Medical - General
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Near-Death Experience and Journey into the Afterlife
By: M. D. Eben Alexander III
A SCIENTIST'S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs...
Published: Oct 2012
Genre: Medical - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: M. D. Eben Alexander III
Discs: 5
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
By: Atul Gawande
The ordinary checklist is shown as anything but in this riveting account. Documenting lives saved and crisie averted, this text honors a simple, effective tool. Gawande is a writer with a scalpel pen and an X-ray eye.
Published: Dec 2009
Genre: Medical - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd
Discs: 6
Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
By: Sharon Moalem
Invites readers to change their perceptions about illness in order to understand disease as an essential component of the evolutionary process, citing the role of such malaises as diabetes, STDs, and the Avian Bird Flu in protecting the survival of...
Published: Feb 2007
Genre: Medical - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Jonathan Prince
Discs: 6
The Concussion Crisis: Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic
By: Linda Carroll
For far too long, the menace of concussions has been hidden in plain sight. On playing fields across America, lives are being derailed by seemingly innocuous jolts to the head. From the peewees to the pros, concussions are reaching epidemic...
Published: Sep 2011
Genre: Medical - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: David Rosner
Discs: 2
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain
By: Michael S. Gazzaniga
A powerful orthodoxy in the study of the brain has taken hold in recent years: Since physical laws govern the physical world and our own brains are part of that world, physical laws therefore govern our behavior and even our conscious selves. Free...
Published: Dec 2011
Genre: Medical - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Pete Larkin
Discs: 8
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain
By: Michael S. Gazzaniga
A powerful orthodoxy in the study of the brain has taken hold in recent years: Since physical laws govern the physical world and our own brains are part of that world, physical laws therefore govern our behavior and even our conscious selves. Free...
Published: Dec 2011
Genre: Medical - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Pete Larkin
Discs: 1
Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What is Right for You
By: Jerome Groopman
"This important and riveting book could change—and perhaps even save—your life."—Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on HappinessMaking the right medical choices is harder than ever. Whether we're deciding to take a...
Published: Sep 2011
Genre: Medical - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Pamela Hartzband
Discs: 6
Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked t
By: Edward T. Haslam
The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping expose of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations over the course of three decades. Following a...
Published: Sep 2012
Genre: Medical - General
Version: Unabridged
Narrator: Jim Meskimen
Discs: 1