Medicine audiobooks

Moonshot

By: Dr. Albert Bourla

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

2022 Genesis Prize LaureateThe exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer’s Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla.A riveting, fast-paced, inside look at one of the most incredible private sector achievements in history, Moonshot recounts the intensive nine months in 2020... Read more

Beyond Stuttering

By: Dave McGuire

Narrated by: Dave McGuire

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Beyond Stuttering is a book describing a method that helps people who stutter to get control and overcome their stutter or stammer.It is the same method that was featured in the BATFA Nominated Documentary "School For Stammerers".It was also the same method used in "Stutter School" another documentary that is a finalist in the 2021 "New York... Read more

The Wine-Dark Sea Within

By: Dr. Dhun Sethna

Narrated by: Chinua Hawk

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A revisionist history of medicine, in which blood plays the starring role 
 
Inspired by Homer’s description of the ebb and flow of the “wine dark sea,” the ancient Greeks conceived a back-and-forth movement of blood. That false notion, perpetuated by the influential Roman physician Galen, prevailed for fifteen hundred years until William Harvey... Read more

Silent Invasion

By: Deborah Birx

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 22 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx.In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CDC, the State Department, and the US Army across... Read more

Vaccinated

By: Paul A. Offit

Narrated by: Tim Dixon

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Updated with a New Foreword""Medical writing at its finest.""—David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryRespected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of... Read more

The Power of Teamwork

By: Brian Goldman

Narrated by: Brian Goldman

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The national bestseller from the host of CBC Radio’s White Coat, Black Art—now in paperback!In the high-pressure and complex setting of health care, a new approach to teamwork is leading to healthier patients, happier staff and more efficient operations. Doctors are learning art appreciation to improve diagnostic skills. Hospitals are adopting... Read more

Healthcare Activism

By: Susi Geiger

Narrated by: Corinne Davies

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

What is the role of activists and civil society in defining and defending the collective good in healthcare, especially in cases where that good seems to be heavily shaped by market dynamics? Presenting conceptual and empirical studies from a variety of healthcare contexts and theoretical perspectives, this book addresses this vital question by... Read more

The Infodemic

By: Joel Simon & Robert Mahoney

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

An inside look at how the governments of Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Brazil, India and the US used COVID as a pretense to undermine freedom

The Infodemic lays bare the mechanisms of modern censorship and shows how they were used to undermine the response to the greatest global pandemic in a century. Beginning in China, the book charts the... Read more

Mamá come sano

By: Julio Basulto

Narrated by: Juanjo Ruiz

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Una guía completa sobre qué comer y cómo comer antes, durante y después del embarazo. El embarazo y la lactancia son etapas maravillosas, pero repletas de dudas acerca de la dieta. ¿Influye la alimentación en mi fertilidad o en la de mi pareja? ¿Conviene recurrir a vitaminas, minerales, plantas medicinales, complementos alimenticios o fármacos?... Read more

The History of Science, Sexuality, and Medicine

By: Myrna Perez

Narrated by: Myrna Perez

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

What does the history of science reveal about sex and sexuality? Explore the relationship between body and sexual identity with a Harvard-educated expert.
 
Prior to the seventeenth century, Western attitudes toward sexuality came primarily from reading scripture. With the onset of the Atlantic slave trade and the proliferation of European... Read more

From Darwin to Derrida

By: David Haig

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Length: 14 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

How the meaningless process of natural selection produces purposeful beings who find meaning in the world.In From Darwin to Derrida, evolutionary biologist David Haig explains how a physical world of matter in motion gave rise to a living world of purpose and meaning. Natural selection, a process without purpose, gives rise to purposeful beings... Read more

HowExpert Guide to Hearing Loss

By: HowExpert & Christine Anderson, AuD

Narrated by: Megan Hudgins

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

HowExpert Guide to Hearing Loss is a go-to guide for all things hearing loss. This book contains information that you won’t get anywhere else, written by an expert in the field. It includes everything from understanding hearing loss and hearing technology to the best ways to communicate with your loved ones in difficult listening situations.The... Read more

