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Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2009 332 pages
4.19
85k+ ratings
Biography
Medicine
Memoir
The Ghost Map Summary
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic — and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by Steven Johnson 2008
3.89
53k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
Bad Science Summary
Bad Science
by Ben Goldacre 2008 352 pages
4.06
43k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Popular Science
The Mind's Eye Summary
The Mind's Eye
by Oliver Sacks 2010 263 pages
3.93
13k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.26
8k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
sex sleep eat drink dream Summary
sex sleep eat drink dream
A day in the life of your body
by Jennifer Ackerman 2008 272 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Medical
An Epidemic of Absence Summary
An Epidemic of Absence
A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
by Moises Velasquez-Manoff 2012 400 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
The Anatomy of Hope Summary
The Anatomy of Hope
How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
by Jerome Groopman 2005 272 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Health
Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine Summary
Traditional Foods Are Your Best Medicine
Improving Health and Longevity With Native Nutrition
by Ronald F. Schmid N.D. 1997 288 pages
4.20
100+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
Farmacology Summary
Farmacology
Total Health from the Ground Up
by Daphne Miller 2013 304 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Health
Food
Gardening
Musicophilia Summary
Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition
by Oliver Sacks 2008 425 pages
3.95
69k+ ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
Phantoms in the Brain Summary
Phantoms in the Brain
Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
by V.S. Ramachandran 1998 320 pages
4.26
19k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The End of Illness Summary
The End of Illness
by David B. Agus 2012 352 pages
3.48
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
The Sober Truth Summary
The Sober Truth
Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
by Lance Dodes 2014 192 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
The Disease Delusion Summary
The Disease Delusion
Conquering the Causes of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, and Happier Life
by Jeffrey S. Bland 2014 432 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Health
Medicine
Nutrition
How to Read a Paper Summary
How to Read a Paper
The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine
by Trisha Greenhalgh 2014 284 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Reference
The Microbiome Diet Summary
The Microbiome Diet
The Scientifically Proven Way to Restore Your Gut Health and Achieve Permanent Weight Loss
by Raphael Kellman 2014 352 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
Cannabis Pharmacy Summary
Cannabis Pharmacy
The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana
by Michael Backes 2014 320 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Reference
The Germ Code Summary
The Germ Code
by Jason Tetro 2013 274 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Science
Medical
Biology
Complications Summary
Complications
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande 2003 269 pages
4.27
49k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Psychotherapy Summary
Psychotherapy
A Very Short Introduction
by Tom Burns 2015 144 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Psychiatry
Avicenna's Medicine Summary
Avicenna's Medicine
A New Translation of the 11th-Century Canon with Practical Applications for Integrative Health Care
by Avicenna 2013 480 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Medicine
Philosophy
Science
Follow Your Gut Summary
Follow Your Gut
The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes
by Rob Knight 2015 129 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The White Coat Investor Summary
The White Coat Investor
A Doctor's Guide to Personal Finance and Investing
by James M. Dahle 2014 208 pages
4.41
3k+ ratings
Finance
Medicine
Personal Finance
Sugar Crush Summary
Sugar Crush
How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health
by Richard P. Jacoby 2015 256 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Health
Food
Nutrition
The Innovator's Prescription Summary
The Innovator's Prescription
A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
by Clayton M. Christensen 2009 496 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Health Care
Business
Health
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution Summary
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution
The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars
by Richard K. Bernstein 2011 560 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Health
Reference
Nutrition
The Spark in the Machine Summary
The Spark in the Machine
How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine
by Daniel Keown 2014 304 pages
4.37
500+ ratings
Health
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Science
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying
What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 2014 304 pages
4.16
26k+ ratings
Psychology
Death
Philosophy
Better Summary
Better
A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
by Atul Gawande 2007 288 pages
4.25
34k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Tripping Over the Truth Summary
Tripping Over the Truth
The Metabolic Theory of Cancer
by Travis Christofferson 2014 297 pages
4.54
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Molecules of Emotion Summary
Molecules of Emotion
Why You Feel the Way You Feel
by Deepak Chopra 1997 368 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
Super Genes Summary
Super Genes
Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being
by Deepak Chopra 2015 336 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Self Help
Into the Magic Shop Summary
Into the Magic Shop
A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
by James R. Doty 2016 340 pages
4.22
21k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Memoir
Counterclockwise Summary
Counterclockwise
Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
by Ellen J. Langer 2009 242 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Psychology
Health
Self Help
The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
by Doug McGuff 2015 365 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Health
Economics
Medicine
The Gut Balance Revolution Summary
The Gut Balance Revolution
Boost Your Metabolism, Restore Your Inner Ecology, and Lose the Weight for Good!
by Gerard E. Mullin 2015 432 pages
3.80
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Mindbody Prescription (Oeb)Healing the Body Healing Summary
Mindbody Prescription (Oeb)Healing the Body Healing
by John E. Sarno 2001 240 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
There Is a Cure for Diabetes Summary
There Is a Cure for Diabetes
The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program
by Gabriel Cousens 2008 472 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Health
Medicine
Keto for Cancer Summary
Keto for Cancer
Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy as a Targeted Nutritional Strategy
by Miriam Kalamian EdM MS CNS 2017 400 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
The Diabetes Code Summary
The Diabetes Code
Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally (The Wellness Code Book Two)
by Jason Fung 2018 288 pages
4.5
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Quench Summary
Quench
Beat Fatigue, Drop Weight, and Heal Your Body Through the New Science of Optimum Hydration
by Dana Cohen MD 2018 304 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Nutrition
Gut Summary
Gut
The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
by Giulia Enders 2018 304 pages
4.07
49k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
A Cancer in the Family Summary
A Cancer in the Family
Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance
by Theodora Ross 2017 304 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Ten Drugs Summary
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
by Thomas Hager 2019 304 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Science
History
Medicine
Mosquito Summary
Mosquito
A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
by Andrew Spielman 2001 256 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
History
A Statin Nation Summary
A Statin Nation
Damaging Millions in a Brave New Post-health World
by Malcolm Kendrick 2019 304 pages
4.62
100+ ratings
Medicine
Health
Nutrition
Elderhood Summary
Elderhood
Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
by Louise Aronson 2019 464 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon Summary
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon
by Rahul Jandial 2019 272 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
Memory Summary
Memory
A Very Short Introduction
by Jonathan K. Foster 2008 142 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
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