Medicine audiobooks

Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You!

By: Sonja Schwartzbach, BSN, RN, CCRN

Narrated by: Sonja Schwartzbach

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Do no harm. Take no sh*t. Whether you're a new nurse or a veteran member of the clan, the nursing learning curve is a vast one. Part how-to-guide with a touch of memoir thrown in, take the time to laugh and cry with an author that says what everyone else in the field is thinking. Read more

PTSD

By: Allan V. Horwitz

Narrated by: Kyle Tait

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Post-traumatic stress disorder—and its predecessor diagnoses, including soldier's heart, railroad spine, and shell shock—was recognized as a psychiatric disorder in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The psychic impacts of train crashes, wars, and sexual shocks among children first drew psychiatric attention. Later, enormous numbers of... Read more

Bottle of Lies

By: Katherine Eban

Narrated by: Katherine Eban

Length: 14 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From an award-winning Fortune reporter, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals the life-threatening dangers posed by globalization—The Jungle for pharmaceuticals

The widespread use of generic drugs has been hailed as one of the most important public health developments of the twentieth century. Today, almost 90... Read more

Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips

By: Kris Carr

Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Actress and photographer Kris Carr thought she had a hangover, but a Jivamukti yoga class didn't provide its usual kick-ass cure. A visit to her doctor confirmed her "liver looked like Swiss cheese," covered with cancerous tumors. She entered trench warfare (wearing cowboy boots into the MRI machine, no less), vowing, "Cancer needed a makeover... Read more

Take Control of Your Depression

By: Susan J. Noonan

Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Some call it the blues or a storm in their head. William Styron referred to it as "darkness visible." Whatever the description, depression is a disorder of the mind and body that affects millions of adults at some point in their lives. In Take Control of Your Depression, Dr. Susan J. Noonan provides people experiencing depression with strategies... Read more

Did You Just Eat That?

By: Paul Dawson & Brian Sheldon

Narrated by: Matthew Boston

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Is the five-second rule legitimate?



Are electric hand dryers really bacteria blowers?



Am I spraying germs everywhere when I blow on my birthday cake?



How gross is backwash?



When it comes to food safety and germs, there are as many common questions as there are misconceptions. And yet there has never been a book that clearly examines the science... Read more

Challenging Operations

By: Katherine C. Kellogg

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2003, in the face of errors and accidents caused by medical and surgical trainees, the American Council of Graduate Medical Education mandated a reduction in resident work hours to eighty per week. Over the course of two and a half years spent observing residents and staff surgeons trying to implement this new regulation, Katherine C. Kellogg... Read more

Healing Your Back Of Chronic Pain

By: Christopher Maloney

Narrated by: Christopher Maloney

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Got Back Pain?

Have you tried stretches, rest, and pain medication without success? Thinking about surgery?

The pain relief you seek might be closer than you think. In this short, researched book, Dr. Maloney explains how habitual pain responses can be caused by both physical and emotional triggers.

Move beyond stretching exercises and mental... Read more

Demin/Remin in Preventive Dentistry

By: Robert L. Karlinsey, PhD

Narrated by: Robert L. Karlinsey, PhD

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite significant progress in the management of oral health, tooth decay remains stubbornly widespread and resilient. Complicating this further, there remain gaps in clinical use and knowledge involving fluoride and remineralization therapies. To help address these problems, Demin/Remin in Preventive Dentistry explores demineralization and... Read more

Your Future Family

By: Kim Bergman, PhD

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Thanks to technology and marriage equality, more and more people are looking to become parents. Third-party reproduction has become easier, more accessible, and more successful, yet it is a complex process. Regardless of their gender or marital status, people come to the process with questions like, "How are sperm, eggs, embryos, or surrogates... Read more

The Nature Cure

By: Andreas Michalsen, MD

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“Informative . . . I recommend it to practitioners and patients alike.” —Andrew Weil, MD, author of Eight Weeks to Optimum Health and Mind Over Meds

International bestselling author Dr. Andreas Michalsen uncovers the natural cures that will transform your health and change your life

