Medicine audiobooks

Everything I Have Is Yours

By: Eleanor Henderson

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

"Vacker's insightful presentation introduces listeners to this debilitating disease and its effects on marriage and family." - AudioFile Magazine

From New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Henderson comes a turbulent love story meets harrowing medical mystery: the true story of the author’s twenty-year marriage defined by her husband’s... Read more

Couple Found Slain

By: Mikita Brottman

Narrated by: Christina Delaine & Mikita Brottman

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an introduction read by the author.

“Mikita Brottman is one of today’s finest practitioners of nonfiction.”
—The New York Times Book Review

Critically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers literary true crime writing at its best, taking us into the life of a murderer after his conviction—when most stories... Read more

When Life Gives You Pears

By: Jeannie Gaffigan

Narrated by: Jeannie Gaffigan, Jim Gaffigan & Liz Noth

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of her battle with a pear-sized brain tumor.
In 2017, Jeannie's life came to a crashing halt when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor.... Read more

A Terrible Thing to Waste

By: Harriet A. Washington

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A "powerful and indispensable" look at the devastating consequences of environmental racism (Gerald Markowitz) -- and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.
Did you know...
Middle-class African American households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are more polluted than those of... Read more

What the Eyes Don't See

By: Mona Hanna-Attisha

Narrated by: Mona Hanna-Attisha

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood up to power.

“Stirring . . . [a] blueprint for all those who believe . . . that ‘the world . . . should be full of people raising their voices.’”—The New York Times

“Revealing, with the gripping intrigue of a Grisham thriller.” —O: The... Read more

The Bright Hour

By: Nina Riggs

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *

“Stunning…heartrending…this year’s When Breath Becomes Air.” —Nora Krug, The Washington Post

“Beautiful and haunting.” —Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY

“Deeply affecting…simultaneously heartbreaking and funny.” —People (Book of the Week)

“Vivid, immediate.” —Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe

Starred... Read more

Life's Work

By: Dr. Willie Parker

Narrated by: Caz Harleaux

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “vivid and companionable memoir of a remarkable life” (The New Yorker), an outspoken, Christian reproductive justice advocate and abortion provider reveals his personal and professional journeys in an effort to seize the moral high ground on the question of choice and reproductive justice.

Dr. Willie Parker grew up in the Deep South,... Read more

The Air They Breathe

By: Debra Hendrickson

Narrated by: Megan Tusing

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A timely, revelatory first look into the impact climate change has on children—the greatest moral crisis humanity faces today—by a pediatrician in the fastest warming city in America.

Wildfires, hurricanes, and heat waves make headlines. But what is happening in Debra Hendrickson’s clinic tells another story of this strange and unsettling time.... Read more

Sick Business

By: Dr Sumanth C. Raman

Narrated by: Shubhankar

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A gripping expose of the murky underbelly of the Indian healthcare system
95 per cent of healthcare facilities have less than five workers30 million people are pushed into poverty by healthcare costs9 lakh C-sections are preventable7.04 lakh children under the age of five die of pneumonia and diarrhoea every yearFor Dr Sumanth C. Raman, the... Read more

The Curanderx Toolkit

By: Atava Garcia Swiecicki

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Arranging ofrendas. Brewing pericón into a healing tea. Releasing traumas through baños and limpias. Herbalist and curandera Atava Garcia Swiecicki spent decades gathering this traditional knowledge of curanderismo, Mexican folk healing, which had been marginalized as Chicanx and Latinx Americans assimilated to US culture. She teaches how to... Read more

Do I Know You?

By: Sadie Dingfelder

Narrated by: Sadie Dingfelder

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

An award-winning science writer discovers she’s faceblind and investigates the neuroscience of sight, memory, and imagination—while solving some long-running mysteries about her own life.

Science writer Sadie Dingfelder has always known that she’s a little quirky. But while she’s made some strange mistakes over the years, it’s not until she... Read more

Integral Psychedelic Therapy

By: Jason A. Butler, Genesee Herzberg & Richard Lou...

Narrated by: David Lee Garver

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Integral Psychedelic Therapy is a groundbreaking, evidence-based collection that explores how psychedelic medicine can be incorporated into contemporary psychotherapy.

