Medicine audiobooks

Making Sense of Cancer

By: Jarle Breivik

Narrated by: Jarle Breivik

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on a captivating journey that will fundamentally change how you see cancer—and perhaps life itself. Cancer is more than a disease. It is an integral part of who we are—complex biological and cultural beings with a limited life span. You will be surprised, challenged, and even amused by this eloquent synthesis of knowledge. Firmly rooted... Read more

Astral Projection Guided Sleep Meditation

By: Calmy Voices

Narrated by: Becky Brabham

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Have you ever yearned to explore the cosmos, to transcend the boundaries of the physical world and embark on incredible journeys beyond the stars? Do you dream of experiencing the exhilaration of astral projection, unlocking the hidden realms of the universe that lie just beyond our perception? Can you imagine a future where you effortlessly... Read more

Good Morning Guided Meditation

By: Calmy Voices

Narrated by: Becky Brabham

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Are you tired of starting your day feeling groggy and disoriented? Do you long for a way to wake up with clarity, positivity, and a spring in your step? Can you imagine a morning routine where you greet the day with open arms, ready to embrace its opportunities and challenges?
The journey to transforming your mornings and experiencing a daily... Read more

Gratitude Guided Sleep Meditation

By: Calmy Voices

Narrated by: Becky Brabham

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Are you searching for a way to cultivate a more positive outlook on life, even as you sleep? Do you yearn to harness the power of gratitude to transform your daily experiences and find contentment in the little things? Can you imagine a future where you effortlessly embrace gratitude, awakening each day with a sense of appreciation and joy?
The... Read more

Guía de Supervivencia

By: Zach Williams

Narrated by: Manuel Rentería

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Te preocupa la idea de que tu vida esté en peligro debido a desastres naturales inevitables? ¿Te gustaría estar completamente preparado para enfrentar eventos catastróficos? ¿Qué hacer en las distintas etapas de un ciclón, una inundación, un sismo, una helada o un incendio? Entonces sigue leyendo…
“… el desinterés, el tiempo y los desastres... Read more

Superando el Trastorno del Apego

By: Algernon Hargraves

Narrated by: Vinicio Aguinaga

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Sientes miedo constante a ser abandonado por tu pareja o alguien cercano a ti? ¿Te cuesta pedir ayuda por miedo a que te rechacen? ¿Tus relaciones con amigos, familiares e incluso románticas suelen ser problemáticas? Entonces sigue leyendo…
“El apego emocional, es una cárcel para el alma, te hace ver virtudes que no existen y esperanzas dónde no... Read more

The Locked Ward

By: Dennis O'Donnell

Narrated by: Dennis O'Donnell

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.


An extraordinary account of a nurse's life behind the locked doors of a secure psychiatric ward.

Dennis O'Donnell started work as an orderly in the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit of a large hospital in Scotland in 2000. In his daily life he encountered fear, violence and despair but also a considerable amount of care... Read more

Beyond the Body Bully

By: Bev Aisbett & Dr Rebecca Reynolds

Narrated by: Dr Rebecca Reynolds

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Australia's bestselling anxiety and mental health author, Bev Aisbett, writing together with Rebecca Reynolds, returns with a new book on the inner Body Bully we all have in our heads. If we can improve the way we think about our bodies, that will in turn improve our lives.
Why do we hate our bodies so much? Why do we constantly criticise and... Read more

Dealing with Early-Onset Alzheimer's: Love, Laughter & Tears

By: Sonia Discher

Narrated by: Blake "Crash" Priddle

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Dealing with Early Onset Alzheimer's: Love, Laughter & Tears is Sonia Discher's heartbreaking but empowering story of caring for her husband, Steve. The story follows Steve's diagnosis with Early Onset Alzheimer's at age 50 through treatment, care and his passing. Sonia provides a look behind the curtain of this terrible sickness to reveal a... Read more

Guter Schlaf durch tiefe Entspannung (Update 2024)

By: Patrick Lynen

Narrated by: Jana Maria Schaefers

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In unserer hektischen Welt ist guter Schlaf mehr als nur ein Luxus – er ist ein Muss für Gesundheit, Resilienz und Wohlbefinden. Dieses Hörbuch ist dein persönlicher Wegweiser zu tiefem, erquickendem Schlaf, jede Nacht. Was dich erwartet: Expertenwissen: Geschrieben und gesprochen von renommierten Schlafexperten, bietet es dir eine... Read more

Lucid Dying

By: Sam Parnia

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

From internationally renowned expert in resuscitation and New York Times bestselling author Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, comes a groundbreaking look at what happens to us when we die, based on the largest-ever research study run on recalled experiences of death.

