🔍 Diagnostic Odyssey

The harrowing, often years-long journey patients undertake in search of a name for what ails them—a narrative of persistence, frustration, and the desperate need to be believed.

Diagnosis

by Lisa Sanders • 2019

High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.

4.00

4k+

🧩 Medical Mysteries 🦠 Rare Diseases 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Diagnosis 91%

High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.

by Lisa Sanders 2019

4.00

4k+ ratings

🧩 Medical Mysteries 🦠 Rare Diseases 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Family Gene

by Joselin Linder • 2017

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

4.05

1k+

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries

The Family Gene 91%

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

by Joselin Linder 2017

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries

Every Patient Tells a Story

by Lisa Sanders • 2009

Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.

3.96

9k+

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📖 Narrative Medicine ⚠️ Diagnostic Errors

Every Patient Tells a Story 90%

Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.

by Lisa Sanders 2009

3.96

9k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📖 Narrative Medicine ⚠️ Diagnostic Errors

Brain on Fire

by Susannah Cahalan • 2012

A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.

4.09

239k+

🔍 Medical Mystery 📖 Illness Memoir 🦠 Autoimmune Disease

Brain on Fire 90%

A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.

by Susannah Cahalan 2012

4.09

239k+ ratings

🔍 Medical Mystery 📖 Illness Memoir 🦠 Autoimmune Disease

The Age of Diagnosis

by Suzanne O'Sullivan • 2025

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

4.11

3k+

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects

The Age of Diagnosis 90%

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

by Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025

4.11

3k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects

Living Well with Hypothyroidism

by Mary J. Shomon • 2000

A normal TSH test can hide a failing thyroid. How to get diagnosed and treated right.

3.91

644

🦋 Thyroid Disorders 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Living Well with Hypothyroidism 90%

A normal TSH test can hide a failing thyroid. How to get diagnosed and treated right.

by Mary J. Shomon 2000

3.91

644 ratings

🦋 Thyroid Disorders 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Long Covid Survival Guide

by Fiona Lowenstein • 2022

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

4.30

156

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting

The Long Covid Survival Guide 89%

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

by Fiona Lowenstein 2022

4.30

156 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting

Coping with Psoriasis

by David L. Cram • 2000

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

3.60

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership

Coping with Psoriasis 89%

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

by David L. Cram 2000

3.60

5 ratings

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership

The Invisible Kingdom

by Meghan O'Rourke • 2022

When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.

4.02

7k+

🩺 Chronic Illness 🚺 Women'S Health 🩻 Medical Gaslighting

The Invisible Kingdom 89%

When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.

by Meghan O'Rourke 2022

4.02

7k+ ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🚺 Women'S Health 🩻 Medical Gaslighting

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

Doctored 89%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

In the Land of Pain

by Alphonse Daudet • 1929

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

3.68

597

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative

In the Land of Pain 89%

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

by Alphonse Daudet 1929

3.68

597 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative

Bleed

by Tracey Lindeman • 2023

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

4.32

518

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny

Bleed 89%

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

by Tracey Lindeman 2023

4.32

518 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny

Medical Gaslighting

by Ilana Jacqueline • 2024

How to prepare, keep cool, and fight back when doctors dismiss your pain.

4.39

133

🩺 Women'S Health ⚖️ Medical Bias 📢 Self-Advocacy

Medical Gaslighting 88%

How to prepare, keep cool, and fight back when doctors dismiss your pain.

by Ilana Jacqueline 2024

4.39

133 ratings

🩺 Women'S Health ⚖️ Medical Bias 📢 Self-Advocacy

Everything in Its Place

by Oliver Sacks • 2019

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

4.14

3k+

🧠 Neurology 🩺 Medical Humanities 📖 Narrative Medicine

Everything in Its Place 88%

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

by Oliver Sacks 2019

4.14

3k+ ratings

🧠 Neurology 🩺 Medical Humanities 📖 Narrative Medicine

The Blink of an Eye

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

4.09

467

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation

The Blink of an Eye 88%

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018

4.09

467 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation

The Yeast Connection

by William G. Crook • 1983

Your depression and brain fog may be yeast overgrowth from antibiotics. It is treatable.

3.80

261

🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Functional Medicine 🍄 Candida Overgrowth

The Yeast Connection 88%

Your depression and brain fog may be yeast overgrowth from antibiotics. It is treatable.

by William G. Crook 1983

3.80

261 ratings

🦠 Gut Health 🔬 Functional Medicine 🍄 Candida Overgrowth

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis

Ending Medical Reversal 88%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

by Izabella Wentz • 2013

Your pills mask the problem. A pharmacist's protocol for reversing Hashimoto's at the immune level.

