📊 Cancer Epidemiology

A scientific exploration of cancer's patterns, causes, and spread across populations, tracing the disease through data to understand who gets sick and why.

Epidemiology

by Rodolfo Saracci • 2010

The science that saved cities from cholera and proved tobacco kills, packed into 100 pages.

3.37

351

🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Patterns 🔗 Causal Inference 🔬 Study Design 📊 Health Statistics

Epidemiology 90%

The science that saved cities from cholera and proved tobacco kills, packed into 100 pages.

by Rodolfo Saracci 2010

3.37

351 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Patterns 🔗 Causal Inference 🔬 Study Design 📊 Health Statistics

p53

by Sue Armstrong • 2014

Cancer cannot start unless this gene is disabled, but its activity also drives aging.

4.08

650

🛡️ Tumor Suppressor Genes 🎗️ Cancer Biology 🔍 Scientific Discovery 🧬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Genetic Mutations

p53 90%

Cancer cannot start unless this gene is disabled, but its activity also drives aging.

by Sue Armstrong 2014

4.08

650 ratings

🛡️ Tumor Suppressor Genes 🎗️ Cancer Biology 🔍 Scientific Discovery 🧬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Genetic Mutations

Epidemiology

by Leon Gordis • 2000

The epidemiologist's method: how to measure disease, design studies, and prove what causes illness.

3.86

516

📊 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 📋 Study Design 🔗 Causal Inference 📈 Biostatistics

Epidemiology 90%

The epidemiologist's method: how to measure disease, design studies, and prove what causes illness.

by Leon Gordis 2000

3.86

516 ratings

📊 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 📋 Study Design 🔗 Causal Inference 📈 Biostatistics

The Cancer Code

by Jason Fung • 2020

Cancer is not genetic error but an ancient survival program. Its metabolic weakness is the key.

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3k+

🧬 Cancer Biology 🦠 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Cancer Metabolism 🛡️ Cancer Prevention 🔬 Metabolic Health

The Cancer Code 90%

Cancer is not genetic error but an ancient survival program. Its metabolic weakness is the key.

by Jason Fung 2020

4.44

3k+ ratings

🧬 Cancer Biology 🦠 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Cancer Metabolism 🛡️ Cancer Prevention 🔬 Metabolic Health

Tripping Over the Truth

by Travis Christofferson • 2014

Cancer's real weakness may not be genetic. It may be metabolic: what tumors eat to survive.

4.53

952

🔬 Cancer Metabolism 🫀 Metabolic Health 💊 Metabolic Therapy ⚕️ Medical Orthodoxy ⚡ Scientific Controversy

Tripping Over the Truth 90%

Cancer's real weakness may not be genetic. It may be metabolic: what tumors eat to survive.

by Travis Christofferson 2014

4.53

952 ratings

🔬 Cancer Metabolism 🫀 Metabolic Health 💊 Metabolic Therapy ⚕️ Medical Orthodoxy ⚡ Scientific Controversy

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

4.34

116k+

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography 🧬 Genetics 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

The Emperor of All Maladies 90%

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

4.34

116k+ ratings

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography 🧬 Genetics 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

A Cancer in the Family

by Theodora Ross • 2016

Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.

4.11

190

🧬 Hereditary Cancer 🧪 Genetic Testing 🛡️ Cancer Prevention 💪 Patient Empowerment 🎯 Precision Medicine

A Cancer in the Family 89%

Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.

by Theodora Ross 2016

4.11

190 ratings

🧬 Hereditary Cancer 🧪 Genetic Testing 🛡️ Cancer Prevention 💪 Patient Empowerment 🎯 Precision Medicine

World Without Cancer

by G. Edward Griffin • 1974

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

4.31

495

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

World Without Cancer 89%

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

by G. Edward Griffin 1974

4.31

495 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

Dirty Electricity

by Samuel Milham • 2010

Cancer and diabetes followed the power lines, not the processed food.

