Medicine audiobooks

Genome

By: Matt Ridley

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with... Read more

Facing Down a Family Physician Shortage

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In the latest in a series on health reform, Betty Ann Bowser reports from California on what's being done to inspire medical students to address a shortage of primary care doctors. Read more

Deadly Spin

By: Wendell Potter

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"My name is Wendell Potter, and for twenty years I worked as a senior executive at health insurance companies. I saw how they confuse their customers and dump the sick—all so they can satisfy their Wall Street investors." —Senate testimony, June 24, 2009



Wendell Potter is the insurance industry's worst nightmare.



In June 2009, Wendell Potter made... Read more

The Queen of Fats

By: Susan Allport

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A nutritional whodunit that takes listeners from Greenland to Africa to Israel, The Queen of Fats gives a fascinating account of how we have become deficient in a nutrient that is essential for good health: the fatty acids know as omega-3s. Writing with intelligence and passion, Susan Allport tells the story of these vital fats, which are... Read more

Self Comes to Mind

By: Antonio Damasio

Narrated by: Fred Stella

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The arrival of neurons and their unique ability to transmit and receive messages was the radical break in the course of the human brain’s evolution. This led to the development of the self. Neurons organize themselves in complex circuits and networks. Networks that serve to represent events occurring in the body, influence the function of other... Read more

The Mind's Eye

By: Oliver Sacks

Narrated by: Oliver Sacks & Richard Davidson

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, the sense of sight. For all of... Read more

You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know

By: Heather Sellers

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an unusual and uncommonly moving family memoir, with a twist that gives new meaning to hindsight, insight, and forgiveness.Heather Sellers is face-blind—that is, she has prosopagnosia, a rare neurological condition that prevents her from reliably recognizing people’s faces. Growing up, unaware of the reason for her perpetual confusion... Read more

Was tun gegen Krebs?

By: Harald zur Hausen & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Harald zur Hausen

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Was ist Krebs? - Beginnend mit dieser Frage, gibt Harald zur Hausen einen fundierten Überblick über das Krankheitsbild einer der verbreitetsten und gefürchtetsten Erkrankungen der Gegenwart, über ihre Geschichte, Arten, Diagnose- bzw. Behandlungsverfahren und deren Chancen sowie über Möglichkeiten der Krebsprävention. Dabei analysiert er... Read more

Teufelsfragen

By: Jens Reich & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Jens Reich

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Wieweit darf der Mensch Demiurg in eigener Sache sein, ohne selbst verzehrt zu werden von den Kräften seiner Schöpfungsmacht? Darf er, ohne diabolisch zu werden, mit dem Bauplan eines "Gottes" spielen, der ihn in eine riskante wie chaotische Welt entlassen hat? Wo schlägt, was er zur Rettung entwirft, um, in den Abgrund einer Selbstanmaßung, aus... Read more

Der Kampf zwischen Mensch und Mikrobe

By: Stefan H. E. Kaufmann & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Stefan H. E. Kaufmann

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Inhalt: Eine kurze Geschichte der Infektionsimmunologie: 1 Mithridates 2 Rhazes 3 Frühe biologische Kriegsführung: Kaffa 4 Vakzination: Edward Jenner 5 Gärung, Verwesung und Mikroorganismen: Louis Pasteur 6 Robert Koch, der Begründer der medizinischen Mikrobiologie 7 Emil von Behring, Paul Ehrlich, Elias Metschnikoff, Almroth Wright und... Read more

New Orleans Clinic Caring for Underinsured

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Betty Ann Bowser reports from New Orleans on one doctor's success in establishing clinics for the under-insured after Katrina wiped out the city's main charity hospital. Read more

Psychiatry

By: Thomas Szasz

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than half a century, Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to a radical critique of psychiatry. His latest work, Psychiatry: The Science of Lies, is a culmination of his life's work to portray the integral role of deception in the history and practice of psychiatry.Szasz argues that the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness... Read more

Ah-Choo!

By: Jennifer Ackerman

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Scientists call this the Golden Age of the Common Cold because Americans suffer up to a billion colds each year, resulting in 40 million days of missed work and school and 100 million doctor visits. They've also learned over the past decade much more about what cold viruses are, what they do to the human body, and how symptoms can be addressed.... Read more

Food Politics

By: Marion Nestle

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning audiobook helps us understand more clearly... 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 New Bible Cure for Heart Disease

By: Don Colbert

Narrated by: Tim Lundeen

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Take charge of your health.  Cardiovascular disease is one of the most treatable and preventable of all illnesses. In this concise audio book you’ll discover the information you need to keep your heart healthy. Incorporating the latest medical findings with the timeless wisdom of the Bible, The New Bible Cure for Heart Disease contains... Read more

The New Bible Cure for Cancer

By: Don Colbert

Narrated by: Tim Lundeen

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Your dietary answer to cancer!  Take charge of your health, and live a longer, healthier life. In this concise audio book, you’ll discover a wealth of information that will help you prevent and fight cancer. Incorporating the latest medical findings with the timeless wisdom of the Bible, The New Bible Cure for Cancer contains information that... Read more

Confessions of a GP

By: Benjamin Daniels

Narrated by: Eamonn Riley

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions. A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor. A woman with a common cold demanding (but not receiving)... Read more

The Truth About Obamacare

By: Sally C. Pipes

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Truth About Obamacare, Sally C. Pipes—president of the Pacific Research Institute and an acknowledged expert on health care reform—reveals what Democrats in Congress and President Barack Obama don't want you to know: Obamacare is even worse than most critics suspect. Debunking the myths that the current administration has touted, Pipes... Read more

Florence Nightingale

By: Laura E. Richards

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The name of Florence Nightingale is a household word, but the exact nature and scope of her work, and the difficulties and discouragement under which it was accomplished, are unknown to many in the present generation. This story of that justly beloved woman’s life is told by one whose father was in part responsible for Miss Nightingale’s... Read more

Men’s Private Parts

By: James H. Gilbaugh

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an essential guide for men’s most pressing health questions that no man—or woman who lives with him—should be without.Dr. James H. Gilbaugh, Jr., a board-certified urologist and fellow of the American College of Surgeons with twenty-five years of clinical practice, presents the latest medical information for men in a straightforward,... Read more

Amazing Women in Medicine - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Narrated by: Michelle Plum, Hannah Davis & Sarah Wintermeyer

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

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Landmark

By: The Staff of the Washington Post

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

After a year-long political war, in March 2010 President Obama and the Democratic leaders of Congress achieved a victory that has eluded lawmakers for seventy-five years: an overhaul of America’s health-care system. In this indispensable book, the staff of the Washington Post tells the story of health-care reform and explains what it means for... Read more

The New Bible Cure for Diabetes

By: Don Colbert

Narrated by: Tim Lundeen

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

New hope for diabetics!  Take charge of your health, and live a longer, healthier life. Are you suffering from diabetes? In this concise audio book, you’ll discover a wealth of information to help you win your battle with high blood sugar. The complications of diabetes are many and serious, but there are biblical guidelines and recent medical... Read more