Uso Terapéutico del Cannabis en Cuidados Paliativos

By: Pharmacology University

Narrated by: Melissa Tercero

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Si te interesa saber cómo el cannabis medicinal puede llegar a mejorar los síntomas y la calidad de vida de los pacientes que sufren enfermedades terminales, te invitamos a disfrutar de este audiolibro que Pharmacology University trae para ti.Se estima que en todo el mundo existen aproximadamente 40 millones de personas ameritando cuidados... Read more

Fauci: Expect the Unexpected

By: National Geographic

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Compiled from hours of interviews drawn from the eponymous National Geographic documentary, this inspiring book from world-renowned infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci shares the lessons that have shaped the celebrated doctor's life philosophy, offering an intimate view of one of the world's greatest medical minds as well as universal... Read more

El cannabis en el tratamiento de la ansiedad

By: Pharmacology University

Narrated by: Melissa Tercero

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Bienvenido a este maravilloso audiobook en el cual vas a conocer los beneficios del cannabis sativa como tratamiento para la ansiedad.Para comenzar seguramente tendrás algunas dudas como: ¿qué es la ansiedad? ¿cómo saber si la padezco? Quédate con nosotros y descúbrelo.El trastorno de ansiedad es una colección de afecciones de salud mental,... Read more

New Frontiers in Alzheimer’s

By: Scientific American

Narrated by: Mack Sanderson, Kate Mulligan, Erica Sullivan &...

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Until recently, one idea has dominated research in treating Alzheimer’s disease: the amyloid hypothesis. Those therapies have repeatedly fallen short, and in this audiobook we take a look at where that hypothesis stands today. We examine recent research into the spectrum of disease causes, including inflammation and immune dysfunction;... Read more

The Science of Health

By: Scientific American

Narrated by: Suzie Althens

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook contains a collection of columns written by Claudia Wallis, an award-winning science journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Time, Fortune, and the New Republic. Claudia was the science editor at Time and the former managing editor of Scientific American Mind.Together, these stories will demystify recent medical... Read more

Pain Erasers

By: Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD, DNM

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

At last! Here's a safe, reliable, drug-free guide to relieve millions of pain sufferers worldwide.



Pain Erasers: A Natural Doctor's Guide to Safe, Drug-Free Relief will reveal new ways to naturally erase your pain, often permanently! You'll discover dozens of natural painkillers, from a little-known but highly effective resin from the... Read more

Just Health

By: Dayna Bowen Matthew

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

With the rise of the Movement for Black Lives and the feverish calls for Medicare for All, the public spotlight on racial inequality and access to healthcare has never been brighter. The rise of COVID-19 and its disproportionate effects on people of color has especially made clear how the color of one's skin is directly related to the quality of... Read more

Insane Consequences

By: DJ Jaffe

Narrated by: David Marantz

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This well-researched and highly critical examination of the state of our mental health system by the industry's most relentless critic presents a new and controversial explanation as to why—in spite of spending $147 billion annually—140,000 seriously mentally ill are homeless, 390,000 are incarcerated, and even educated, tenacious, and caring... Read more

Physician Leadership

By: Karen J. Nichols

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In Physician Leadership, renowned medical leader Dr. Karen J. Nichols delivers a concise guide for busy physicians doing their best to successfully lead people and organizations. The book covers foundational leadership essentials that every physician needs to master to transform themselves from a highly motivated novice leader into an effective,... Read more

Pushing Cool

By: Keith Wailoo

Narrated by: Terrence Kidd

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Police put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold for selling cigarettes on a New York City street corner. George Floyd was killed by police outside a store in Minneapolis known as "the best place to buy menthols." Black smokers overwhelmingly prefer menthol brands such as Kool, Salem, and Newport. All of this is no coincidence. The disproportionate... Read more

The End of Genetics

By: David B. Goldstein

Narrated by: Christopher Douyard

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

An urgent plea for a broader understanding and awareness of the unconsidered dangers of new genetic technologies



Since 2010 it has been possible to determine a person's genetic makeup in a matter of days at an accessible cost for many millions of people. Along with this technological breakthrough there has emerged a movement to use this... Read more

The Embodied Mind

By: Thomas R. Verny

Narrated by: Matthew Josdal

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

We understand the workings of the human body as a series of interdependent physiological relationships, all the way down to the inner workings of every cell. Why is it that the accepted understanding that the physical phenomenon of the mind is attributed only to the brain?



In The Embodied Mind, internationally renowned psychiatrist Dr. Thomas R.... Read more