4.01

210

🧲 Electromagnetic Health 🌿 Environmental Health ⚡ Bioelectromagnetics 🏭 Occupational Disease 📍 Cancer Clusters

Dirty Electricity 89%

Cancer and diabetes followed the power lines, not the processed food.

by Samuel Milham 2010

4.01

210 ratings

🧲 Electromagnetic Health 🌿 Environmental Health ⚡ Bioelectromagnetics 🏭 Occupational Disease 📍 Cancer Clusters

The Great Prostate Hoax

by Richard J. Ablin • 2014

The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.

4.49

115

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 🔬 Cancer Screening 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Industry

The Great Prostate Hoax 89%

The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.

by Richard J. Ablin 2014

4.49

115 ratings

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 🔬 Cancer Screening 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Industry

Anticancer

by David Servan-Schreiber • 2007

Genes don't decide cancer's fate: your daily choices build an internal environment that does.

4.40

6k+

🎗️ Cancer Prevention 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🥦 Anticancer Diet 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧘 Stress Reduction

Anticancer 89%

Genes don't decide cancer's fate: your daily choices build an internal environment that does.

by David Servan-Schreiber 2007

4.40

6k+ ratings

🎗️ Cancer Prevention 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🥦 Anticancer Diet 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧘 Stress Reduction

Stop Feeding Your Cancer

by John Kelly • 2014

A family doctor dropped animal protein from his cancer patients' diets. Their tumors stalled.

4.22

121

🥗 Cancer And Diet 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🩺 Integrative Medicine 🎗️ Cancer Patients 🔬 Nutrition Science

Stop Feeding Your Cancer 88%

A family doctor dropped animal protein from his cancer patients' diets. Their tumors stalled.

by John Kelly 2014

4.22

121 ratings

🥗 Cancer And Diet 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🩺 Integrative Medicine 🎗️ Cancer Patients 🔬 Nutrition Science

Crisis Averted

by Caitlin Rivers • 2024

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

4.16

247

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation 📢 Crisis Communication 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

Crisis Averted 88%

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

by Caitlin Rivers 2024

4.16

247 ratings

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation 📢 Crisis Communication 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

Keto for Cancer

by Miriam Kalamian • 2017

Cancer feeds on sugar. A precise ketogenic diet cuts its fuel, tracked with blood numbers.

4.20

198

🥗 Cancer Nutrition 🩺 Integrative Oncology 🍽️ Therapeutic Diets 🧈 Nutritional Ketosis ⚡ Metabolic Health

Keto for Cancer 88%

Cancer feeds on sugar. A precise ketogenic diet cuts its fuel, tracked with blood numbers.

by Miriam Kalamian 2017

4.20

198 ratings

🥗 Cancer Nutrition 🩺 Integrative Oncology 🍽️ Therapeutic Diets 🧈 Nutritional Ketosis ⚡ Metabolic Health

Booster Shots

by Adam Ratner • 2025

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

4.33

577

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccines

Booster Shots 88%

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

by Adam Ratner 2025

4.33

577 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccines

Patient Zero

by Lydia Kang • 2021

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

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3k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

Patient Zero 88%

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

by Lydia Kang 2021

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

The Song of the Cell

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2022

We are 37 trillion cells in conversation. Learning that language has already cured the incurable.

4.29

16k+

🧬 Cell Biology 🔬 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 🦠 Microbiology 🛡️ Immunology

The Song of the Cell 88%

We are 37 trillion cells in conversation. Learning that language has already cured the incurable.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2022

4.29

16k+ ratings

🧬 Cell Biology 🔬 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 🦠 Microbiology 🛡️ Immunology

The Epigenetics Revolution

by Nessa Carey • 2011

A second code sits above your genes, translating hunger, stress, and touch into biology.

4.05

5k+

🧬 Epigenetics 🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cellular Reprogramming 🌿 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Epigenetic Inheritance

The Epigenetics Revolution 87%

A second code sits above your genes, translating hunger, stress, and touch into biology.

by Nessa Carey 2011

4.05

5k+ ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cellular Reprogramming 🌿 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Epigenetic Inheritance

World War C

by Sanjay Gupta • 2021

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

4.04

904

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health 💉 Vaccine Science ⚖️ Science And Politics

World War C 87%

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

by Sanjay Gupta 2021

4.04

904 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health 💉 Vaccine Science ⚖️ Science And Politics

Social Determinants of Health

by Alan Davidson • 2014

Why some countries are healthier than others: the answer lies in politics, not medicine.

