Medicine audiobooks

Coaching for Performance

By: Sir John Whitmore

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Completely Revised 4th Edition of the 500,000 Copy Bestseller! Coaching is a way of managing, a way of treating people, a way of thinking, a way of being. Coaching has matured into an invaluable profession fit for our times and this fourth edition of the most widely read coaching book takes it to the next frontier. — John Whitmore Good coaching... Read more

Touching a Nerve

By: Patricia S. Churchland

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A trailblazing philosopher’s exploration of the latest brain science—and its ethical and practical implications.

What happens when we accept that everything we feel and think stems not from an immaterial spirit but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains? In this thought-provoking narrative—drawn from professional expertise as well as... Read more

The Sports Gene

By: David Epstein

Narrated by: David Epstein

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa. At the same time, I began to notice that a training group on my team... Read more

Inheritance

By: Moalem MD PhD

Narrated by: Moalem MD PhD

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning physician and New York Times bestselling author Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD, reveals how genetic breakthroughs are completely transforming our understanding of both the world and our lives.

INHERITANCE

Conventional wisdom dictates that our genetic destiny is fixed at conception. But Dr. Moalem's groundbreaking book shows us that the human... Read more

Cured

By: Nathalia Holt

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Is the end of HIV upon us? Award-winning research scientist and HIV fellow at the Ragon Institute, Nathalia Holt, reveals the science behind the discovery of a functional cure and what it means for the millions affected by HIV and the history of the AIDS pandemic.

Two men, known in medical journals as the Berlin Patients, revealed answers to a... Read more

Murder on the Home Front

By: Molly Lefebure

Narrated by: Lucy Rayner

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

It is 1941. While the "war of chaos" rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against violence, murder and the criminal underworld continues on the streets below.

One ordinary day, in an ordinary courtroom, forensic pathologist Dr. Keith Simpson asks a keen young journalist to be his secretary. Although the "horrors of secretarial... Read more

The Depths

By: Jonathan Rottenberg

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Nearly every depressed person is assured by doctors, well-meaning friends and family, the media, and ubiquitous advertisements that the underlying problem is a chemical imbalance. Such a simple defect should be fixable, yet despite all of the resources that have been devoted to finding a pharmacological solution, depression remains stubbornly... Read more

Better

By: Atul Gawande

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession

The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we... Read more

Intern

By: Sandeep Jauhar

Narrated by: Sandeep Jauhar

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Intern is Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question our every assumption about medical care today. Residency—and especially the first year, called internship—is legendary for its brutality. Working eighty hours or more per week, most new doctors spend their... Read more

The Checklist Manifesto

By: Atul Gawande

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous... Read more

In the Body of the World

By: Eve Ensler

Narrated by: Eve Ensler

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues and one of Newsweek's 150 Women Who Changed the World, a visionary memoir of separation and connection—to the body, the self, and the world

Playwright, author, and activist Eve Ensler has devoted her life to the female body—how to talk about it, how to protect and value it. Yet she spent much... Read more

Blindsided

By: Richard M. Cohen

Narrated by: Richard M. Cohen & Richard Ferrone

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A hopeful look at coping with the ravages of serious chronic illness by an accomplished journalist, a contributing columnist for the New York Times, and former senior producer of the CBS Evening NewsRichard Cohen, a veteran journalist, has lived with multiple sclerosis for 30 years. Diagnosed with colon cancer twice in recent years, Cohen... Read more

Why Do Men Have Nipples?

By: Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg

Narrated by: Mark Leyner

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Is There a Doctor in the House?Finally, answers to all those strange questions you'd like to ask your own doctor but haven't had the guts (or more likely the time) to do so. If you've ever wanted to ask a doctor . . . How do people in wheelchairs have sex? Why do I get a killer headache when I suck down my milkshake too fast? Can I lose my... Read more

Survival of the Sickest

By: Sharon Moalem & Jonathan Prince

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

How did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Will a visit to the tanning salon help bring down your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on—or off?Survival of the Sickest reveals the answers to... Read more

Weekends at Bellevue

By: Julie Holland

Narrated by: Julie Holland

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room. Deciding who gets locked up and who gets talked down would be an awesome responsibility for most people. For her, it was just another day at the office...In... Read more

Critical Decisions

By: Peter A. Ubel

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“As a physician and a social scientist, Peter Ubel is unparalleled in his understanding of some of the most important decisions we are facing, or will face.”
—Dan Ariely, New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational“His ideas are important, his style is accessible (with the right balance of humor and compassion) and his topic is... Read more

Love, Medicine and Miracles

By: Bernie S. Siegel

Narrated by: Bernie S. Siegel

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day—patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery. Read more

WomanCode

By: Alisa Vitti

Narrated by: Alisa Vitti

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

With WomanCode, holistic health coach Alisa Vitti shows women how to maintain health and vitality with a food-based program to rebalance their hormones.Alisa Vitti found herself suffering through the symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and was able to heal herself through food and lifestyle changes. Relieved and reborn, she made it... Read more

The Gift of Therapy

By: Irvin Yalom

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The culmination of master psychiatrist Dr. Irvin D. Yalom's more than thirty-five years in clinical practice, The Gift of Therapy is a remarkable and essential guidebook that illustrates through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy. The bestselling author of Love's Executioner shares his uniquely... Read more

Man 2.0 Engineering the Alpha

By: John Romaniello & Adam Bornstein

Narrated by: John Romaniello & Adam Bornstein

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Every man has the potential for a great body, insane sex, and an unreal life. (Seriously) Want to lose body fat? That's easy—you can drop 20 pounds in 6 weeks. Want bigger muscles? Done. A 50-pound increase to your bench press, coming right up. Want to be smarter? Not a problem—the strategies in this book have been proven to increase brain... Read more

77 Questions for Skillful Living

By: Michael Finkelstein

Narrated by: Michael Finkelstein

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

What would you do with your life if your health were completely restored?Go beyond conventional medicine with this revolutionary guide to understanding wellness on a deeper level.Are you as healthy as you could be, as healthy as you would like to be?Do you wake up feeling rested? Do you feel physically attractive? Do you give yourself more... Read more

Erasing Death

By: Sam Parnia & Josh Young

Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Contrary to popular belief, death is not a moment in time, such as when the heart stops beating, respiration ceases, or the brain stops functioning. Death, rather, is a process—a process that can be interrupted well after it has begun. Innovative techniques, such as drastically reducing the patient's body temperature, have proven to be effective... Read more

The End of Diabetes

By: Joel Fuhrman

Narrated by: Joel Fuhrman & Chris Sorensen

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live and Super Immunity and one of the country’s leading experts on preventive medicine offers a scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse diabetes—without drugs.At last, a breakthrough program to combat the rising diabetes epidemic and help millions of diabetics, as well as... Read more

The Disease Delusion

By: Jeffrey S. Bland

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

For decades, Dr. Jeffrey Bland has been on the cutting edge of Functional Medicine, which seeks to pinpoint and prevent the cause of illness, rather than treat its symptoms. Managing chronic diseases accounts for three quarters of our total healthcare costs, because we’re masking these illnesses with pills and temporary treatments, rather than... Read more