Medicine audiobooks

The Power Decade

By: Susan Saunders

Narrated by: Willow Nash

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A positive outlook on 'the other side' of the menopause, and what it can mean for you in your 50s and 60s.

The menopause for many women is a daunting time of change, of unexpected health challenges, of rollercoaster emotions and unprecedented shifts in how we feel physically and emotionally. But we emerge wiser than before, and stronger than we... Read more

Devotion

By: Marco Missiroli

Narrated by: Emma Carter

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

'Erotically charged... this intimate and ultimately moving analysis of desire and the long-term legacy of betrayal deserves to be read: completely absorbing'
DAILY MAIL

'An absolute scorcher'
EVENING STANDARD

'A gripping novel exploring the tensions in an apparently idyllic marriage'... Read more

This Won't Hurt

By: Marieke Bigg

Narrated by: Daphne Kouma

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The past, present and future of the sexism inherent in medicine and medical research - and how to change it.

The idea that medicine is gender-neutral is a myth. This isn't inflammatory rhetoric; it's simply true. From the way pain is felt, to how heart attacks are diagnosed, to the very role society plays in the health of the body, the medical... Read more

Foodology

By: Saliha Mahmood Ahmed

Narrated by: Saliha Mahmood Ahmed

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A game-changing exploration of the amazing organ that is the human gut, which will transform your relationship with food.

The book will take you on a joint culinary and scientific journey through the gut. This is not a book about 'dieting' in the conventional sense, nor is it a didactic manual on how to make each and every food decision in life.... Read more

My Broken Vagina

By: Fran Bushe

Narrated by: Fran Bushe

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A candid and hilarious conversation about what happens when sex doesn't feel like it's working.

This book is one woman's funny, moving, and sometimes awkward quest to fix her sex life, but it's the story of millions of women everywhere - half of all women have felt pain during sex.

During award-winning writer and performer Fran Bushe's journey... Read more

A Delicate Game

By: Hana Walker-Brown

Narrated by: Hana Walker-Brown

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

An investigation into power, sport and the human brain.

A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should.
A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one.
A scientist reveals a pattern of brain disease in NFL players and is discredited.
A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details... Read more

Therapy is... Magic

By: Jo Love

Narrated by: Jo Love

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this part memoir, part mental health resource and how-to guide, Jo Love throws opens the door of her therapist's office and shines a light on what exactly goes on in the therapy room. With the help of experts, including her very own therapist, Jo opens a rare window into the real world of therapy, unpicking the magical powers that enabled her... Read more

A Statin-Free Life

By: Aseem Malhotra

Narrated by: Matt Addis

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

'Giving you all the facts to help you decide how best to have a healthy life. - Dr Phil Hammond

Statins are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. Yet many report unacceptable side effects and a US survey revealed that 75 per cent of respondents stopped taking them within a year.

So what is the evidence for their benefits? Dr Aseem... Read more

Cannabis (seeing through the smoke)

By: Professor David Nutt

Narrated by: Professor David Nutt

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive guide to Cannabis and your health, from world-renowned Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, David Nutt.

Underpinned by his two-year research trial in partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, involving up to 20,000 patients, which will create Europe's largest body of evidence on the plant's medicinal qualities -... Read more

Your Blueprint for Strong Immunity

By: Dr Jenna Macciochi

Narrated by: Dr Jenna Macciochi

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Your Blueprint for Strong Immunity breaks down the science behind our health and shares the secrets of how to be well, for good.

Expert immunologist Dr Jenna Macciochi has over 20 years' experience as a scientist researching the impact of lifestyle on the immune system in health and disease.

Your Blueprint for Strong Immunity guides you through... Read more

Am I Normal?

By: Sarah Chaney

Narrated by: Stephanie Racine

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A deep dive into the strange science of the 'Normal', and the roots of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession

Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths, for right angles. People weren't normal; triangles were.

But from the 1830s, this branch of science really took... Read more

Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma

By: Gail Parker

Narrated by: Veronique Olin

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Presenting ways in which Restorative Yoga can contribute to healing emotional wounds, this book invites yoga teachers, therapists and practitioners to consider the psychological impact of ethnic and race-based stress and trauma. It aids in the process of uncovering, examining, and healing one's own emotional wounds and offers insight into... Read more

Your Simple Guide to Reversing Type 2 Diabetes

By: Professor Roy Taylor

Narrated by: Hugh Kermode

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In this distilled version of his bestselling Life Without Diabetes, Professor Roy Taylor offers a brilliantly concise explanation of what happens to us when we get type 2 and how we can reverse it permanently.