Sunlight. Forest bathing. Fasting. Cold-water baths.... Read more

In Pain

By: Travis Rieder

Narrated by: Travis Rieder

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A bioethicist’s eloquent and riveting memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal—a harrowing personal reckoning and clarion call for change not only for government but medicine itself, revealing the lack of crucial resources and structures to handle this insidious nationwide epidemic.Travis Rieder’s terrifying journey down the rabbit hole of... Read more

Notes from Hell

By: Nikolay Yordanov & Valya Cherveniashka

Narrated by: Nano Nagle

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"This horror story made international headlines. It shows brutality in its most extreme form, a wilful act of cruel injustice for which the Libyan government stands accused. Reading this book will make you cry." Dries Brunt, "Citizen Newspaper", South Africa
In 1999 seventeen medical nurses are kidnapped from the hospital in which they work in... Read more

Bad Advice

By: Paul A. Offit, MD

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Science doesn't speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding and naïve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists'... Read more

The Rabbit Effect

By: Kelli Harding

Narrated by: Kelli Harding

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This groundbreaking and life-changing work based on the latest research effectively demonstrates “the profound impact that love, connection, and kindness have on our health” (Mark Williamson, PhD, director of Action for Happiness).

When Columbia University doctor Kelli Harding began her clinical practice, she never intended to explore the... Read more

The Last Ocean

By: Nicci Gerrard

Narrated by: Nicci Gerrard

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning journalist and author, a lyrical, raw and humane investigation of dementia that explores both the journeys of the people who live with the condition and those of their loved ones

After a diagnosis of dementia, Nicci Gerrard’s father, John, continued to live life on his own terms, alongside the disease. But when an isolating... Read more

Nine Pints

By: Rose George

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of breakthrough scienceBlood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine... Read more

Listening to Ayahuasca

By: Rachel Harris, PhD

Narrated by: Donna Postel

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Used for thousands of years by indigenous tribes of the Amazon rain forest, the mystical brew ayahuasca is now becoming increasingly popular in the West. Psychologist Rachel Harris here shares her own healing experiences and draws on her original research (the largest study of ayahuasca use in North America) into the powerful medicine's effects... Read more

The Science of Marijuana

By: Leslie L. Iverson

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Science of Marijuana, Third Edition is directed at a public interested in knowing more about cannabis, how it works, and what the hazards associated with its use may be. In terms of cannabis as a medicine, it is now sanctioned by a majority of US States, with approved medical indications that often go beyond what is really known... Read more

El pediatra en tu casa

By: Martín Gruenberg

Narrated by: Martín Gruenberg & Belén Heredia

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

¡Narrado por el autor! En este audiolibro, el doctor Martín Gruenberg responde las consultas más frecuentes que escuchó en su consultorio a través de años de dedicación a la pediatría ambulatoria, esas preguntas que todas las madres y los padres alguna vez se hacen sobre la salud de sus hijos, desde la etapa prenatal hasta el comienzo de... Read more

Tiny But Mighty

By: Hannah Shaw

Narrated by: Hannah Shaw

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram @kittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable—and adorable—feline population: newborn kittens.

Hannah Shaw, better known as Kitten Lady, has dedicated her life to saving the tiniest felines, but one... Read more

Instant Eyesight

By: The INSTANT-Series

Narrated by: The INSTANT-Series

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

(NOTE: Be sure to download the accompanying reference guide upon purchasing. You'll need it to go through the audio. If you can't access it, just contact us directly at audio@instantseries.com.)
How to Improve Eyesight Instantly!
The "gift of sight " is not one to be taken for granted. Our eyesight is our most invaluable dependable tool we use... Read more

Instant Voice Training

By: The INSTANT-Series

Narrated by: The INSTANT-Series

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

(NOTE: Be sure to download the accompanying reference guide upon purchasing. You'll need it to go through the audio. If you can't access it, just contact us directly at audio@instantseries.com.)
How to Train Your Voice Instantly!
In a world...where your "voice" totally matters - what do you do if you don't have the sexiest voice, the most... Read more

Let Me Not Be Mad

By: A. K. Benjamin

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by Dr. A. K. Benjamin's years working as a clinical neuropsychologist at a London hospital, this multilayered narrative interweaves Benjamin's own sometimes shocking personal experiences with those of his mentally disordered patients.

What do doctors actually think about when you list your problems in the consulting room? Are they... Read more