Today, for the first time in history, the scientific exploration of death and what happens... Read more

Gray Matters

By: Theodore H. Schwartz

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 16 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

An Economist Best Book of 2024

“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented writer. I have not read a better biography of our shared profession, and in Schwartz's talented hands, the most... Read more

The Evil Hours

By: David J. Morris

Narrated by: Alex Knox

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD Just as polio loomed over the 1950s, and AIDS stalked the 1980s and ’90s, posttraumatic stress disorder haunts us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Over a decade into the United States’ “global war on terror,” PTSD... Read more

The Support Group

By: Shanda H. Blackmon, M.D.

Narrated by: Shanda H. Blackmon, M.D.

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Shanda Blackmon is a pioneer in thoracic surgery, a skilled professional dedicated to providing the highest quality of care. But as a young doctor early in her career, she was overwhelmed. Her team was working at full capacity, yet Dr. Blackmon struggled to meet the needs of her many patients. Then one day at clinic she noticed patients trading... Read more

The Nocebo Effect

By: Michael H. Bernstein, Ph.D. & Charlotte Blease,...

Narrated by: Jeff Zinn

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Can beliefs make you sick? Consider "The June Bug" incident from a US textile factory in the early 1960s. Many employees began to feel dizzy, had an upset stomach, and vomited. Some were even hospitalized. The illness was attributed to a mysterious bug biting workers. However, when the CDC investigated this outbreak, no bugs or any other cause... Read more

La Catarsis

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Oslos Molina

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

La catarsis es una experiencia purificadora de las emociones humanas. La palabra proviene del griego κάθαρσις (kátharsis), que significa ‘purga’, ‘purificación’.Dentro de la literatura, la catarsis es el efecto purificador que experimenta el espectador a través de una obra de arte. El concepto fue ideado primeramente por Aristóteles en su Poética. Read more

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's

By: Joanne Koenig-Coste

Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“A true godsend to anyone caring for those afflicted with dementia.”—Rudolph E. Tanzi, coauthor of Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease
Revolutionizing the way we perceive and live with Alzheimer’s, Joanne Koenig Coste offers a practical approach to the emotional well-being of both patients and caregivers... Read more

How to Stop Negative Thinking

By: Victoria Tyler

Narrated by: Krystina Bailey

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Are fears, doubts and insecurities running your life right now?Are these stopping you from taking charge and doing what you need to do or what you want to accomplish in your life? Are you seeking a solution for change?I am here to help you discover the source of fear and negative thoughts and emotions:- The thoughts and emotions that sabotage... Read more

My Disappearing Mother

By: Suzanne Finnamore

Narrated by: Suzanne Finnamore

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

My Disappearing Mother: A Memoir of Magic and Loss is far more than a memoir on the devastation that comes with dementia, a cognitive impairment that affects fifty-five million people worldwide. Finnamore beautifully chronicles her mother's rich and varied life journey, from her birth in Puerto Rico during the height of the Depression to... Read more

Driving Home Naked

By: Melinda G. McCall, D.V.M.

Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Have you ever driven home from work wearing nothing but a pair of rubber boots? For Dr. Melinda McCall, a large animal veterinarian in rural Virginia, this is living the dream. Caring for cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, llamas, and the occasional alpaca, unusual mishaps and mind-blowing adventures abound. Getting caught driving home naked after a... Read more

Elderhood

By: Louise Aronson

Narrated by: Eliza Foss

Length: 18 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Elderhood by Louise Aronson, MD, read by Eliza Foss.

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
A New York Times Bestseller
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Winner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book Award
Winner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact Award

As revelatory as Atul... Read more

City of Omens

By: Dan Werb

Narrated by: Robb Moreira

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents City of Omens by Dan Werb, read by Robb Moreira.

For decades, American hungers sustained Tijuana. In this scientific detective story, a public health expert reveals what happens when a border city’s lifeline is brutally severed.

Despite its reputation as a carnival of vice, Tijuana was, until recently, no more or less violent... Read more

I Feel Love

By: Rachel Nuwer

Narrated by: Jennifer Cole

Length: 14 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents I Feel Love by Rachel Nuwer, read by Jennifer Cole.

"Riveting."—Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score

The unlikely story of how the psychedelic drug MDMA emerged from the shadows to the forefront of a medical revolution—and the potential it may hold to help us thrive.

Few drugs in history have generated as... Read more

CONÉCTATE CON DIOS

By: DR FELIPE CAMERO AGUILAR

Narrated by: DR FELIPE CAMERO AGUILAR

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

En un mundo en constante cambio y desafío, el equilibrio entre nuestro bienestar mental, físico y espiritual se convierte en una búsqueda esencial. En esta búsqueda, a menudo nos enfrentamos a barreras invisibles que nos impiden alcanzar nuestro pleno potencial. Estas barreras toman la forma de creencias limitantes, patrones de pensamiento... Read more