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A Cancer in the Family Summary
A Cancer in the Family
Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance
by Theodora Ross 2016 304 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth Summary
Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth
by Peter Kelder 1998 106 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Health
Spirituality
Self Help
Psychedelic Medicine Summary
Psychedelic Medicine
The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca
by Richard Louis Miller 2017 256 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Medical
Ten Drugs Summary
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
by Thomas Hager 2019 304 pages
4.18
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
History
Biology
A Statin Nation Summary
A Statin Nation
Damaging Millions in a Brave New Post-health World
by Malcolm Kendrick 2018 303 pages
4.61
100+ ratings
Medicine
Health
Nutrition
Elderhood Summary
Elderhood
Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
by Louise Aronson 2019 464 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon Summary
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon
by Rahul Jandial 2019 243 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
Pleased to Meet Me Summary
Pleased to Meet Me
Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are
by Bill Sullivan 2019 336 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Psychology
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis
Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries
by Lisa Sanders 2019 320 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
Your Brain, Explained Summary
Your Brain, Explained
What Neuroscience Reveals About Your Brain and its Quirks
by Marc Dingman 2019 256 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
Autism Summary
Autism
A Very Short Introduction
by Uta Frith 2003 144 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
Psychology
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Science
Sleep Summary
Sleep
A Very Short Introduction
by Steven W. Lockley 2012 146 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
The Immune System Summary
The Immune System
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Klenerman 2017 119 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Science
Biology
Health
The Price We Pay Summary
The Price We Pay
What Broke American Health Careโ€”and How to Fix It
by Marty Makary 2019 288 pages
4.47
3k+ ratings
Health Care
Medicine
Health
Your Body in Balance Summary
Your Body in Balance
The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health
by Neal D. Barnard 2020 352 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Vegan
Spontaneous Healing Summary
Spontaneous Healing
by Andrew Weil 2011 384 pages
4.07
6k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Covid-19 Summary
Covid-19
What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus and the Race for the Vaccine
by Michael Mosley 2020 101 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Medicine
Gut Reactions Summary
Gut Reactions
The Science of Weight Gain and Loss
by Simon Quellen Field 2019 256 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Science
Health
Nutrition
Why We Get Sick Summary
Why We Get Sick
The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Diseaseโ€•and How to Fight It
by Benjamin Bikman 2020 280 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness
What to Say When You Can't Find the Words
by Susan P. Halpern 2004 256 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Heal Your Body, Cure Your Mind Summary
Heal Your Body, Cure Your Mind
Leaky Gut, Adrenal Fatigue, Liver Detox, Mental Health, Anxiety, Depression, Disease & Trauma, Mindfulness, Holistic Therapies, Diet, Nutrition & Food
by Ameet Aggarwal 2017 197 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Health
Medicine
Self Help
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door
The Path to a Better Way of Death
by Katy Butler 2013 322 pages
4.12
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Death
Medicine
Energy Medicine Summary
Energy Medicine
Use Your Body's Energies
by Donna Eden 1998 378 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Spirituality
Mountains Beyond Mountains Summary
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 2003 333 pages
4.20
86k+ ratings
Biography
Medicine
Memoir
The Second Brain Summary
The Second Brain
A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine
by Michael D. Gershon 1998 336 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
Being Mortal Summary
Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
by Atul Gawande 2014 282 pages
4.49
200k+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Health
Awakenings Summary
Awakenings
by Oliver Sacks 1973 464 pages
4.09
13k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Medicine
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi 2016 208 pages
4.41
700k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Medicine
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 2008 384 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Understanding Health Policy Summary
Understanding Health Policy
A Clinical Approach
by Thomas Bodenheimer 2012 231 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Health Care
Health
Medicine
Compassionomics Summary
Compassionomics
The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference
by Stephen Trzeciak 2019 504 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Medicine
Leadership
Science
Gifted Hands Summary
Gifted Hands
The Ben Carson Story
by Ben Carson 1992 224 pages
4.18
21k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Medical
The Great Cholesterol Con Summary
The Great Cholesterol Con
The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It
by Malcolm Kendrick 2007 384 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Science
Your Life in My Hands Summary
Your Life in My Hands
A Junior Doctor's Story
by Rachel Clarke 2017 280 pages
3.79
3k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Memoir
How Doctors Think Summary
How Doctors Think
by Jerome Groopman 2007 307 pages
3.93
13k+ ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
To Repair the World Summary
To Repair the World
Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation
by Paul Farmer 2013 294 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Medicine
Health
Science
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Summary
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot 2010 370 pages
4.12
700k+ ratings
Science
History
Biography
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Dental Diet Summary
The Dental Diet
The Surprising Link between Your Teeth, Real Food, and Life-Changing Natural Health
by Steven Lin 2018 344 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Health
Nutrition
Food
The Brain Summary
The Brain
A User's Manual: A simple guide to the world's most complex machine
by Marco Magrini 2017 285 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Effortless Healing Summary
Effortless Healing
9 Simple Ways to Sidestep Illness, Shed Excess Weight, and Help Your Body Fix Itself
by Joseph Mercola 2014 336 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Medical
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 2016 425 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Health
Medical
Science
The Better Brain Book Summary
The Better Brain Book
The Best Tool for Improving Memory and Sharpness and Preventing Aging of the Brain
by David Perlmutter 2004 325 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Brain
Dementia Reimagined Summary
Dementia Reimagined
Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
by Tia Powell 2019 320 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Health
Medicine
Psychology
Ending Medical Reversal Summary
Ending Medical Reversal
Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives
by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015 346 pages
4.35
100+ ratings
Medicine
Science
Medical
Hallucinations Summary
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks 2012 326 pages
3.93
24k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Healing Back Pain Summary
Healing Back Pain
The Mind-Body Connection
by John E. Sarno 1982 193 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
Trick or Treatment Summary
Trick or Treatment
The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
by Simon Singh 2008 352 pages
4.11
4k+ ratings
Science
Medicine
Health
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