This book builds on current psychedelic research by providing an in-depth articulation of the practice of psychedelic therapy, weaving together a variety of complementary... Read more

أسطورة لالوبا

By: Nahed Elsayed

Narrated by: Pandarosh 2

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

أسطورة لالوبا الذئبة الحمراء ناهد السيد هي قصة واقعية من الحياة تكشف اسرار وأغوار مشاعر وأفكار مرض الكاتبة بالذئبة الحمراء ورحلتها من الحياة إلى الموت ثم النجاة من الموت إلى الحياة Read more

Pets and the City

By: Dr. Amy Attas

Narrated by: Adrienne Cornette

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

New York City’s premier “house call veterinarian” takes you into the exclusive penthouses and four-star hotel rooms of the wealthiest New Yorkers and shows that, when it comes to their pets, they are just as neurotic as any of us.

When a pet is sick, people—even the rich and famous—are at their most authentic and vulnerable. They could have a... Read more

Fifty-Seven Fridays

By: Myra Sack

Narrated by: Myra Sack

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"A wondrous, hopeful, heartbreaking witness to one of the darkest journeys imaginable . . . This will be one of those rare books that people reread, think about, and encourage others to read.” —Bruce D. Perry, MD, Ph.D, author, with Oprah Winfrey, of What Happened to You

"I love this book. I absolutely could not put it down. It is beautifully... Read more

A Hard Silence

By: Melanie Brooks

Narrated by: Melanie Brooks

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"Melanie Brooks is that rare writer who can delve as deeply into the world of ideas as she can the pitted terrain of the human heart." Andre Dubus III, author of Such Kindness and Townie"Quite simply, unforgettable." Monica Wood, author of When We Were the KennedysIn the mid 1980s, Canada's worst public health disaster was unfolding.... Read more

Toxic Water, Toxic System

By: Michael Mascarenhas

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The tireless resistance of local communities fighting for ownership of America's third largest water system

Toxic Water, Toxic System exposes the consequences of a seemingly anonymous authoritarian state willing to maintain white supremacy at any cost—including poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people. Weaving... Read more

Mayo Clinic Guide to Home Remedies

By: Cindy A. Kermott & Gail M. Boriel-Jurantee

Narrated by: Angie Kane

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Will drinking orange juice help prevent kidney stones? Is it true you can get rid of bad breath by chewing parsley? Does caffeine improve or worsen a headache? Today, greater responsibility is being placed on individuals to take steps at home to stay healthy and manage and prevent everyday injuries and common illnesses. This has been triggered,... Read more

A Light in the Tower

By: Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Narrated by: Erin deWard

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

With evocative storytelling and incisive research, Katie Rose Guest Pryal brings a new eye to the mental health crisis that higher education has faced for decades. Written from the perspective of a bipolar-autistic professor, A Light in the Tower is both a bracing account of the mental health crisis in higher education and a passionate and... Read more

On Call

By: Anthony Fauci, M.D.

Narrated by: Anthony Fauci, M.D.

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents

Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and... Read more

Reversing Alzheimer's

By: Heather Sandison

Narrated by: Heather Sandison & Teri Clark Linden

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A revolutionary and much-needed exploration of Alzheimer’s and how patients and their caregivers can take back control from this insidious disease.A significant portion of our population worries about the grip of dementia as we age. With over 6.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's, the urgency for a solution has never been greater.Dr.... Read more

Motherland Herbal

By: Stephanie Rose Bird

Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman

Length: 17 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In this powerful and comprehensive guide in the spirit of Jambalaya and Sacred Woman, an herbalist celebrates ancient and modern African holistic healing.“The message of this book is: hold onto your yams, your collards, watermelon, and roots. There is magic, mystery, connection, and healing stored within them.”—Stephanie Rose BirdStephanie Rose... Read more

The Connection Cure

By: Julia Hotz

Narrated by: Lessa Lamb

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In this combination of diligent science reporting, moving patient success stories, and surprising self-discovery, journalist Julia Hotz helps us discover lasting and life-changing medicine in our own communities.

Traditionally, when we get sick, health care professionals ask, “What’s the matter with you?” But around the world, teams of doctors,... Read more

Los niños sí vienen con instructivo

By: Dr. Alberto Estrada

Narrated by: Roberto Volnie

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Un fenómeno en FACEBOOK con más de 1.3 MILLONES DE SEGUIDORES Hemos escuchado que “los niños no vienen con instructivo”… pero eso es falso a partir de ahora. Con información de vanguardia, el dr. Alberto Estrada nos enseña lo más actualizado acerca de las enfermedades y la salud de los chaparritos.Esta guía pediátrica nos presenta una inmensa... Read more