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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road comes the heart-wrenching journey of a family facing an unthinkable destiny, whose flawed genetic code might hold the long-sought key to a cure for dementia. In the idyllic American town of Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, there...

From the award-winning author of A Ghost in the Throat comes a time-traversing, form-defying, genre-morphing story of a reader unraveling the legacies of a fabled asylum and the women who haunt its halls. This program is read by the author. In Cork, Ireland, a derelict Victorian mental hospital...

Wie behält man die Nerven, wenn von der eigenen Arbeit ein Menschenleben abhängt? Ein einzigartiger Einblick in die Gedanken- und Gefühlswelt des Spitzenchirurgen Rüdiger Lange. Operationen am offenen Herzen sind die Königsdisziplin der Chirurgie. Rüdiger Lange erzählt von seinen wichtigsten Operationen – und von den Abgründen, über die nur wenige der absoluten Spitzenoperateure zu sprechen wagen.

Der Löwe von Lahr erzählt die Geschichte der Löwenapotheke in Lahr von ihren Anfängen im 17. Jahrhundert bis zu ihrer Schließung im Jahr 2026. Es ist die Geschichte von Apothekern, Forschern, Bürgern und Familien, die über Generationen hinweg Verantwortung trugen, Wissen weitergaben und den Menschen ihrer Stadt halfen. Briefe an Fürsten, alte Rezeptbücher, wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, Familienerinnerungen und historische Dokumente verweben sich zu einer lebendigen Erzählung über Arbeit, Pflicht, Wandel und Zeit.

En el verano de 2023, en un archipiélago del Mediterráneo, la hélice de un barco le hizo un cuerpo nuevo a la autora de esta historia. Perdió parte de la pierna derecha, que se convirtió en el fantasma que cruza esta historia narrada con sensibilidad, sentido crítico, humor y belleza. Esta es la memoria de una pérdida, pero también un ensayo sobre la sanidad pública, la fama, la guerra, los chistes del sistema nervioso, el amor y la amistad.

A raw, first-person memoir by a healthcare professional who falls into addiction and climbs back out, an unflinching account of shame, burnout, and spiritual recovery that exposes how caregiving can break those who give the most, and how redemption is rebuilt one honest day at a time.

With firsthand experience in what he darkly dubs “summer camp,” a euphemism for a modern-day asylum, JaKob Williams recounts harrowing episodes of institutional care, reflecting on the controversial methods still in use today. From grappling with electroconvulsive shock therapy to navigating the labyrinth of mental health care, he exposes a system resistant to progress, while offering hope to those who feel different, broken, or lost.

Double Emmy award-winning author Martin King takes you on an enthralling journey through the history of medicine on the battlefield, covering the battles of Ancient Rome, both World Wars, Vietnam and many more.

We are told that time heals all wounds. While time is an unavoidable aspect of any healing process, with brain injury, that approach is not only dismissive, but it can be dangerously misleading. For half a century, Dr. Ingryd Lorenzana navigated the lonely aftermath of a childhood head injury...

For newly diagnosed cancer patients, a uniquely comprehensive and empowering guide offering all the information needed to navigate critical early decisions with clarity, confidence, and a greater sense of control. "You have cancer." Few phrases hit harder—or leave you feeling more lost. Just...

Troublesome quandaries can burst through the ER doors at any moment. Inscrutable ERcurtains conceal patients' weird and shocking sexual misadventures. Have you ever wondered what goes on behind those curtains? Embark on a journey guided by the AssMaster, Steve Mimnaugh, M.D., as he is challenged by his patients' tribulations of the human undercarriage. Learn the AssMaster's origin story and enjoy a voyeuristic fly-on-the-wall perspective on insertions gone wrong and other travails of the nether regions.

What happens when your patients can’t speak…but their lives—and their deaths—still tell unforgettable stories? Over the course of a long career, one veterinarian has seen it all: the routine and the remarkable, the joyful and the heartbreaking, the moments that heal—and the ones that stay with you forever. From late-night emergencies in barns and clinics to quiet, life-altering conversations with animal owners, these true stories offer a rare glimpse behind the scenes of veterinary medicine.

Это откровенный рассказ о жизни человека с биполярным расстройством. Жизни, в которой есть невероятные эмоциональные вершины — и такие же невероятные спады. Жизни, в которой чувства остры до предела, а неудачи приводят к чёрным депрессиям. Кей Джеймисон испытала всё это на себе — депрессии, мании, попытку самоубийства.

Перед вами автопортрет неравнодушного врача, сборник эссе о реальных случаях из жизни и врачебной практики. Хирург с 33-летним стажем рассказывает о том, как воспринимает свою профессию, больницу, коллег, пациентов. «Трудно всегда быть ангелом, когда помогать людям — твоя круглосуточная и изнуряющая работа», — и это не жалоба, а констатация факта.

Written in 2011. Every prediction has come true. In 2011, David Wortley sat down and wrote a quiet warning. He described how social media would hijack our attention, how algorithms would begin making decisions for us, how our dependency on digital technology was deepening in ways most people had not yet noticed. He called it the "boiling frog" effect — we were changing so gradually, so comfortably, that we would not realise what we had lost until it was too late. That book is this one. And it reads, in 2026, like prophecy.

The surgeon left a 3mm needle tip inside him. Under oath, he called it "nothing but a "blur" on an MRI" You've trusted a doctor before. You'll trust one again. Andy Hageman did too right up until an operating table at the University of New Mexico Hospital changed his life forever.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. I did not move from keto to carnivore because I wanted another label. I was tired of starting over. For years, I lived as if being managed was the same as being healthy. I had prescriptions, appointments, and numbers, but I did not understand what was...

En 2007, à l'âge de dix-huit ans, Alexandrine Descotes se demande pour la première fois pourquoi elle, son frère et sa sœur sont nés triplés par fécondation in vitro. En quête de réponses, elle se tourne vers ses grands-parents paternels. Colette, sa grand-mère, entrouvre alors la porte d'un secret familial longtemps tu. À la fin des années 1950, à Lyon, la vie d'un jeune couple bascule : le corps de leur nouveau-né ne ressemble à aucun autre. Les médecins parlent d'un cas exceptionnel, " aussi rare que de gagner le gros lot à la Loterie nationale ".

On August 9, 1945, an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing tens of thousands of people in the blink of an eye, while fatally injuring and poisoning thousands more. Among the survivors was Takashi Nagai, a pioneer in radiology research and a convert to the Catholic Faith. Living in the rubble of the ruined city and suffering from leukemia caused by over-exposure to radiation, Nagai lived out the remainder of his remarkable life by bringing physical and spiritual healing to his war-weary people.

The true story of a veterinary technician who cared for 15,000 non-human primates for six months in 1995. I was 22 and a naive Yankee in Lowcountry South Carolina. My monkey story spans six months, two mainland compounds, the exotic animal plantation of a famous Hollywood producer and Monkey Island. You can't make this stuff up.