10 Best Medical, Health & Fitness Books
Medical, Health & Fitness is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Medical, Health & Fitness audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 10 Medical, Health & Fitness audiobooks below.
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Identity Theft
- By: Debra E. Meyerson
- Length: 8 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDIdentity Theft is an award-winning book that follows Stanford professor Debra Meyerson’s journey to recover from a severe stroke that initially left her physically incapacitated and unable to speak. In addition to providing realisticIdentity Theft is an award-winning book that follows Stanford professor Debra Meyerson’s journey to recover from a severe stroke that initially left her physically incapacitated and unable to speak. In addition to providing realistic expectations for the hard work needed to regain everyday capabilities, Meyerson focuses on the less frequently documented emotional journey in recovery. Virtually every survivor is haunted by questions like: “Who am I now?” and “How do I rebuild a meaningful and rewarding life?” after losing so much of what they had before–capabilities, careers and jobs, relationships, and more. This is a book full of hope for survivors–from stroke or other injuries–as well as their families and support networks.
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Debra Meyerson and her husband, Steve Zuckerman, have created Stroke Onward (www.strokeonward.org), a non-profit initiative of the Social Good Fund, to provide stroke survivors, families and caregivers with more resources to help them navigate the emotional journey to rebuild their identities and rewarding lives.”
Winner of the 2019 Silver Nautilus Book Award, Identity Theft centers on Debra’s experience: her stroke, her extraordinary efforts to recover, and her journey to redefine herself. But she also draws on her skills as a social scientist, sharing stories from several dozen fellow survivors, family members, friends, colleagues, therapists, and doctors she has met and interviewed. By sharing this diversity of experiences, Debra highlights how every person is different, every stroke is different, and every recovery is different. She provides a valuable look at the broad possibilities for successfully navigating the challenging physical recovery–and the equally difficult emotional journey toward rebuilding one’s identity and a rewarding life after a trauma like stroke.
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Rewired
- By: Dr. Ajay K. Seth
- Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: January 08, 2019
- Language: English
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4.29(143 ratings)
4.29(143 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDA raccoon bite on the arm doesn’t seem that serious, but it soon becomes a life-or-death medical crisis for Melissa Loomis. After days of treatment for recurring infection, it becomes obvious that her arm must be amputated. Dr. Ajay Seth, theA raccoon bite on the arm doesn’t seem that serious, but it soon becomes a life-or-death medical crisis for Melissa Loomis. After days of treatment for recurring infection, it becomes obvious that her arm must be amputated. Dr. Ajay Seth, the son of immigrant parents from India and a local orthopaedic surgeon in private practice, performs his first-ever amputation procedure. In the months that follow, divine intervention, combined with Melissa’s determination and Dr. Seth’s disciplined commitment and dedication to his patients, brings about the opportunity for a medical breakthrough that will potentially transform the lives of amputees around the world.
Rewired is the inspirational, miraculous story of Dr. Seth’s revolutionary surgery that allows Melissa to not just move a prosthetic arm simply by thinking, but to actually feel with the prosthetic hand, just as she would with her natural arm. This resulted in what others have recognized as the world’s most advanced amputee, all done from Dr. Seth’s private practice in a community hospital, using a local staff, and with no special training or extensive research funding.
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Flying without Wings
- By: Arnold R. Beisser
- Narrator: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 4 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.16(41 ratings)
4.16(41 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDAt twenty-four, Arnold Beisser was a recent medical school graduate and a nationally ranked tennis player. But overnight a devastating bout of polio left him permanently paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on an iron lung to draw his nextAt twenty-four, Arnold Beisser was a recent medical school graduate and a nationally ranked tennis player. But overnight a devastating bout of polio left him permanently paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on an iron lung to draw his next breath. Polio robbed Arnold Beisser of his strength, his athletic ability, and almost his life. Yet he discovered in this unthinkable trap not only the expected sadness and despair, but wonder, delight, and the pleasure of everyday living.
