trenches and valleys of fighting cancer and learning to love through it. You will discover
how a tragedy can turn into a triumph;how to understand what cancer is and how it’s treated;how not to be one of the many Well-Intentioned Dragons;how to really help your loved one through their journey; andhow to implement many practical ideas to love, support, and help.
You have more power to help than you may think. If you feel like you don’t know what to do or say, this book is for you.
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HIV and AIDS
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.5(2 ratings)
3.5(2 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDOn June 5, 1981, the scientific community received a wake-up call from the CDC in the form of a terrible new illness that the world would soon know as AIDS. Three decades later, remarkable progress has been made, but much more remains to beOn June 5, 1981, the scientific community received a wake-up call from the CDC in the form of a terrible new illness that the world would soon know as AIDS. Three decades later, remarkable progress has been made, but much more remains to be understood and to be done. In this audiobook, we explore where the disease came from, how it works, how it spreads, the search for a vaccine, and cultural and sociological factors.
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Human Heart, Cosmic Heart
- By: Dr. Thomas Cowan
- Narrator: David Drummond
- Length: 4 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 28, 2016
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWhile serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price – two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelledWhile serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price – two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was-and continues to be-practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from Swaziland, went to medical school, and established a practice. He remained intrigued by the work of Price and Steiner and, in particular, with Steiner’s provocative claim that the heart is not a pump. Dr. Cowan believes that Steiner was correct that the heart is not a pump, and our understanding of heart disease is completely wrong. And this gross misunderstanding is the reason heart disease remains the most common cause of death worldwide.
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Every Deep-Drawn Breath
- By: Wes Ely
- Narrator: Grover Gardner
- Length: 9 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.39(586 ratings)
4.39(586 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDWinner of a Christopher Award–now with a discussion guide “Perhaps one lesson to draw from the pandemic, with help from books like this one, is that the ICU experience can be changed for the better” (The Washington Post) for bothWinner of a Christopher Award–now with a discussion guide
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“Perhaps one lesson to draw from the pandemic, with help from books like this one, is that the ICU experience can be changed for the better” (The Washington Post) for both patients and their families. You will learn how in this timely, urgent, and compassionate work by a world-renowned critical care doctor.
In this rich blend of science, medical history, profoundly humane patient stories, and personal reflection, Dr. Wes Ely describes his mission to prevent ICU patients from being harmed by the technology that is keeping them alive. Readers will experience the world of critical care through the eyes of a physician who drastically changed his clinical practice to offer person-centered health care and through cutting-edge research convinced others to do the same.
Dr. Ely’s groundbreaking investigations advanced the understanding of post- intensive care struggles and introduced crucial changes that reshaped treatment: minimizing sedation, maximizing mobility, and providing supportive aftercare. Dr. Ely shows that there are ways to bring humanity into the ICU and that “technology plus touch” is a proven path toward returning ICU patients to the lives they had before their hospital stays. An essential resource for anyone who will be affected by illness–which is all of us. -
Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher
- By: Brandy Schillace
- Narrator: Jean Ann Douglass
- Length: 10 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.09(382 ratings)
4.09(382 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDThe “delightfully macabre” (The New York Times) true tale of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon…and his quest to transplant the human soul.In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientific rivalry birthed aThe “delightfully macabre” (The New York Times) true tale of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon…and his quest to transplant the human soul.
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In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientific rivalry birthed a different kind of space race: not the race to outer space that we all know, but a race to master the inner space of the human body. While surgeons on either side of the Iron Curtain competed to become the first to transplant organs like the kidney and heart, a young American neurosurgeon had an even more ambitious thought: Why not transplant the brain?
Dr. Robert White was a friend to two popes and a founder of the Vatican’s Commission on Bioethics. He developed lifesaving neurosurgical techniques still used in hospitals today and was nominated for the Nobel Prize. But like Dr. Jekyll before him, Dr. White had another identity. In his lab, he was waging a battle against the limits of science and against mortality itself–working to perfect a surgery that would allow the soul to live on after the human body had died.
This “fascinating” (The Wall Street Journal), “provocative” (The Washington Post) tale follows his decades-long quest into tangled matters of science, Cold War politics, and faith, revealing the complex (and often murky) ethics of experimentation and remarkable innovations that today save patients from certain death. It’s a “masterful” (Science) look at our greatest fears and our greatest hopes–and the long, strange journey from science fiction to science fact. -
Morgue
- By: Vincent DiMaio
- Narrator: Vincent DiMaio
- Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 17, 2016
- Language: English
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3.84(1856 ratings)
3.84(1856 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDForensic science is booming. TV dramas, books and movies have made morgues cool. Complex technology and intricate research can take curdled blood, bone shards, and flakes of skin and turn them into justice. And Vincent Di Maio, MD, son of a famousForensic science is booming. TV dramas, books and movies have made morgues cool. Complex technology and intricate research can take curdled blood, bone shards, and flakes of skin and turn them into justice. And Vincent Di Maio, MD, son of a famous New York City medical examiner, is one of the lions of forensic science in his own right. In this clear, gritty, and enthralling narrative, Di Maio himself guides us into the inner sanctum, through the cases that have made him famous, from the exhumation of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and the racially charged shooting of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, to the unmasking of a serial baby-killer and the mysterious death of troubled genius Vincent van Gogh. Along the way, one of the country’s most methodical and intuitive criminal pathologists will dissect himself, maintaining a nearly continuous flow of suspenseful stories, revealing anecdotes, and enough macabre insider details to rivet the most fervent crime fans.