Taylor's research has demonstrated that type 2 is caused by just one factor - too much internal fat in the liver and pancreas - and that... Read more

The Whole Tooth

By: Dr Milad Shadrooh

Narrated by: Dr Milad Shadrooh

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Get ready to be entertained and educated by Dr Milad Shadrooh, the UK's most celebrated dentist and YouTube sensation.

Milad will have you alternately astounded and rolling with laughter as he drills down into the grisly details, touching on everything from the fascinating history of dentistry to the surprising secrets of life as a dentist. He... Read more

Something Out of Place

By: Eimear McBride

Narrated by: Eimear McBride

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In her blistering non-fiction debut, Eimear McBride unpicks the contradictory forces of disgust and objectification that control and shame women. From playground taunts of 'only sluts do it' but 'virgins are frigid', to ladette culture, and the arrival of 'ironic' porn, via Debbie Harry, the Kardashians and the Catholic church - she looks at how... Read more

The Insomnia Diaries

By: Miranda Levy

Narrated by: Miranda Levy

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

After a single, catastrophic event, journalist Miranda Levy had one sleepless night, then another, and then another. She sought help from anyone she could: doctors, acupuncturists, reiki practitioners, hypnotists, therapists, personal trainers - but nothing seemed to work.

Sleep, wellbeing and mental health are intrinsically linked. Yet... Read more

Spike

By: Jeremy Farrar & Anjana Ahuja

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

***THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***

A pulse-racing journey through the science and politics of the pandemic. Did the UK government really 'follow the science' throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, as it claims?

The Coronavirus pandemic has devastated lives and livelihoods around the world - and continues to do so. These personal tragedies will,... Read more

Dreams From My Mother

By: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu

Narrated by: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

What a page turner of a book! Dame Elizabeth uncovers the layers of her life from a childhood defined by secrets, to discovering the identity of her father, to her political awakening, and her journey to becoming a Black health radical. She uses her "bellyful of anger" to great effect, highlighting the ethnic health inequalities exposed by... Read more

Catch Your Breath

By: Ed Patrick

Narrated by: Ed Patrick

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

***NOW INCLUDING NEW BONUS CHAPTER EXCLUSIVE TO THIS AUDIOBOOK***

'It's funny, touching and gobsmacking in equal measure. At its heart is a breathtaking account of life on the COVID frontline.' - Jay Rayner

'Ed's journey is funny, sad, harrowing, hilarious... I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO READ THIS.' - Colin Mochrie

A gut punch of a memoir by a doctor -... Read more

Meridians

By: Mike Mandl

Narrated by: Guy Mott

Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An accessible explanation of the essence of TCM and Meridians.

Meridians are the bridge between the psyche and soma, the system that allows our life force to flow through our body. Each of the twelve main meridians stand for a fundamental life principle and by examining them, we can begin a journey towards better health- as well as freedom and... Read more

Orderly Britain

By: Tim Newburn & Andrew Ward

Narrated by: Ciaran Saward

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

How do British pavements remain free of dog mess? Why are paths not littered with cigarette butts or roads not lined with abandoned cars? What does the decline of the public lavatory say about us and is the national reputation for queuing still deserved today?

Orderly Britain takes a topical look at modern society, examining how it is governed... Read more

Dare To Care

By: Prof Dr Jan Bonhoeffer & Arjuna Ardagh

Narrated by: Prof Dr Jan Bonhoeffer & Arjuna Ardagh

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Dare to Care is a book about the magic of medicine and life. Patients long for caring and connection when they are ill, and the doctors who come to this profession full of care and compassion often leave feeling drained and diluted as human beings because they forget who they are. In this book, you will be reminded that essential harmony and... Read more

The Good Virus

By: Tom Ireland

Narrated by: Ben Deery

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

How a mysterious, super-powerful—yet long-neglected—microbe rules our world and can rescue our health in the age of antibiotic resistance.

At every moment, within our bodies and all around us, trillions of microscopic combatants are waging a war that shapes our health and life on Earth. Countless times per second, viruses known as phages attack... Read more

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Beginners

By: Dr. Ling Mei Lee

Narrated by: Sandy Carpenter

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Chinese Medicine for Beginners: Top Tips for Understanding Chinese Herbal Medicine" is an insightful guide for anyone interested in learning about the ancient practices of Chinese medicine. This comprehensive book covers the fundamentals of Chinese herbal medicine, including its history, philosophy, and key concepts such as the five elements... Read more