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Allergic
By: Theresa MacPhail
Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
An “important and deeply researched” (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cutting-edge science that is illuminating the changes in our environment and lifestyles that are making so many of us sick
Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have an allergy or you know someone... Read more
The Deep Places
By: Ross Douthat
Narrated by: Ross Douthat
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • In this vulnerable, insightful memoir, the New York Times columnist tells the story of his five-year struggle with a disease that officially doesn’t exist, exploring the limits of modern medicine, the stories that we unexpectedly fall into, and the secrets that only suffering reveals.
“A powerful memoir about our... Read more
American Cartel
By: Scott Higham & Sari Horwitz
Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel
Length: 11 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
The definitive investigation and exposé of how some of the nation's largest corporations created and fueled the opioid crisis—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters who first uncovered the dimensions of the deluge of pain pills that ravaged the country and the complicity of a near-omnipotent drug cartel.
AMERICAN CARTEL is an... Read more
Sick Enough
By: Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, FAED
Narrated by: Donna Postel
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Patients with eating disorders frequently feel that they aren't "sick enough" to merit treatment, despite medical problems that are both measurable and unmeasurable. They may struggle to accept rest, nutrition, and a team to help them move towards recovery. Sick Enough offers patients, their families, and clinicians a comprehensive, accessible... Read more
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The Science of Mom
By: Alice Callahan
Narrated by: Joana Garcia
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Now updated! The new edition of this bestselling guide uses science to tackle some of the most important decisions facing new parents—from sleep training and vaccinations to breastfeeding and baby food.
Is cosleeping safe? How important is breastfeeding? Are food allergies preventable? Should we be worried about the aluminum in vaccines?... Read more
Trippy
By: Ernesto Londoño
Narrated by: Ernesto Londoño
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author and is accompanied by original audio from their ayahuasca experiences. This deeply personal and immersive listen invites you to observe the profound impact of ayahuasca and its transformative effect upon the author's life.
A riveting look at the tremendous promise and inherent risks of the use of psychedelics... Read more
Food Politics
By: Marion Nestle
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning audiobook helps us understand more clearly... Read more
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Forensics
By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Sarah Barron
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of listeners worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels, McDermid has become familiar with ever branch of forensics, and now she... Read more
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Mortality
By: Christopher Hitchens
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 2 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens was stricken in his New York hotel room with excruciating pain in his chest and thorax. As he would later write in the first of a series of award-winning columns for Vanity Fair, he suddenly found himself being deported "from the country of the well... Read more
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Profiles in Mental Health Courage
By: Patrick J. Kennedy & Stephen Fried
Narrated by: Johnny Heller & Patrick J. Kennedy
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Profiles in Mental Health Courage portrays the dramatic journeys of a diverse group of Americans who have struggled with their mental health. This book offers deeply compelling stories about the bravery and resilience of those living with a variety of mental illnesses and addictions.
Several years ago, Patrick J. Kennedy shared the story of... Read more
Critical
By: Dr Julia Grace Patterson
Narrated by: Dr Julia Patterson
Length: 5 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. ‘The NHS is an institution. But it’s also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for the past 75 years. It’s a burden to some and a potent vote-winner for others. It’s a... Read more
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Alarga tu esperanza de vida
By: David A. Sinclair
Narrated by: Sebastián Rosas
Length: 13 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
¿Y si envejecer fuera una enfermedad y fuese tratable como tal? El libro escrito por un aclamado científico de la facultad de Medicina de Harvard y una de las personas más influyentes de según Time, que cambiará paradigmas sobre el envejecimiento. Que envejecer es inevitable es una verdad aparentemente innegable. pero, ¿qué pasaría si todo lo... Read more
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When the Body Says No
By: Gabor Maté, MD
Narrated by: Daniel Maté
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, this acclaimed, bestselling guide provides insight into the mind-body link between illness and health, and the critical role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.
In this accessible and groundbreaking book—filled with the... Read more
Women in White Coats
By: Olivia Campbell
Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionizing the way women receive health care.
In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they... Read more
Madame Restell
By: Jennifer Wright
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 14 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history—Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.Madame Restell is a sharp, witty Gilded Age medical history which introduces us to an iconic, yet tragically overlooked, feminist heroine: a... Read more
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The Song of the Cell
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Length: 16 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize!
Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!
In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning... Read more
The In-Between
By: Hadley Vlahos, R.N.
Narrated by: Hadley Vlahos, R.N.
Length: 7 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Passionate advocate for end-of-life care and TikTok star Hadley Vlahos shares moving stories of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients’ final moments in this “brilliant” (Zibby Owens, Good Morning America) memoir.
“This extraordinary book helps dispel fear around death and dying—revealing it to be a natural... Read more
The Menopause Manifesto
By: Dr. Jen Gunter
Narrated by: Jen Gunter
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
The only thing predictable about menopause is its unpredictability. Factor in widespread misinformation, a lack of research, and the culture of shame around women's bodies, and it's no wonder women are unsure what to expect during the menopause transition and beyond.
Menopause is not a disease—it's a planned change, like puberty. And just like... Read more
Call the Midwife
By: Jennifer Worth
Narrated by: Nicola Barber
Length: 12 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London’s East End slums. The colorful characters she meets while delivering babies all over London—from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives to the woman with twenty-four children who can’t speak English to... Read more
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Strangers to Ourselves
By: Rachel Aviv
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Book Review Ten Best Books of 2022
A Wall Street Journal Ten Best Books of 2022
The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity.
In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and... Read more
The Beauty in Breaking
By: Michele Harper
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A New York Times Notable Book
“Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring.” —The New York Times Book Review
“An incredibly moving memoir about what it means to be a doctor.” —Ellen Pompeo
As seen/heard on Fresh Air, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, Weekend Edition, and more
An... Read more
Left on Tenth
By: Delia Ephron
Narrated by: Delia Ephron
Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry’s death, she... Read more
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Early
By: Sarah DiGregorio
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Inspired by the author’s harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, a compelling and empathetic work that combines memoir with rigorous reporting to tell the story of neonatology—and to meditate on the questions raised by premature birth.The heart of many hospitals is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It is a place where... Read more
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The Last Doctor
By: Jean Marmoreo & Johanna Schneller
Narrated by: Jean Marmoreo & Eve Crawford
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY*
An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners.
Dr. Jean Marmoreo spent her career keeping people alive. But when... Read more