Health audiobooks

Energy Medicine

By: Donna Eden & David Feinstein

Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In this updated and expanded edition of her alternative-health classic, Donna Eden shows listeners how to work with the body's energy systems to:

Boost vitality and stamina

Strengthen the immune system

Relieve pain and common complaints such as colds and tension headaches

Sharpen mind and memory

Enhance overall health with an invigorating... Read more

The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet

By: Dr. Michael Mosley

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Our modern diet, high in low-quality carbohydrates, is damaging our bodies—producing a constant overload of sugar in our bloodstream that clogs up our arteries and piles hidden fat into our internal organs. The result has been a doubling in the number of type 2 diabetics, as well as a surge in those with a potentially hazardous... Read more

No Grain, No Pain

By: Dr. Peter Osborne

Narrated by: Mick Stephenson

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain according to an Institute of Medicine report released in 2011. For many, chronic pain is part of an autoimmune disease, but all too often doctors turn to the same solution: painkilling drugs.



But all of this medication simply isn't helping, and as Dr. Peter Osborne, the leading authority on... Read more

Gutbliss

By: Dr. Robynne Chutkan

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Many so-called cures for women's bloating and indigestion, from juice cleanses to specialty diets, are based on junk science. For women seeking true relief from that overall feeling of discomfort in any size jeans, Dr. Robynne Chutkan has the perfect plan for feeling light, tight, and bright in ten days. Gutbliss offers:



A primer on the real... Read more

Living Well with Hypothyroidism

By: Mary J. Shomon

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 16 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

For millions of Americans, hypothyroidism often goes untreated or is treated improperly. This book, thoroughly researched by the nation's top thyroid patient advocate—a hypothyroidism patient herself—provides you with answers to all your questions, including:

What is hypothyroidism?

What are the warning signs, symptoms, and risk... Read more

50 More Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food

By: Susan Albers, PsyD

Narrated by: Margaret Strom

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

If you're an emotional overeater, you may turn to food to cope with stress and sadness, enhance joy, and bring a sense of comfort. But, over time, overeating can cause weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, and many other health problems. In 50 More Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, you'll find fifty more mindful and healthy activities to... Read more

Bio-Young

By: Roxy Dillon

Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

You've always heard that "age is just a number"—now we have the science to prove it. Those wrinkles under your eyes are not simply an inevitable part of the aging process. Actually, those unpleasant surprises in the mirror are a result of the decline in your cellular and hormonal functions. Science shows us that your hormones quickly decline... Read more

Outsmarting Alzheimer's

By: Kenneth S. Kosik, MD

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Did you know that getting on the treadmill can help keep your brain sharp? Or that repeatedly staying up to catch the late show could increase the likelihood of being struck down by dementia? The dozens of choices you make over the course of any average day all add up. Together with your family history, they establish your chances of getting... Read more

ContamiNation

By: McKay Jenkins

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A few years ago, journalism professor McKay Jenkins went in for a routine medical exam. What doctors found was not routine at all: a tumor, the size of a navel orange, was lurking in his abdomen. When Jenkins returned to the hospital to have the tumor removed, he was visited by a couple of researchers with clipboards. They had some questions for... Read more

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga

By: Deepak Chopra, MD & David Simon, MD

Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The remarkable benefits of yoga, which include improved flexibility, balance, muscle tone, endurance, and vitality, only hint at the extraordinary power of this deeply spiritual practice. When adhered to and practiced mindfully, yoga can unlock your full creative potential, capacity for love and compassion, and ability to find success in all... Read more

Healing Psoriasis

By: John O. A. Pagano

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, at least seven million people in the U.S. and more than 100 million worldwide suffer from this chronic skin disease. This book outlines Dr. Pagano's natural, drug-free treatment regimen that can alleviate, control, and even heal psoriasis without steroid creams, tar baths, injections, or... Read more

Left of Bang

By: Patrick Van Horne & Jason A. Riley

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

You walk into a restaurant and get an immediate sense that you should leave.

You are about to step onto an elevator with a stranger and something stops you.

