Medical Medicine

"Petkoff gives a flawless performance of this doctor/naturalist's memoir, conveying both his inquisitiveness and assuredness with aplomb." - AudioFile "A fascinating, lyrical book... Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about...

Medical terminology is like learning to speak another language. If you are working or a student in the medical field, you don’t have much time to figure out basic medical terminology. This audiobook breaks down words into their simplest form to better understand all those confusing terms in a simple, organized way.

The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity - by chewing, brewing, and snorting - some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Ötzi the Iceman, the 5,000-year-old hunter frozen in the Italian Alps, was found to have whipworms in his intestines and Bronze Age medicine, a worm-killing birch fungus, knotted to his leggings.

ارتبطتْ تجربةُ المرض تاريخياً بتصورات ومعتقدات ذات طابعٍ عابر للثقافات. وقد حاولت المجتمعات في ضوئها تأويل الألم الناجم عن تلك التجربة، وإيجاد معنى لها عبر توجيهها لاستيعاب أبعاد روحية، وقيم أخلاقية، بهدف التعايش مع مآلاتها النفسية والجسدية والاجتماعية.

يقدم هذا الكتاب مقاربة ثقافية لتجربة المرض وتمثيلاتها في السرود العربية -الروائية، والسيرية - التي توقفت عند هذه التجربة الإنسانية، واتخذتها مادة للكتابة، وكَرَّست المرض ثيمةً أو موتيفاً، وانخرطت في عملية إنتاج دلالات ثقافية واجتماعية وسياسية جديدة له عبر استثمار الإمكانات الرمزية والتأويلية التي ينطوي عليها.

يبحث الكتاب التصورات السوسيوثقافية للمرض والجسد وعلاقة المريض بالمؤسسة الطبية. وقد تم اختيار نماذجَ بعينها، بغرض مقاربةِ مقولاتِها الأدبية والفكرية والإنسانية، وما تنطوي عليه من أبعاد فكرية وجمالية وأخلاقية.

‘Bex and Laura really have pieced together the parachute we all need to help us land safely after falling into the world of loss and fertility struggles.’ Elle Wright, author of A Bump In The Road A practical and emotional self-help guide for anyone affected by miscarriage and pregnancy loss...

Intensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the crucial foundation of modern medical care: without them, the appalling death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic would be even higher. In The Autumn Ghost, Dr. Hannah Wunsch traces the origins of these two innovations back to a polio epidemic in the autumn of 1952. Drawing together testimony from doctors, nurses, medical students, and patients, Wunsch relates a gripping tale of an epidemic that changed the world.

How a miracle treatment turned deadly and changed the course of the AIDS crisis. By the mid 1980s, AIDS hysteria was so rampant that a fearful and prejudiced public ignored stories of gay men falling ill with lesions and mouth ulcers. President Reagan avoided mentioning the disease entirely...

Celia de Gray makes inroads as the first saleswoman for Felding-Roth Pharmaceutical Company, but uncovers scandals, including inadequate testing of new prescription drugs and false advertising. She finds that her work, and her marriage to Dr. Andrew Jordan, pose difficult choices she didn't expect.

The best-selling author of Hotel and Airport, Hailey here unlocks the doors of the giant drug industry for a frank, revealing glimpse of drugs, discoveries, deals, and deceptions.

Drafted at the conclusion of a series of trials of Nazi doctors who'd been charged of crimes - like murder and falsifying death certificates on behalf of their employer, the German government - the Nuremberg Code was the 20th century's first attempt to articulate specific ethical guidelines in an attempt to protect patients from systematic abuses by doctors, health care practitioners, and medical systems.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Dr. Andrew Furey, an orthopedic surgeon, was sitting by the fireplace at his home in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, watching TV after work, when dreadful images of the aftermath of an earthquake in Haiti burst in on the cosy domestic scene. Human suffering on an epic...

If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic event, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and your spirit. Life-threatening accidents, illnesses, assaults, abusive relationships-or a tragedy like 9/11-all can leave deep emotional wounds that persist long after physical...

Promising treatments now in more than 35,000 clinical trials could have dramatic impacts on cancer, autoimmune diseases, organ replacement, heart disease, and even aging itself. These treatments, which are saving the lives of patients in the trials, will soon be rolled to the medical community at large. The key to these breakthroughs is the use of living cells as medicine instead of traditional drugs. Research has found that our bodies are virtual treasure troves of adult cells that act as agents of remarkable healing and repair.

AudioLearn’s Medical School Crash Courses presents Allergy and Immunology. Written by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this crash course is a valuable tool both during school and when preparing for the USMLE, or if you’re simply interested in the subject of Allergy and Immunology. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical Medical school Allergy and Immunology course.

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine are explored in these entertaining biographies of the world’s most highly recognized scientists. From unapologetic Nazis to dedicated humanitarians who carried out prize-winning research while being resistance fighters or peace activists, these engaging true stories reveal the depths of both the human strength and depravity of the people who forged medical progress in the 20th century.

Has there ever been a time in your life when you’ve felt alone or unsure where to turn for answers? It may have come with the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, loss of a job, a death of a loved one, or any trauma that threatened everything you knew to be true. In Unexpected: Finding Resilience through Functional Medicine, Science, and Faith, Dr. Jill Carnahan introduces a new paradigm for listeners who are going through uncertain times. For the skeptic or the faithful, Unexpected is a valuable guide for living an extraordinary life of love and resilience.

AudioLearn presents What Doctors Know About Diabetes. Developed by a team of medical doctors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this guide is a great way to learn about everything today’s doctors know about Diabetes. The information presented is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized sections. There is a summary after each section to review the most important points. This audio guide is a great way to learn all you can about what today’s doctors know about Diabetes.

Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind meets Christopher McDougall's Born to Run in this immersive, investigative look at the hidden culture of cannabis use among elite athletes (as well as weekend warriors)--and the surprising emerging science behind the elusive, exhilarating "runner's high"...

When every second matters and every breath counts, the knowledge of Basic Life Support is more than a skill—it's a lifeline. Whether you're a healthcare professional renewing certification, a student entering clinical rotations, or someone determined to be ready when it counts, this BLS audiobook study guide delivers the clarity, repetition, and reinforcement you need—wherever life takes you.

For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As cardiologist and best-selling author Sandeep Jauhar tells in The Heart, it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and devised the transformative procedures that changed the way we live. Deftly alternating between historical episodes and his own work, Jauhar tells the colorful and little known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal our most vital organ.

Praise for Deepak Chopra, M.D.: "A new medicine is in the making, one in which mind, consciousness, meaning, and intelligence play key roles. One of the architects of the new medicine is Dr. Chopra, a credentialed, respected physician who has 'paid his dues' as a modern doctor." Larry Dossey, M...