4.11

2k+

🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧑‍⚕️ Functional Medicine 🧱 Leaky Gut

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 88%

Your pills mask the problem. A pharmacist's protocol for reversing Hashimoto's at the immune level.

by Izabella Wentz 2013

4.11

2k+ ratings

🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧑‍⚕️ Functional Medicine 🧱 Leaky Gut

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 88%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

The Laws of Medicine

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2015

Why a strong hunch beats a weak test, and other laws of a science built on uncertainty.

4.07

5k+

🧮 Bayesian Reasoning 🧠 Clinical Reasoning ❓ Medical Uncertainty

The Laws of Medicine 88%

Why a strong hunch beats a weak test, and other laws of a science built on uncertainty.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015

4.07

5k+ ratings

🧮 Bayesian Reasoning 🧠 Clinical Reasoning ❓ Medical Uncertainty

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

299

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine

What Seems to Be the Problem? 88%

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022

4.18

299 ratings

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine

Facing the Unseen

by Damon Tweedy • 2024

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

4.23

192

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism

Facing the Unseen 88%

Psychiatry is exiled from mainstream medicine by design. A doctor's memoir of the human cost.

by Damon Tweedy 2024

4.23

192 ratings

🩺 Medical Education 😵 Physician Burnout 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism

Navigating Life with Migraine and Other Headaches

by William B. Young • 2018

A neurologist's guide to stopping migraines: early treatment matters more than the drug you choose.

3.63

🧠 Headache Disorders 💊 Chronic Pain Management 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Navigating Life with Migraine and Other Headaches Summary

Navigating Life with Migraine and Other Headaches 88%

A neurologist's guide to stopping migraines: early treatment matters more than the drug you choose.

by William B. Young 2018

3.63

54 ratings

🧠 Headache Disorders 💊 Chronic Pain Management 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Strangers to Ourselves

by Rachel Aviv • 2022

A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.

4.10

15k+

🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives

Strangers to Ourselves 88%

A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.

by Rachel Aviv 2022

4.10

15k+ ratings

🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind

by Barbara K. Lipska • 2018

She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.

3.89

8k+

🧠 Neuroscience Memoir 🔖 Medical Memoir 🩺 Medical Mystery

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind 88%

She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.

by Barbara K. Lipska 2018

3.89

8k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Memoir 🔖 Medical Memoir 🩺 Medical Mystery

How to Be a Patient

by Sana Goldberg • 2019

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

4.10

203

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors

How to Be a Patient 88%

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

by Sana Goldberg 2019

4.10

203 ratings

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 88%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR

by American Psychiatric Association • 1952

A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.

3.90

12k+

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📋 Diagnostic Manuals 📊 Clinical Assessment

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Summary

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR 88%

A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.

by American Psychiatric Association 1952

3.90

12k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Diagnosis 📋 Diagnostic Manuals 📊 Clinical Assessment

The Great Prostate Hoax

by Richard J. Ablin • 2014

The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.

4.49

115

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 🔬 Cancer Screening 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

The Great Prostate Hoax 88%

The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.

by Richard J. Ablin 2014

4.49

115 ratings

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 🔬 Cancer Screening 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

4.28

53k+

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine

Complications 88%

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

by Atul Gawande 2002

4.28

53k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine

Do No Harm

by Henry Marsh • 2014

A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.

4.25

43k+

🧠 Neurosurgery ✍️ Surgical Memoir ⚠️ Medical Mistakes

Do No Harm 88%

A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.

by Henry Marsh 2014

4.25

43k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery ✍️ Surgical Memoir ⚠️ Medical Mistakes

The Mind Electric

by Pria Anand • 2025

When the brain breaks, it fills the gaps with stories. A neurologist shows medicine does the same.

3.81

768

🧠 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🏛️ History Of Medicine

The Mind Electric 88%

When the brain breaks, it fills the gaps with stories. A neurologist shows medicine does the same.

by Pria Anand 2025

3.81

768 ratings

🧠 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🏛️ History Of Medicine

It's Not Hysteria

by Karen Tang • 2024

Your symptoms are real: a gynecologist's plan to get the diagnosis and care you're owed.

4.12

11k+

🩺 Reproductive Health 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🤥 Medical Gaslighting

It's Not Hysteria 88%

Your symptoms are real: a gynecologist's plan to get the diagnosis and care you're owed.

by Karen Tang 2024

4.12

11k+ ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🤥 Medical Gaslighting

How Doctors Think

by Jerome Groopman • 2007

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

3.93

13k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship

How Doctors Think 88%

Why doctors misdiagnose, and the simple questions that can stop a cognitive error cold.

by Jerome Groopman 2007

3.93

13k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Medical Error 🩺 Doctor Patient Relationship

The Lyme Solution

by Darin Ingels • 2018

Antibiotics failed your Lyme. Recovery starts in the gut, with a five-part immune reset.