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Living and Dying in Brick City
- By: Sampson Davis
- Narrator: Cary Hite
- Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.87(828 ratings)
3.87(828 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThis is a riveting personal exploration of the health-care crisis facing inner-city communities, written by an emergency room physician who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now serving. Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends fromThis is a riveting personal exploration of the health-care crisis facing inner-city communities, written by an emergency room physician who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now serving.
Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from inner-city Newark who made a pact in high school to become doctors. Their book The Pact and the work they have done with the Three Doctors Foundation have inspired countless young men and women to strive for goals they otherwise would not have dreamed they could attain. In this book, Dr. Davis looks at the health-care crisis in the inner city from a rare perspective: that of a doctor who works on the front line of emergency medical care in the community where he grew up and as a member of that community who has faced the same challenges as the people he treats every day. He also offers invaluable practical advice for those living in such communities, where conditions like asthma, heart disease, strokes, obesity, and AIDS are disproportionately endemic.
Dr. Davis has struggled with many of the issues troubling his patients. His sister, a drug addict, died of AIDS; his brother is now paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair as a result of a bar fight; and he himself did time in juvenile detention–a wake-up call that changed his life. He recounts recognizing a young man with critical gunshot wounds as someone who was arrested with him when he was a teenager during a robbery gone bad, describes a patient with sickle cell anemia whose case is more complicated than he understands, and explains the difficulty he has convincing his landlord and friend, an older woman, to go to the hospital for much-needed treatment. With empathy and hard-earned wisdom, Living and Dying in Brick City presents an urgent picture of medical care in our cities and an important resource guide for anyone at risk, anyone close to those at risk, and anyone who cares about the fate of our cities.
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Fragile Brain
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Suzie Althens
- Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.35(17 ratings)
4.35(17 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDBrain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect an estimated one in six Americans and are increasing in incidence as the population ages. In this audiobook, we examine these and other conditions involving the damage and loss ofBrain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect an estimated one in six Americans and are increasing in incidence as the population ages. In this audiobook, we examine these and other conditions involving the damage and loss of neurons, including other forms of dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and multiple sclerosis (MS).
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The Biological Mind
- By: Alan Jasanoff
- Narrator: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 11 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 21, 2022
- Language: English
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3.7(182 ratings)
3.7(182 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA pioneering neuroscientist argues that we are more than our brains To many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical conceptions of the soul than in scientificA pioneering neuroscientist argues that we are more than our brains
To many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical conceptions of the soul than in scientific fact. This blinds us to the physical realities of mental function. We ignore bodily influences on our psychology, from chemicals in the blood to bacteria in the gut, and overlook the ways that the environment affects our behavior, via factors varying from subconscious sights and sounds to the weather. As a result, we alternately overestimate our capacity for free will or equate brains to inorganic machines like computers. But a brain is neither a soul nor an electrical network: it is a bodily organ, and it cannot be separated from its surroundings. Our selves aren’t just inside our heads — they’re spread throughout our bodies and beyond. Only once we come to terms with this can we grasp the true nature of our humanity.
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The Brain Under Siege
- By: Howard L. Weiner
- Narrator: Howard L. Weiner
- Length: 15 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 02, 2021
- Language: English
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4.04(25 ratings)
4.04(25 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDMultiple Sclerosis. Parkinson’s Disease. Alzheimer’s. ALS. Chances are that you know someone with a neurologic disease. Because the brain controls so much and is integral to our identity, the diseases that affect it are uniquelyMultiple Sclerosis. Parkinson’s Disease. Alzheimer’s. ALS. Chances are that you know someone with a neurologic disease. Because the brain controls so much and is integral to our identity, the diseases that affect it are uniquely devastating both to patients and families. And because it remains the most mysterious of our vital organs, treating the brain is an ongoing puzzle. In The Brain Under Siege, Howard Weiner likens the brain to a crime scene, showing listeners how “clues” point to causes and suggest paths to a cure. He takes listeners on a journey through the latest technological advances, exploring which routes of investigation have gone cold and which have led to breakthroughs. Informative and engaging, this groundbreaking book tells the story behind the science–painting a picture of the discoveries, setbacks, false leads, and victories on the front lines of brain research. Weiner also offers unique insight by exploring the experiences of the brave patients and families who make cutting-edge clinical trials possible. Both a clear-eyed assessment of where the science stands and a gripping and poignant narrative of the dramatic pursuit for a cure, The Brain Under Siege is a must-listen for patients, families, and anyone interested in unraveling the mysteries of the brain.
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The Secrets of Consciousness
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.83(137 ratings)
3.83(137 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDConsciousness is more than mere awareness. It’s how we experience the world, how we turn input into experience. Once the province of philosophy, religion, or perhaps fantasy, neuroscientists have added a scientific voice to the discussion,Consciousness is more than mere awareness. It’s how we experience the world, how we turn input into experience. Once the province of philosophy, religion, or perhaps fantasy, neuroscientists have added a scientific voice to the discussion, using available medical technology to explore just what separates so-called “mind” from brain. In this audiobook, we look at what science has to say about one of humankind’s most fundamental, existential mysteries.
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