3.92

🩺 Public Health 🔬 Social Epidemiology ⚖️ Health Inequities 👶 Life-Course Health 💰 Political Economy

Social Determinants of Health 87%

Why some countries are healthier than others: the answer lies in politics, not medicine.

by Alan Davidson 2014

3.92

26 ratings

🩺 Public Health 🔬 Social Epidemiology ⚖️ Health Inequities 👶 Life-Course Health 💰 Political Economy

From One Cell

by Ben Stanger • 2024

Flies and humans share body-building instructions. Cancer exploits them. Medicine is catching up.

4.20

259

🧬 Developmental Biology 🩺 Regenerative Medicine 🔬 Stem Cell Science 🧫 Gene Regulation 🦀 Cancer Biology

From One Cell 87%

Flies and humans share body-building instructions. Cancer exploits them. Medicine is catching up.

by Ben Stanger 2024

4.20

259 ratings

🧬 Developmental Biology 🩺 Regenerative Medicine 🔬 Stem Cell Science 🧫 Gene Regulation 🦀 Cancer Biology

The Rules of Contagion

by Adam Kucharski • 2020

Why tweets go viral and banks collapse: the hidden math that governs what spreads.

3.86

2k+

🦠 Epidemiology 🕸️ Network Science 📈 Outbreak Dynamics 🗣️ Social Contagion 📉 Financial Panics

The Rules of Contagion 87%

Why tweets go viral and banks collapse: the hidden math that governs what spreads.

by Adam Kucharski 2020

3.86

2k+ ratings

🦠 Epidemiology 🕸️ Network Science 📈 Outbreak Dynamics 🗣️ Social Contagion 📉 Financial Panics

The Cancer Journals

by Audre Lorde • 1980

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

4.43

6k+

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

The Cancer Journals 87%

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

by Audre Lorde 1980

4.43

6k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

Chris Beat Cancer

by Chris Wark • 2018

A stage 3 cancer survivor's protocol: the diet, detox, and mindset reset oncology won't prescribe.

4.46

2k+

🏥 Cancer Recovery 🥬 Plant-Based Diet 🔬 Integrative Oncology 🌿 Natural Healing 🥤 Juicing For Health

Chris Beat Cancer 87%

A stage 3 cancer survivor's protocol: the diet, detox, and mindset reset oncology won't prescribe.

by Chris Wark 2018

4.46

2k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Recovery 🥬 Plant-Based Diet 🔬 Integrative Oncology 🌿 Natural Healing 🥤 Juicing For Health

Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine

by K. Park • 1970

Health as an ecosystem, not a body: the Indian text that trained a generation of doctors.

3.89

2k+

🧑‍⚕️ Public Health 📊 Epidemiology 🏥 Medical Textbooks 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Medicine

Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine Summary

Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine 87%

Health as an ecosystem, not a body: the Indian text that trained a generation of doctors.

by K. Park 1970

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Public Health 📊 Epidemiology 🏥 Medical Textbooks 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Medicine

Nearly Departed

by Gila Pfeffer • 2024

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

4.40

360

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness 💪 Body Reclamation ✡️ Jewish Memoir

Nearly Departed 87%

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

by Gila Pfeffer 2024

4.40

360 ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness 💪 Body Reclamation ✡️ Jewish Memoir

Regenerate

by Sayer Ji • 2020

Melanin isn't just skin color: it's a solar panel that can power your cells.

4.14

348

🧬 Epigenetics 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🗿 Ancestral Health ⚕️ Functional Medicine 🌿 Holistic Health

Regenerate 87%

Melanin isn't just skin color: it's a solar panel that can power your cells.

by Sayer Ji 2020

4.14

348 ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🗿 Ancestral Health ⚕️ Functional Medicine 🌿 Holistic Health

Between Two Kingdoms

by Suleika Jaouad • 2021

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

4.42

130k+

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

Between Two Kingdoms 87%

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

by Suleika Jaouad 2021

4.42

130k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

COVID-19

by Michael Mosley • 2020

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

3.91

224

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease 🛡️ Immune Health 📜 Pandemic History

COVID-19 87%

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

by Michael Mosley 2020

3.91

224 ratings

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease 🛡️ Immune Health 📜 Pandemic History

The Premonition

by Michael Lewis • 2021

A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.

