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A History of the World in12 Diseases focuses on the key diseases and infections that have shaped the modern world as we know it. This book chronicles the diseases that have changed the world, helped us to develop vaccines and technology, and ultimately altered the course of history. It includes...

The riveting true story of the visionary doctor who pioneered the heart transplant—a once-controversial operation that caused a media firestorm, saved countless lives, and forced society to change what it means to die. In January 1968, a surgical team at Stanford University performed one of...

Part of Headline's expert-led health series, Coping with Chronic Pain examines the science behind why some people suffer from different types of pain and the treatments available. Many people live with chronic pain. For some, it's an occasional inconvenience but, for others, it's a huge burden...

An Independent Book of the Month A New Scientist Book of the Month ‘A thoughtful, brilliantly researched and, at times, surprisingly funny look at the final moment that comes to us all’ Dominic Hughes, BBC Health Correspondent '[A] comprehensive exploration of how we can live with our...

A groundbreaking work of investigative journalism exposing the race to profit off the psychedelics revolution, and the battle to control our mental health system. When investigative journalist Olivia Goldhill started reporting on psychedelics a decade ago, the science suggested that the...

Brought to you by Penguin. AS FEATURED IN THE BBC DOCUMENTARY BABY BRAIN: WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON? 85% of women experience pregnancy at some point in their lives. It is an experience enabling the very existence of our species. Yet the neuroscience of this first step in the process of nurturing...

Practical strategies that work when dementia behaviors feel impossible to manage In The Dementia Care Toolkit, board-certified geropsychologist Dr. Natali Edmonds delivers what the healthcare system cannot—practical, compassionate strategies that actually work in real homes when behaviors...

Congratulations! You've created this amazing new being - but at the same time, your breasts are unrecognisable, your pelvic floor feels surprisingly untrustworthy, you're leaking from almost everywhere and you can't even contemplate the idea of resuming intimacy within the next decade. The...

When surgeons completed the world’s first hand transplant in 1998, it was supposed to be a moment of triumph. Never before had a dead man’s limb been grafted onto the living, and the possibilities for amputees, accident victims, and those born with congenital defects were nothing short of extraordinary. But the patient they chose—Clint Hallam, a businessman from New Zealand who longed to hold both of his children’s hands, embrace his wife, and play the piano again—wasn’t who he claimed to be.

The gripping, untold stories of three unsung Black physicians and their critical contributions to the field of medicine and American culture, from the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Medical Apartheid Between 1847 and 1952, three New York City doctors transformed medicine...

"A powerful, moving memoir. I learned so much, not only about illness and caregiving, but finding resilience, joy, and even humor, in some of the hardest moments we all must face." —Daniel Mason, author of North Woods With remarkable insight and vulnerability, a leading researcher and cancer...

A dramatic tale of explorers of the 1930s racing to find and harvest a poisonous Amazon vine, and how their work plundered local tribes and spurred the invention of new medicines. In the fall of 1938, a young, frail American explorer set off down a river in the western Amazon in search of curare...

In the tradition of Susannah Cahalan's Brain on Fire and Hadley Freeman's Good Girls, this is an intimate, deeply researched story of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) by the celebrated Smithsonian editor, memoirist, and essayist. Before I can tell you about the shock treatment, I should tell you...

In this deeply personal and empowering audiobook, longtime patient and advocate Gwen Mayes reveals the hidden emotional toll of living with chronic illness—and how resilience, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence can transform the journey. Written with candor, empathy, hope, and humor and drawing on her own decades-long experience with heart disease, she explores the profound mind-body connection, the gaps in our healthcare system, and the strategies that help patients stay grounded when their physical health feels unpredictable.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shift, this richly drawn portrait of four nurses in four different sectors of our broken healthcare system reveals where solutions are actually possible—to make care about people rather than profits. Theresa Brown worked as a oncology nurse for...

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organization promote public health policies, and regional...

As Christians, we are called to care for those who face the physical and spiritual struggles inherent in a dire diagnosis. Yet we often feel ill-equipped to minister to the sick and dying. Written by a doctor and a pastor who are also professional caregivers, Walking Lois Home tenderly teaches...

An urgent indictment of the food we eat and a blueprint for a nutrition revolution to mend our health, economy, and planet, from a world-renowned expert in nutrition, medicine, and public policy The food we eat is making us sick. In the United States and around the world, diet has become the...

A grassroots history of American medicine that shows how regular people were architects of medical knowledge and care. Most histories of medicine center doctors: the standard-bearers of expertise and innovation. Yet these narratives underplay the role that ordinary people have, and always have...

"Raj Panjabi is one of the smartest people around on health issues... and one of the best-placed people to guide us through this terrain and keep us safe." —Nicholas Kristof READ BY THE AUTHOR The essential guide for navigating crisis and uncertainty from the acclaimed physician who led the...