Books like 'Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health'
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Only One Cure by Jenifer Ruff
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe President's son is dying. Terrorists claim to have the only cure.When a private plane whisks CDC epidemiologist Madeline Hamilton to Washington D.C. for an urgent medical symposium, she knows something significant is underway—but she doesn’t expect to face the most disturbing medical mystery of her career... -
![Overdrawn by N.J. Crosskey]()
Overdrawn by N.J. Crosskey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHenry Morris is watching his wife slip away from him. In an ageist society, where euthanasia is encouraged as a patriotic act, dementia is no longer tolerated.Kaitlyn, a young waitress, is desperate for the funds to keep her brother’s life support machine switched on... -
![What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon]()
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people that will move us toward creating an agenda for fat justice.Anti-fatness is everywhere...Categorized as:
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![Unreported Truths About Covid-19 and Lockdowns: Part 3: Masks by Alex Berenson]()
Unreported Truths About Covid-19 and Lockdowns: Part 3: Masks by Alex Berenson
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![You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Meera Shah]()
You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Meera Shah
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Moving, multifaceted, and deeply human...as eye-opening as it is compelling” —Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble At a time where reproductive rights are at risk, these vital stories of diverse individuals serve as a reminder of the importance of empathy, finding community and motivating advocacy For a long time, when people asked Dr...Categorized as:
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DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets by Marsha M. Linehan
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFeaturing more than 225 user-friendly handouts and worksheets, this is an essential resource for clients learning dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, and those who treat them. All of the handouts and worksheets discussed in Marsha M. Linehan's DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition , are provided, together with brief introductions to each module written expressly for clients... -
![The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris]()
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego — a boy who had stopped growing after a sexual assault — who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses... -
![The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv]()
The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA groundbreaking mind-body protocol to heal chronic pain, backed by new research.Chronic pain is an epidemic. Fifty million Americans struggle with back pain, headaches, or some other pain that resists all treatment. Desperate pain sufferers are told again and again that there is no cure for chronic pain... -
![Human Behavioral Biology by Robert M. Sapolsky]()
Human Behavioral Biology by Robert M. Sapolsky
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMultidisciplinary. How to approach complex normal and abnormal behaviors through biology. How to integrate disciplines including sociobiology, ethology, neuroscience, and endocrinology to examine behaviors such as aggression, sexual behavior, language use, and mental illness...Categorized as:
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![The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer]()
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life... -
![Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance by Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza]()
Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance by Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLEARN HOW TO HACK HUMAN MOVEMENT Join the movement that has reached millions of athletes and coaches; learn how to perform basic maintenance on your body, unlock your human potential, live pain-free…and become a Supple Leopard... -
![Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Judy Norsigian]()
Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Judy Norsigian
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOur Bodies, Ourselves is the resource that women of all ages turn to for information about their bodies, sexuality, and reproductive health. Completely revised and updated, these pages provide women with the information and tools they need to make key health decisions—accurate, evidence-based information, input from leading experts, and personal stories from women who share their experiences...Categorized as:
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![10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen]()
10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness by Alanna Collen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. You are not an individual but a colony... -
![The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella]()
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking in the popular "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe" podcast's dryly humorous, accessible style.It's intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths, deception, and flawed knowledge...Categorized as:
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![When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.]()
When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"This book should be read by every medical student, doctor and present or potential patient. In other words, by all of us."--Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine and MiraclesRule One for the neurologist in residence: "You ain't never the same when the air hits your brain." In this fascinating book, Dr... -
![An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal]()
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017 "This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America...Categorized as:
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![The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté]()
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBy the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing...Categorized as:
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![Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare]()
Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed.Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss...Categorized as:
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![Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti]()
Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA clear and concise guide to the politics of post-Roe America, for readers eager to understand the attacks on our bodies and freedom—and to do something about itIn this, her most urgent book yet, New York Times–bestselling author Jessica Valenti dispels misinformation and cuts through the headline overwhelm to illuminate the full-scale assault conservative lawmakers have launched on women’s...Categorized as:
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![Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh]()
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhat is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought, feeling, and reason? How do you live with the consequences of performing a potentially lifesaving operation when it all goes wrong?In neurosurgery, more than in any other branch of medicine, the doctor's oath to "do no harm" holds a bitter irony... -
![Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder]()
Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn Rough Sleepers, Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story of Dr. Jim O’Connell, a man who invented ways to create a community of care for a city’s unhoused population, including those who sleep on the streets—the “rough sleepers...Categorized as:
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![Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel]()
Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn introduction to the brain, its structure, function, development, and control of behavior, this text discusses neuroanatomy, cell and molecular mechanisms, mechanisms of signaling, and development in the context of the cognitive approaches to behavior... -
![One Day at a Time in Al-Anon by Al-Anon Family Groups]()
One Day at a Time in Al-Anon by Al-Anon Family Groups
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne Day at a Time in Al-AnonAl-Anon Family Group... -
![Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis]()
Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Brilliant - a must read' Tim SpectorYou may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Every mouthful you take is informed by the subtle tweaking and nudging of a vast, complex, global one so intimately woven into everyday life that you hardly even know it's there.The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance... -
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![Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon]()
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives todayHow did the female body drive 200 million years of human evolution? • Why do women live longer than men? • Why are women more likely to get... -
![Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today by The School of Life]()
Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today by The School of Life
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern and Western culture — drawn from the works of those philosophers, political theorists, sociologists, artists and novelists whom we believe have the most to offer to us today... -
![Science Fictions by Stuart Ritchie]()
Science Fictions by Stuart Ritchie
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSo much relies on science. But what if science itself can’t be relied on?Medicine, education, psychology, health, parenting – wherever it really matters, we look to science for advice. Science Fictions reveals the disturbing flaws that undermine our understanding of all of these fields and more... -
![Nicole Angemi's Anatomy Book: A Catalog of Familiar, Rare, and Unusual Pathologies by Nicole Angemi]()
Nicole Angemi's Anatomy Book: A Catalog of Familiar, Rare, and Unusual Pathologies by Nicole Angemi
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnatomy for all by “the Internet’s Most Famous Coroner” (Vice) From “A is for Abdomen” to “W is for Wrist,” Nicole Angemi’s My Anatomy Book offers a unique anatomy manual, accessible to all, serious without taking itself too seriously... -
![The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock L. Eide, Fernette F. Eide]()
The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock L. Eide, Fernette F. Eide
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn updated edition of Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide's popular dyslexia book with a wealth of new material and improved dyslexic-friendly fontWhat if we viewed dyslexia as a learning and processing style rather than as a learning disorder?Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide use their impressive backgrounds in neurology and education to debunk the standard deficit-based approach to dyslexia... -
![Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking by Matthew Syed]()
Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking by Matthew Syed
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRebel Ideas examines the power of 'cognitive diversity' - the ability to think differently about the world around us. It explains how to harness our unique perspectives, pool our collective intelligence and tackle the greatest challenges of our age - from climate change to terrorism...
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