4.32

43k+

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response 💥 Systems Failure 🗄️ Bureaucratic Failure

The Premonition 87%

A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.

by Michael Lewis 2021

4.32

43k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response 💥 Systems Failure 🗄️ Bureaucratic Failure

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Bill Gates • 2022

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

3.76

2k+

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 87%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

The Ghost Map

by Steven Johnson • 2006

London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.

3.89

57k+

🦠 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Mapping 🎩 Victorian London 🚰 Sanitation Reform

The Ghost Map 87%

London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.

by Steven Johnson 2006

3.89

57k+ ratings

🦠 Epidemiology 🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Mapping 🎩 Victorian London 🚰 Sanitation Reform

Radical Remission

by Kelly A. Turner • 2014

The nine factors behind unexplained cancer recoveries, and how to use them yourself.

4.42

3k+

🧘 Holistic Health 🎀 Cancer Recovery 💪 Patient Empowerment 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 😢 Emotional Healing

Radical Remission 87%

The nine factors behind unexplained cancer recoveries, and how to use them yourself.

by Kelly A. Turner 2014

4.42

3k+ ratings

🧘 Holistic Health 🎀 Cancer Recovery 💪 Patient Empowerment 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 😢 Emotional Healing

Diagnosis

by Jane M. Hightower • 2008

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

3.53

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

Diagnosis 87%

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

by Jane M. Hightower 2008

3.53

34 ratings

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

Ending Parkinson's Disease

by Ray Dorsey • 2020

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

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328

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Ending Parkinson's Disease 87%

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

by Ray Dorsey 2020

4.31

328 ratings

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19

by Kari Nixon • 2021

Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.

3.85

169

🦠 Pandemic History 🏥 History Of Medicine ⚖️ Public Health Ethics 🤝 Health Equity 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 Summary

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 87%

Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.

by Kari Nixon 2021

3.85

169 ratings

🦠 Pandemic History 🏥 History Of Medicine ⚖️ Public Health Ethics 🤝 Health Equity 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The China Study

by T. Colin Campbell • 2004

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

4.23

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🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

The China Study 87%

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

by T. Colin Campbell 2004

4.23

31k+ ratings

🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

The Diet Delusion

by Gary Taubes • 2004

Decades of low-fat advice may be the cause, not the cure, of obesity and chronic disease.

4.17

10k+

📊 Nutritional Epidemiology ❤️ Metabolic Health 🍬 Sugar And Health 🍞 Refined Carbohydrates 📜 History Of Nutrition Science

The Diet Delusion 87%

Decades of low-fat advice may be the cause, not the cure, of obesity and chronic disease.

by Gary Taubes 2004

4.17

10k+ ratings

📊 Nutritional Epidemiology ❤️ Metabolic Health 🍬 Sugar And Health 🍞 Refined Carbohydrates 📜 History Of Nutrition Science

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 87%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

How to Read a Paper

by Trisha Greenhalgh • 1999

From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.

4.02

378

🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔎 Critical Appraisal 🧪 Study Design 📊 Medical Statistics 🗂️ Systematic Reviews

How to Read a Paper 87%

From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.

by Trisha Greenhalgh 1999

4.02

378 ratings

🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔎 Critical Appraisal 🧪 Study Design 📊 Medical Statistics 🗂️ Systematic Reviews

Estrogen Matters

by Avrum Bluming • 2018

One flawed study scared millions off estrogen. The hormone protects the heart, brain, and bones.

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🩸 Menopause 🏥 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔍 Medical Myth-Busting 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Estrogen Matters 87%

One flawed study scared millions off estrogen. The hormone protects the heart, brain, and bones.

by Avrum Bluming 2018

4.31

3k+ ratings

🩸 Menopause 🏥 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔍 Medical Myth-Busting 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

The Great Cholesterol Con

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2007

Cholesterol took the fall. Chronic stress and social breakdown are the true causes of heart disease.