This is the wise, deeply moving, and warmly humorous account of Arnold Beisser’s search for a new life and meaning as he comes to terms with his disability and then transcends it … to practice psychiatry, to fall in love, truly to soar without wings. His spirit and determination to fight for happiness will inspire any listener faced with unbearable loss. Dr. Beisser shows us why the contrast between winner and loser, athlete and cripple, is in our minds much more than in our bodies. And he shares with us the experiences that taught him life’s greatest truth: nothing can keep you from love, laughter, meaningful work, or enlightenment–except yourself.
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Fighting for My Life
- By: Jamie TenNapel Tyrone
- Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: May 07, 2019
- Language: English
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4.1(38 ratings)
4.1(38 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDA practical, helpful guide on how to fight back against Alzheimer’s disease—with expert medical advice and one woman’s inspiring personal journey. Jamie Tyrone was forty-nine years old when she learned by accident through geneticA practical, helpful guide on how to fight back against Alzheimer’s disease—with expert medical advice and one woman’s inspiring personal journey.
Jamie Tyrone was forty-nine years old when she learned by accident through genetic testing that she had a 91% chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease. She was shocked, but after an initial bout with depression she decided to take action rather than concede defeat.
Jamie teamed up with Dr. Marwan Sabbagh, a renowned neurologist, and together they created a resource detailing not just Jamie’s experience, but expert medical advice for anyone facing the disease.
This book is a practical, helpful guide for those who know they’re at greater risk of contracting Alzheimer’s disease. With cutting-edge medical guidance from Dr. Sabbagh about the true nature of Alzheimer’s, the risks involved, and daily steps you can take to protect yourself, Jamie’s story will encourage and empower you.
In Fighting for My Life, readers will:
- Gain expert medical advice from Dr. Sabbagh on how to fight back against the disease
- Discover the pros, cons and possible dangers of genetic testing
- Witness a first-hand account of how to deal with the shadow of Alzheimer’s disease through Jamie’s story
If Alzheimer’s has affected your life or the life of someone you know, this book is for you. You’ll be armed with information and ready to tackle Alzheimer’s head-on.
Visual reference material and additional resources available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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The Song of Our Scars
- By: Haider Warraich
- Narrator: Haider Warraich
- Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 19, 2022
- Language: English
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3.92(93 ratings)
3.92(93 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA doctor’s personal and unsparing account of how modern medicine’s failure to understand pain has made care less effectiveIn The Song of Our Scars, physician Haider Warraich offers a bold reexamination of the nature of pain, not as aA doctor’s personal and unsparing account of how modern medicine’s failure to understand pain has made care less effective
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In The Song of Our Scars, physician Haider Warraich offers a bold reexamination of the nature of pain, not as a simple physical sensation, but as a cultural experience.
Warraich, himself a sufferer of chronic pain, considers the ways our notions of pain have been shaped not just by science but by politics and power, by whose suffering mattered and whose didn’t. He weaves a provocative history from the Renaissance, when pain transformed into a medical issue, through the racial legacy of pain tolerance, to the opiate epidemics of both the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, to the cutting edge of present-day pain science. The conclusion is clear: only by reckoning with both pain’s complicated history and its biology can today’s doctors adequately treat their patients’ suffering.
Trenchant and deeply felt, The Song of Our Scars is an indictment of a broken system and a plea for a more holistic understanding of the human body. -
Losing my Mind
- By: Thomas DeBaggio
- Narrator: Cotter Smith
- Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2002
- Language: English
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3.76(360 ratings)
3.76(360 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.95 USDWhen Tom DeBaggio turned fifty-seven in 1999, he thought he was embarking on the golden years of retirement — time to spend with his family, his friends, and the herb garden he spent decades cultivating. One winter day, he told his doctorWhen Tom DeBaggio turned fifty-seven in 1999, he thought he was embarking on the golden years of retirement — time to spend with his family, his friends, and the herb garden he spent decades cultivating.
