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The Epigenetics Revolution Summary
The Epigenetics Revolution
by Nessa Carey 2011 320 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Genetics
Molecular Cell Biology Summary
Molecular Cell Biology
by Harvey F. Lodish 1992 973 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Textbooks
Gene Eating Summary
Gene Eating
The Science of Obesity and the Truth About Diets
by Giles Yeo 2018 336 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo Summary
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
A Surgeon Cuts through the Evidence
by Ian Harris 2016 240 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
The Lives of a Cell Summary
The Lives of a Cell
Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas 1974 160 pages
4.14
10k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Essays
This is Going to Hurt Summary
This is Going to Hurt
Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
by Adam Kay 2017 285 pages
4.40
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Medicine
Biography
Love, Medicine & Miracles Summary
Love, Medicine & Miracles
Lessons Learned About Self-Healing From a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients
by Bernie S. Siegel 1986 242 pages
4.25
4k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Spirituality
The Cancer Code Summary
The Cancer Code
A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
by Jason Fung 2020 288 pages
4.46
2k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by Sam Kean 2014 416 pages
4.26
13k+ ratings
Science
History
Psychology
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain
Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023 256 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Health
Science
The 36-Hour Day Summary
The 36-Hour Day
A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life
by Nancy L. Mace 1981 324 pages
4.29
4k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Reference
When the Air Hits Your Brain Summary
When the Air Hits Your Brain
Tales of Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996 288 pages
4.34
11k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
A Very Short Introduction
by Richard Passingham 2016 160 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Divided Mind Summary
The Divided Mind
The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders
by John E. Sarno 2006 394 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Brain Facts Summary
Brain Facts
A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System
by The Society for Neuroscience 2002 58 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
The Premonition Summary
The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
by Michael Lewis 2021 304 pages
4.33
41k+ ratings
Science
History
Politics
The Great Influenza Summary
The Great Influenza
The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by John M. Barry 2004 546 pages
3.98
41k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
Principles of Biochemistry Summary
Principles of Biochemistry
by Albert L. Lehninger 1970 1119 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Science
Textbooks
Biology
Drug Dealer, MD Summary
Drug Dealer, MD
How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop
by Anna Lembke 2016 192 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Medical
Medicine
Health
Snake Oil Science Summary
Snake Oil Science
The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
by R. Barker Bausell 2007 324 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
Cutting for Stone Summary
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese 2009 560 pages
4.33
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
The Skincare Bible Summary
The Skincare Bible
Your No-Nonsense Guide to Great Skin
by Anjali Mahto 2018 304 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
The Hot Zone Summary
The Hot Zone
The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
by Richard Preston 1994 352 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Science
History
Medical
Mind Wide Open Summary
Mind Wide Open
Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
by Steven Johnson 1999 274 pages
3.90
5k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual Summary
BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual
by American Heart Association 2016 85 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Medicine
School
Medical
How the Brain Works Summary
How the Brain Works
The Facts Visually Explained
by D.K. Publishing 2020 224 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
I Contain Multitudes Summary
I Contain Multitudes
The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong 2016 368 pages
4.18
29k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Health
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals Summary
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals
How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out
by Peter Pronovost 2010 282 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Health
Epidemiology Summary
Epidemiology
A Very Short Introduction
by Rodolfo Saracci 2010 145 pages
3.37
100+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
Epidemiology Summary
Epidemiology
by Leon Gordis 2000 335 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Textbooks
School
Reference
Mastering Diabetes Summary
Mastering Diabetes
The Revolutionary Method to Reverse Insulin Resistance Permanently in Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes
by Cyrus Khambatta 2020 400 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Great Prostate Hoax Summary
The Great Prostate Hoax
How Big Medicine Hijacked the PSA Test and Caused a Public Health Disaster
by Richard J. Ablin 2014 272 pages
4.47
100+ ratings
Health
Medical
Medicine
The Catalyst Summary
The Catalyst
RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
by Thomas R. Cech 2024 304 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
Health
Every Patient Tells a Story Summary
Every Patient Tells a Story
Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders 2009 304 pages
3.96
8k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Holotropic Breathwork Summary
Holotropic Breathwork
A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy
by Stanislav Grof 2010 243 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Psychology
Spirituality
Health
Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine Summary
Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine
by K. Park 1970 868 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Health
Owning the Sun Summary
Owning the Sun
A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
by Alexander Zaitchik 2022 304 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
History
Science
Politics
Everything Is Tuberculosis Summary
Everything Is Tuberculosis
The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green 2025 208 pages
4.57
10k+ ratings
History
Science
Health
Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You Summary
Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You
by Sonja Schwartzbach 2017 184 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Medical
Nursing
Health
Dissolving Illusions Summary
Dissolving Illusions
Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History
by Suzanne Humphries 2013 530 pages
4.65
1k+ ratings
Health
History
Science
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year
America in the Time of Covid
by Lawrence Wright 2020 336 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
Counting Sheep Summary
Counting Sheep
The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams
by Paul R. Martin 2002 432 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Popular Science
p53 Summary
p53
The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code
by Sue Armstrong 2014 288 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Biology
Invisible Heroes Summary
Invisible Heroes
Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
by Belleruth Naparstek 2004 400 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
School
Do You Believe in Magic? Summary
Do You Believe in Magic?
The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine
by Paul A. Offit 2013 304 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
The Autoimmune Solution Summary
The Autoimmune Solution
Prevent and Reverse the Full Spectrum of Inflammatory Symptoms and Diseases
by Amy Myers 2015 400 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick Summary
The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick
by Gene Stone 2010 212 pages
3.44
500+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Medicine
The Oldest Cure in the World Summary
The Oldest Cure in the World
Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting
by Steve Hendricks 2022 448 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
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