4.14

119

🏥 Chronic Illness 🔄 Integrative Medicine 🛡️ Autoimmune Disorders

The Lyme Solution 88%

Antibiotics failed your Lyme. Recovery starts in the gut, with a five-part immune reset.

by Darin Ingels 2018

4.14

119 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness 🔄 Integrative Medicine 🛡️ Autoimmune Disorders

Limits to Medicine

by Ivan Illich • 1974

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

4.04

612

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness

Limits to Medicine 88%

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

by Ivan Illich 1974

4.04

612 ratings

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness

The Anatomy of a Calling

by Lissa Rankin • 2015

A physician's body broke under her perfect career. The prescription: honor the calling you fled.

3.90

484

🩺 Medical Memoir 🔭 Finding Purpose ⚔️ Hero'S Journey

The Anatomy of a Calling 88%

A physician's body broke under her perfect career. The prescription: honor the calling you fled.

by Lissa Rankin 2015

3.90

484 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 🔭 Finding Purpose ⚔️ Hero'S Journey

The Anatomy of Hope

by Jerome Groopman • 2003

Hope blocks pain through its own neurochemistry. A physician on why doctors must stop crushing it.

4.03

2k+

📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Doctor-Patient Bond 🧠 Mind-Body Healing

The Anatomy of Hope 88%

Hope blocks pain through its own neurochemistry. A physician on why doctors must stop crushing it.

by Jerome Groopman 2003

4.03

2k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Doctor-Patient Bond 🧠 Mind-Body Healing

The TIGER Protocol

by Akil Palanisamy • 2023

The root-cause protocol for autoimmunity: heal the gut, clear toxins, rebalance immunity.

4.14

100

🩺 Autoimmune Disease 💊 Functional Medicine 🦠 Gut Health

The TIGER Protocol 88%

The root-cause protocol for autoimmunity: heal the gut, clear toxins, rebalance immunity.

by Akil Palanisamy 2023

4.14

100 ratings

🩺 Autoimmune Disease 💊 Functional Medicine 🦠 Gut Health

The Unseen Body

by Jonathan Reisman • 2021

Twelve organs, twelve revelations: a physician's tour through the body's unseen interior.

3.98

2k+

🧬 Human Anatomy 📖 Medical Memoir 📚 Popular Medicine

The Unseen Body 88%

Twelve organs, twelve revelations: a physician's tour through the body's unseen interior.

by Jonathan Reisman 2021

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧬 Human Anatomy 📖 Medical Memoir 📚 Popular Medicine

Poster Child

by Emily Rapp • 2006

Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.

3.72

645

🩺 Medical Memoir 🦿 Physical Disability 💭 Internalized Ableism

Poster Child 88%

Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.

by Emily Rapp 2006

3.72

645 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 🦿 Physical Disability 💭 Internalized Ableism

A Cancer in the Family

by Theodora Ross • 2016

Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.

4.11

190

🧬 Hereditary Cancer 🧪 Genetic Testing 🛡️ Cancer Prevention

A Cancer in the Family 88%

Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.

by Theodora Ross 2016

4.11

190 ratings

🧬 Hereditary Cancer 🧪 Genetic Testing 🛡️ Cancer Prevention

A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type)

by Isobel Knight • 2011

Bendy joints are just the start: the full-body guide to EDS hypermobility type.

4.04

251

🏥 Chronic Illness Guides 🧬 Connective Tissue Disorders 👁️ Invisible Disabilities

A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) Summary

A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) 88%

Bendy joints are just the start: the full-body guide to EDS hypermobility type.

by Isobel Knight 2011

4.04

251 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness Guides 🧬 Connective Tissue Disorders 👁️ Invisible Disabilities

Undoctored

by William Davis • 2017

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

4.14

1k+

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets

Undoctored 88%

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

by William Davis 2017

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management

Drug Dealer, MD 88%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management

All in Her Head

by Elizabeth Comen • 2024

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

4.29

16k+

🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women'S Health

All in Her Head 88%

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

by Elizabeth Comen 2024

4.29

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women'S Health

Between Two Kingdoms

by Suleika Jaouad • 2021

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

4.42

130k+

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing

Between Two Kingdoms 88%

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

by Suleika Jaouad 2021

4.42

130k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing

On the Move

by Oliver Sacks • 2015

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

4.03

22k+

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders

On the Move 88%

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

by Oliver Sacks 2015

4.03

22k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders

Unaccountable

by Marty Makary • 2012

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

4.29

2k+

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety

Unaccountable 88%

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

by Marty Makary 2012

4.29

2k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety

Know Your Endo

by Jessica Murnane • 2021

An endo diagnosis gets you a doctor. This book gets you a whole-life management plan.

4.13

361

🫂 Chronic Illness Management 🩸 Women'S Reproductive Health 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine

Know Your Endo 88%

An endo diagnosis gets you a doctor. This book gets you a whole-life management plan.

by Jessica Murnane 2021

4.13

361 ratings

🫂 Chronic Illness Management 🩸 Women'S Reproductive Health 🧠 Mind-Body Medicine

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