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Being Mortal Summary
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande 2017 304 pages
4.49
100k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Health
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye
A Memoir of Dying—and Learning How to Live Again
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2019 239 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
The End of Alzheimer's Program Summary
The End of Alzheimer's Program
The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age
by Dale Bredesen 2020 352 pages
4.17
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Medical
The Other Brain Summary
The Other Brain
From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries About the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science
by R. Douglas Fields 2009 384 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Pictures of the Mind Summary
Pictures of the Mind
What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are
by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald 2010 177 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Compassionomics Summary
Compassionomics
The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference
by Stephen Trzeciak 2019 375 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Leadership
Gifted Hands 20th Anniversary Edition Summary
Gifted Hands 20th Anniversary Edition
The Ben Carson Story
by Ben Carson M.D. 2011 249 pages
4.18
20k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Medical
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot 2010 393 pages
4.12
700k+ ratings
Science
History
Biography
Dirty Genes Summary
Dirty Genes
A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health
by Ben Lynch ND. 2018 373 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Effortless Healing Summary
Effortless Healing
9 Simple Ways to Sidestep Illness, Shed Excess Weight, and Help Your Body Fix Itself
by Dr. Joseph Mercola 2015 336 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Medical
Bipolar Disorder Summary
Bipolar Disorder
A Guide for Patients and Families (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
by Francis Mark Mondimore 2006 304 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Self Help
The Thyroid Connection Summary
The Thyroid Connection
Why You Feel Tired, Brain-Fogged, and Overweight — and How to Get Your Life Back
by Amy Myers MD 2016 433 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Health
Medical
Self Help
Trick or Treatment Summary
Trick or Treatment
The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
by Simon Singh 2008 351 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
The Vagina Bible Summary
The Vagina Bible
The vulva and the vagina - separating the myth from the medicine
by Dr. Jennifer Gunter 2022 448 pages
4.36
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
Health
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi 2016 231 pages
4.4
600k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medicine
Extra Life Summary
Extra Life
A Short History of Living Longer
by Steven Johnson 2021 320 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Science
History
Health
Anticancer Summary
Anticancer
by David Servan-Schreiber 2011 336 pages
4.39
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Healing Arthritis Summary
Healing Arthritis
Your 3-Step Guide to Conquering Arthritis Naturally
by Susan Blum 2017 369 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Health
Medical
The Checklist Manifesto Summary
The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande 2011 240 pages
4.04
69k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Ageless Summary
Ageless
by Andrew Steele 2020 400 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Life Without Diabetes Summary
Life Without Diabetes
The Definitive Guide to Understanding and Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
by Roy Taylor 2020 320 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Self Help
Super Gut Summary
Super Gut
A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight
by William Davis M.D. 2022 368 pages
3.8
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Food
The Beauty of Dusk Summary
The Beauty of Dusk
On Vision Lost and Found
by Frank Bruni 2022 316 pages
4.06
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medical
Stay off My Operating Table Summary
Stay off My Operating Table
A Heart Surgeon's Metabolic Health Guide to Lose Weight, Prevent Disease, and Feel Your Best Every Day
by Philip Ovadia 2021 174 pages
4.43
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Medicine
The Painful Truth Summary
The Painful Truth
by Monty Lyman 2021 304 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death Summary
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death
A Guide to Living Well with Serious Illness
by Aroop Mangalik 2017 274 pages
3.93
10+ ratings
Medical
Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition Summary
Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition
The Ben Carson Story (ZonderKidz Biography)
by Gregg Lewis 2014 171 pages
4.39
2k+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Biography Memoir
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) Summary
A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type)
Bending without Breaking (2nd edition)
by Isobel Knight 2014 314 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Health
Medical
Reference
A Silent Fire Summary
A Silent Fire
The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease
by Shilpa Ravella 2022 368 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Clean Summary
Clean
by James Hamblin 2020 304 pages
3.91
4k+ ratings
Science
Health
History
Practice Summary
Practice
by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022
4.28
100+ ratings
Memoir
Medicine
Medical
The Gynae Geek Summary
The Gynae Geek
Your No-nonsense Guide To ‘down There’ Healthcare
by Dr Anita Mitra 2019 288 pages
4.48
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Feminism
Immune Summary
Immune
A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
by Philipp Dettmer 2021 368 pages
4.59
10k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between
Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
by Hadley Vlahos R.N. 2023 288 pages
4.51
36k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Medical
BLEED Summary
BLEED
Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care
by Tracey Lindeman 2023 320 pages
4.36
100+ ratings
Feminism
Health
Science
God's Hotel Summary
God's Hotel
A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
by Victoria Sweet 2012 380 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Medicine
Memoir
Medical
Why We Die Summary
Why We Die
by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024 336 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Magic Pill Summary
Magic Pill
The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
by Johann Hari 2024 272 pages
4.33
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Psychology
Lies I Taught in Medical School Summary
Lies I Taught in Medical School
How Conventional Medicine Is Making You Sicker and What You Can Do to Save Your Own Life
by Robert Lufkin MD 2024 336 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Medical
The Body Summary
The Body
A Guide for Occupants
by Bill Bryson 2019 464 pages
4.32
86k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care Summary
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care
Helping Patients Change Behavior (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)
by Stephen Rollnick 2007 210 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Medicine
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear
Demystifying Death to Live More Fully
by Julie McFadden RN 2024 240 pages
4.5
500+ ratings
Death
Health
Medical
Tell Your Children Summary
Tell Your Children
The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
by Alex Berenson 2019 272 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Parenting
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide Summary
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide
Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster
by Joseph Alton
4.09
100+ ratings
Survival
Medicine
Health
After Summary
After
A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond
by Bruce Greyson M.D. 2021 272 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
Science
Spirituality
Death
Bottle of Lies Summary
Bottle of Lies
by Katherine Eban 2019 320 pages
4.42
6k+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Summary
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
by Weston Andrew Price 2003 524 pages
4.38
2k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Back Mechanic Summary
Back Mechanic
by Stuart McGill
4.51
1k+ ratings
Health
Fitness
Science
Aging Backwards Summary
Aging Backwards
10 Years Younger and 10 Years Lighter in 30 Minutes a Day
by Miranda Esmonde-White 2014 288 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Fitness
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine
Field Notes from an Uncertain Science (TED Books)
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015 96 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
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