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One winter day, he told his doctor during a routine exam that he had been stumbling into forgetfulness. After it subsequent battery of tests, DeBaggio joined the legion of twelve million others afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.
Losing My Mind is an extraordinary first-person account that charts the ups and downs of early onset Alzheimer’s — a form of the disease which can he particularly ravaging to younger, more alert minds. DeBaggio started writing on the first day of his diagnosis and has continued despite his slipping grasp on his memory.
DeBaggio paints a vivid picture of the splendor of memory and the pain that comes from its loss. DeBaggio poignantly depicts one of the most important parts of our lives — remembrance — and how we tend to overlook it. But to DeBaggio, memory is more than just an account of a time long past, it is one’s ability to function, to think and ultimately, to survive. As his life is reduced to moments of clarity, the true power of thought and his ability to connect to the world shines through.
A testament to the beauty of memory, Losing My Mind is more than just an account of Alzheimer’s, it is the captivating story of one man’s battle to stay connected with the world. -
The Day My Brain Exploded
- By: Ashok Rajamani
- Narrator: Ashok Rajamani
- Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.45(521 ratings)
3.45(521 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.95 USDAfter a full-throttle brain bleed at the age of twenty-five, Ashok Rajamani, a first-generation Indian American, had to be reborn, relearning the most basic of things, piecing together a past, reclaiming a life, and coping with the societalAfter a full-throttle brain bleed at the age of twenty-five, Ashok Rajamani, a first-generation Indian American, had to be reborn, relearning the most basic of things, piecing together a past, reclaiming a life, and coping with the societal prejudice inflicted on those with traumatic injury. With humor, spirit, and insight, he describes the catastrophic event (his brain exploded just before his brother’s wedding!), as well as the long, difficult recovery period. In the process, he introduces readers to his family–his principal support group, as well as a constant source of frustration and amazement. Irreverent, coruscating, at times shocking, but always revelatory, this audio production of his critically acclaimed memoir takes the listener into unfamiliar territory, much like the experience Alice had when she fell down the rabbit hole. That Ashok lived to tell the story is miraculous; that he tells it with such aplomb is simply remarkable.
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The Man Who Couldn’t Eat
- By: Jon Reiner
- Narrator: Dan John Miller
- Length: 9 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 06, 2011
- Language: English
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3.27(416 ratings)
3.27(416 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDJon Reiner was happily married with two children, living on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, when a near-fatal medical crisis that resulted in emergency surgery threatened to take his life. He was sentenced to months of intravenous feeding thatJon Reiner was happily married with two children, living on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, when a near-fatal medical crisis that resulted in emergency surgery threatened to take his life. He was sentenced to months of intravenous feeding that required him to abstain from eating anything, in order to give his digestive tract a rest. The medical commandment ‘nothing by mouth’ came to represent not only the prolonged food deprivation that would have a radical impact on Jon’s relationship with food, but the intense and enduring effect it would have both on his emotional state, and his relationships with family and friends. Jon’s vulnerability during this profoundly difficult time altered these relationships, but the amazing support he received deepened his understanding love, friendship, and community.
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Surviving Cancerland
- By: Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos
- Narrator: Kate Mulligan
- Length: 10 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDWhen Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos discovered a pea-sized lump in her breast, she did what any sensible woman would do: She went to see her doctor, who assured her that she was in good health and that the lump was nothing but a fibrous tumor andWhen Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos discovered a pea-sized lump in her breast, she did what any sensible woman would do: She went to see her doctor, who assured her that she was in good health and that the lump was nothing but a fibrous tumor and posed no threat. Kathleen was not convinced, particularly in light of the fact that her mother had recently died of cancer. In a dream that night, Kathleen saw her spiritual guide/guardian angel who took her hand, placed it on her breast, and said, “You have cancer right here. Feel it? Go back to your doctor tomorrow. Don’t wait for an appointment.” So began a medical odyssey that would take Kathleen and her loved ones on a seemingly endless roller-coaster ride of fear and frustration, hope and healing, and profound spiritual growth.
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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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