4.23

879

🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism 🏛️ Medical Orthodoxy 😰 Stress And Health 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 💊 Statins Controversy

The Great Cholesterol Con 86%

Cholesterol took the fall. Chronic stress and social breakdown are the true causes of heart disease.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2007

4.23

879 ratings

🩸 Cholesterol Skepticism 🏛️ Medical Orthodoxy 😰 Stress And Health 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 💊 Statins Controversy

No Cure for Being Human

by Kate Bowler • 2021

She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.

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🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🕊️ Faith And Doubt ⏳ Finitude And Limits 🚫 Anti-Self-Help ⏰ Time And Presence

No Cure for Being Human 86%

She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.

by Kate Bowler 2021

4.12

24k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🕊️ Faith And Doubt ⏳ Finitude And Limits 🚫 Anti-Self-Help ⏰ Time And Presence

Everything Happens for a Reason

by Kate Bowler • 2018

She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.

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54k+

🏛️ American Evangelicalism 🩺 Cancer Memoirs ✝️ Theology Of Suffering ☢️ Toxic Positivity 🖤 Grief And Loss

Everything Happens for a Reason 86%

She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.

by Kate Bowler 2018

3.80

54k+ ratings

🏛️ American Evangelicalism 🩺 Cancer Memoirs ✝️ Theology Of Suffering ☢️ Toxic Positivity 🖤 Grief And Loss

Deadliest Enemy

by Michael T. Osterholm • 2017

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

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🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness 💊 Antimicrobial Resistance 💉 Vaccine Development

Deadliest Enemy 86%

Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.

by Michael T. Osterholm 2017

4.33

3k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness 💊 Antimicrobial Resistance 💉 Vaccine Development

The Math of Life and Death

by Kit Yates • 2019

Key mathematical ideas govern medicine, law, and media, and your intuition gets each one wrong.

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2k+

The Math of Life and Death 86%

Key mathematical ideas govern medicine, law, and media, and your intuition gets each one wrong.

by Kit Yates 2019

3.90

2k+ ratings

Mosquito

by Andrew Spielman • 2001

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

3.89

436

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science 🌿 Natural History 🏛️ Public Health History

Mosquito 86%

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

by Andrew Spielman 2001

3.89

436 ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science 🌿 Natural History 🏛️ Public Health History

Sex by Numbers

by David Spiegelhalter • 2015

Sex surveys are performances. A statistician reveals what the data hides about modern desire.

3.84

213

🔄 Modern Sexuality 🔬 Sex Research 💥 Debunking Myths 📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Popular Statistics

Sex by Numbers 86%

Sex surveys are performances. A statistician reveals what the data hides about modern desire.

by David Spiegelhalter 2015

3.84

213 ratings

🔄 Modern Sexuality 🔬 Sex Research 💥 Debunking Myths 📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Popular Statistics

Fat for Fuel

by Joseph Mercola • 2017

Cancer isn't a genetic lottery; it's a metabolic malfunction. Change your fuel, change your fate.

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🔥 Metabolic Health ⚡ Mitochondrial Health 🥑 Ketogenic Diets ⏳ Intermittent Fasting ⚖️ Insulin Resistance

Fat for Fuel 86%

Cancer isn't a genetic lottery; it's a metabolic malfunction. Change your fuel, change your fate.

by Joseph Mercola 2017

3.99

2k+ ratings

🔥 Metabolic Health ⚡ Mitochondrial Health 🥑 Ketogenic Diets ⏳ Intermittent Fasting ⚖️ Insulin Resistance

The Immune System

by Paul Klenerman • 2017

How the body fights invaders, why it attacks itself, and what vaccines teach the immune system.

3.76

175

🧬 Immunology 🦠 Infectious Diseases 💉 Vaccines 🤒 Autoimmune Disorders 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy

The Immune System 86%

How the body fights invaders, why it attacks itself, and what vaccines teach the immune system.

by Paul Klenerman 2017

3.76

175 ratings

🧬 Immunology 🦠 Infectious Diseases 💉 Vaccines 🤒 Autoimmune Disorders 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy

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