Medicine audiobooks

The Art and Science of Aging Well

By: Mark E. Williams, MD

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In the past century, average life expectancies have nearly doubled, and today, for the first time in human history, many people have a realistic chance of living to eighty or beyond. As life expectancy increases, Americans need accurate, scientifically grounded information so that they can take full responsibility for their own latter years. In... Read more

How South Africa plans to end AIDS

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Nearly one in five people infected with HIV globally lives in South Africa, and only half of those individuals are on treatment. But the nation has made major strides against the virus in recent years and now is aggressively moving to implement a plan to "end" the epidemic. William Brangham reports in the final installment of our series The End... Read more

How Rwanda became a global anti-AIDS leader

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Rwanda emerged from its genocide in 1994 to build one of the most successful AIDS responses in Africa and is now working mightily to halt mother-to-child HIV transmissions. They’re doing it with a creative mix of science, technology and “aggressive neighborliness.” William Brangham reports with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis... Read more

Ending AIDS in NY

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Nearly one in 10 Americans living with HIV live in New York, where an ambitious plan aims to cut new infections and HIV-related deaths. But the state has serious challenges, including keeping people on their meds, and preventing the spread among IV drug users. William Brangham reports with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in... Read more

Why South is epicenter of AIDS crisis in America

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in America is Atlanta and the southeast, and among the hardest hit populations are gay and bisexual black men. According to the CDC, half of them will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetimes if current trends continue. William Brangham reports with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in the... Read more

The Human Superorganism

By: Rodney Dietert, PhD

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"Eyeopening... Fascinating... may presage a paradigm shift in medicine.” 
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Teeming with information and big ideas... Outstanding.”
—Booklist (starred review)

The origin of asthma, autism, Alzheimer's, allergies, cancer, heart disease, obesity, and even some kinds of depression is now clear. Award-winning researcher... Read more

Five Easy Theses

By: James Stone

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A business leader and esteemed economic thinker outlines simple solutions to America’s five most pressing public policy issues, from healthcare to education to inequality.

America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable, but some we are entirely capable of solving. In Five Easy... Read more

The Hospital Always Wins

By: Issa Ibrahim

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Issa Ibrahim’s memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years.Raised in an idyllic creative environment, mom and dad cultivating his talent, Issa watches his family’s... Read more

Zika

By: Donald G. McNeil

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

A gripping narrative about the Zika virus from the New York Times science reporter covering the outbreak.

Until recently, Zika virus—once considered a mild disease—was hardly a cause for global panic. But as early as August of 2015, doctors in Brazil’s northeast region began to notice a trend: many mothers who had recently experienced Zika... Read more

Altenpflege mit Herz - Abridged

By: Sascha Sandhorst

Narrated by: Armin Dallapiccola

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Pflege von Menschen, die auf diese angewiesen sind, ist einer der wichtigsten Dienstleistungsbereiche in unserer Gesellschaft, da die Familien heutzutage kaum mehr in der Lage sind, dies für ihre betroffenen Angehörigen zu leisten. Umso wichtiger zu wissen, dass diejenigen, die sich um einen selbst oder die lieben Verwandten kümmern, dies... Read more

One in a Billion

By: Mark Johnson & Kathleen Gallagher

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In this landmark medical narrative, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher chronicle the story of Nic Volker, the Wisconsin boy at the center of a daring breakthrough in medicine—a complete gene sequencing to discover the cure for an otherwise undiagnosable illness.


At just two years old, Nic experiences a searing... Read more

Kopfsache schlank

By: Iris Zachenhofer & Marion Reddy

Narrated by: Gaby Hildenbrandt

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Es hat einen Grund, warum Diäten nie funktionieren: Unser Essverhalten ist in den für unsere automatisierten Verhaltensweisen zuständigen Basalganglien abgespeichert. Wenn wir unser Essverhalten ändern wollen, müssen wir deshalb zuerst unsere Basalganglien neu programmieren. Die Psychiaterin und Neurochirurgin Dr. Iris Zachenhofer und die... Read more

Morgue

By: Dr. Vincent Di Maio & Ron Franscell

Narrated by: Tony Ward

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this clear-eyed, gritty, and enthralling narrative, Dr. Vincent Di Maio and veteran crime writer Ron Franscell guide us behind the morgue doors to tell a fascinating life story through the cases that have made Di Maio famous—from the exhumation of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to the complex issues in the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon... Read more

The Gene

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 19 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Non-Fiction

The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller
The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what... Read more

Inner Healing

By: Zacharias Tanee Fomum

Narrated by: John H. Fehskens

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

How do you cure diseases which are beyond the physical dimension?It's a question answered by the author, Z.T Fomum, in this book.He presents the Solution to every need for physical and inner healing. Many people are bound by fear, disappointment, bitterness and/or guilt that distort their existence.They are far from what God wanted them to be.... Read more

Bite Me

By: Ally Hilfiger

Narrated by: Ally Hilfiger

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Ally was at a breaking point when she woke up in a psych ward at the age of eighteen. She couldn't put a sentence together, let alone take a shower, eat a meal, or pick up a phone. What had gone wrong? In recent years, she had produced a feature film, a popular reality show for a major network, and had acted in an off-Broadway play. But now,... Read more

Plastic Surgery

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Plastic surgery, that is the surgery or the treatment that helps people to get their beauty and self-confidence enhanced by getting their body or face reconstructed or restored. There can be many of such situations when one needs to get this thing of plastic surgery done, such as damage of skin or tissue caused by any kind of disease that is... Read more

The Nurses

By: Alexandra Robbins

Narrated by: Alexandra Robbins

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Nursing is more than a career; it's a calling, and one of the most important fascinating, and dangerous professions in the world. As the frontline responders battling traumas, illnesses, and aggression from surprising sources, nurses are remarkable. Yet contemporary literature largely neglects them.

In The Nurses, New York Times bestselling... Read more

Genetics

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Tracy Tupman

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Genetic gone through a breakthrough in the discovery that DNA would be the fundamental structure carrying the genetic information. Among the various work with this molecule, he stood out to Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin in 1953, which demonstrated the structure of the DNA double helix.
After the discovery of DNA structure, several other... Read more

Microbiology

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Tracy Tupman

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Microbiology, along with mathematics, chemistry, and physics, is one of the fundamental branches of basic sciences. The knowledge and detailed study of microorganisms and their functions can establish its use in a variety of applications, from medical, food and environmental, agricultural and industrial field. Thus, microbiology is consolidated... Read more

The Shift

By: Theresa Brown

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In a book as eye-opening as it is riveting, practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day in a hospital’s cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be lost, life-altering medical treatment decisions made, and... Read more

Mental Health

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Cyrus Nilo

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

To maintain and strengthen your mental and emotional health is important to pay attention to your needs and feelings. Don't let the negative emotions build a stress wall around you. Try to keep a balance between their daily responsibilities and the things you like. If you take care of yourself, you will be better prepared to handle the... Read more

Switched On

By: John Elder Robison

Narrated by: John Elder Robison

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST

Imagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social... Read more

Cook County ICU

By: Cory Franklin, MD

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Filled with stories of strange medical cases and unforgettable patients culled from a thirty-year career in medicine, Cook County ICU offers listeners a peek into the inner workings of a hospital. Author Cory Franklin, MD, who headed the hospital's intensive care unit from the 1970s through the 1990s, shares his most unique and bizarre... Read more