You interview a potential new employee who has the résumé to do the job, but something tells you not to offer the position.

These scenarios all represent "left of bang," the moments before... Read more

The Hormone Secret

By: Tami Meraglia

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Many women struggle to lose weight as they grow older. Unlike many men their age, they may also suffer from sleep problems, osteoporosis, and depression. Women may even feel like they age less slowly and gracefully than their male counterparts.



Dr. Tami Meraglia knows that the magic word here is testosterone. While there is ample discussion in... Read more

The Gut Balance Revolution

By: Gerard E. Mullin

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Recent cutting-edge research shows that human intestinal microbiota influences metabolism, appetite, energy, hormones, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Because gut microflora plays a central role in weight management, losing weight is much more than cutting calories, fat, or carbs. When the trillions of live bacteria in our digestive... Read more

The Better Man Project

By: Bill Phillips

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 12 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

No more procrastinating! It's time to finally take control of your health—to ensure a fit, strong, and healthy body from now until you're blowing out 100-plus candles on your birthday cake. The Better Man Project is your personal handbook for winning life's ultimate prize: good health forever.


How strong are you compared to the average guy? Find... Read more

Secrets from the Eating Lab

By: Traci Mann, Ph. D

Narrated by: Donna Postel

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From her office in the University of Minnesota’s Health and Eating Lab, professor Traci Mann researches self-control and dieting. And what she has discovered is groundbreaking. Not only do diets not work; they often result in weight gain. Americans are losing the battle of the bulge because our bodies and brains are not hardwired to resist... Read more

The Beauty Detox Power

By: Kimberly Snyder, C.N.

Narrated by: Kimberly Snyder, C.N.

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

As Hollywood's go-to nutritionist and New York Times bestselling author of The Beauty Detox Solution and The Beauty Detox Foods, Kimberly Snyder knows that there is so much more to being truly healthy and achieving and maintaining weight loss than counting calories and working out. The secret is aligning your mind and body. In The Beauty Detox... Read more

Bad Faith

By: Paul A. Offit, MD

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In recent years, there have been major outbreaks of whooping cough among children in California, mumps in New York, and measles in Ohio’s Amish country—despite the fact that these are all vaccine-preventable diseases. Although America is the most medically advanced place in the world, many people disregard modern medicine in favor of using their... Read more

Missing Microbes

By: Martin J. Blaser

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take listeners to the forefront of trail-blazing research while revealing the damage that overuse of antibiotics is doing to our health: contributing to the rise of obesity, asthma, diabetes, and certain forms of cancer.



In... Read more

Why Can't I Get Better?

By: Richard I. Horowitz, MD

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 19 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

You may not know that you have Lyme. It can mimic every disease process, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, autoimmune conditions like MS, psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety, and cause significant memory and concentration problems, mimicking early dementia. It is called the "Great Imitator," and inaccurate... Read more

The Omni Diet

By: Tana Amen, BSN, RN

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

By the time she had reached her mid-thirties, Tana Amen had nearly given up on good health. Through a lifetime of chronic medical ailments, including severe digestive issues, recurrent infections and, most devastatingly, a battle with thyroid cancer, there was never a point when Tana felt consistently healthy. Doctors ascribed her poor health to... Read more

The Emotional Calendar

By: John R. Sharp, MD

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In two decades of psychiatry practice, John R. Sharp has worked with many people who experienced the same emotional distresses at specific times of the year—a young woman who became depressed before Thanksgiving, a middle-aged man who felt anxious about making his summer travel plans, people who made uncharacteristically extreme decisions as... Read more

The Pain Chronicles

By: Melanie Thernstrom

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Each of us will know physical pain in our lives, but none of us knows when it will come or how long it will stay. Today as much as 10 percent of the population of the United States suffers from chronic pain. It is more widespread, misdiagnosed, and undertreated than any major disease. While recent research has shown that pain produces... Read more

The Perfect Scent

By: Chandler Burr

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances. Now, writing with wit and elegance, he juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes—one created by a... Read more