🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Medicine

Stories exploring how healing practices are woven into the fabric of local life, where health becomes a collective endeavor rather than a private transaction.

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 🦠 Disease Causation

Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine Summary

Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine 92%

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 🦠 Disease Causation

To Repair the World

by Paul Farmer • 2013

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

4.11

1k+

🏥 Global Health Equity 🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🌱 Pragmatic Idealism 🩺 Grassroots Healthcare

To Repair the World 90%

A doctor's manifesto: replace charity with long-term solidarity and treat the impossible as doable.

by Paul Farmer 2013

4.11

1k+ ratings

🏥 Global Health Equity 🌍 Medical Anthropology 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🌱 Pragmatic Idealism 🩺 Grassroots Healthcare

Mountains Beyond Mountains

by Tracy Kidder • 2003

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

4.20

89k+

🌍 Global Health Equity 🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique ✝️ Liberation Theology 🏥 Social Medicine

Mountains Beyond Mountains 90%

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

by Tracy Kidder 2003

4.20

89k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health Equity 🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique ✝️ Liberation Theology 🏥 Social Medicine

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 90%

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

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

4.24

131

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Primal Prescription 89%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

Medicare for All

by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

4.36

349

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Medicare for All 89%

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

by Abdul El-Sayed 2021

4.36

349 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition

by Thomas Bodenheimer • 2012

Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.

4.07

201

🏛️ Health Policy 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏥 U.S. Healthcare 🚪 Access To Care 🔧 Quality Improvement

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition Summary

Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition 89%

Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.

by Thomas Bodenheimer 2012

4.07

201 ratings

🏛️ Health Policy 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏥 U.S. Healthcare 🚪 Access To Care 🔧 Quality Improvement

Managing the Myths of Health Care

by Henry Mintzberg • 2017

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

3.47

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

Managing the Myths of Health Care Summary

Managing the Myths of Health Care 89%

Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.

by Henry Mintzberg 2017

3.47

74 ratings

🏥 Health Care Management 📋 Health Policy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌐 Distributed Leadership 🤝 Community Engagement

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 89%

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

How to Be a Patient

by Sana Goldberg • 2019

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

4.10

203

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors 📖 Health Literacy 🛡️ Preventive Healthcare

How to Be a Patient 89%

How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.

by Sana Goldberg 2019

4.10

203 ratings

🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🧭 Healthcare Navigation 💬 Talking To Doctors 📖 Health Literacy 🛡️ Preventive Healthcare

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

299

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

What Seems to Be the Problem? 89%

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022

4.18

299 ratings

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Integrative Medicine 💔 Trauma And Healing

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 89%

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

Dissolving Illusions

by Suzanne Humphries • 2013

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

4.62

2k+

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

Dissolving Illusions 89%

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

by Suzanne Humphries 2013

4.62

2k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

The Rabbit Effect

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H • 2019

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

4.14

1k+

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

The Rabbit Effect 89%

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H 2019

4.14

1k+ ratings

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Doctored 89%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout ⚖️ Medical Ethics 💰 Healthcare Economics

Extra Life

by Steven Johnson • 2023

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

4.19

1k+

🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology 💉 Vaccination 🚽 Sanitation

Extra Life 89%

For millennia, humans lived to thirty-five. Then, in a century, we doubled it. How that happened.

by Steven Johnson 2023

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 📜 History Of Medicine 🦠 Epidemiology 💉 Vaccination 🚽 Sanitation

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 89%

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

Palaces for the People

by Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

3.97

5k+

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital 💪 Community Resilience 📚 Libraries And Community

Palaces for the People 89%

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

by Eric Klinenberg 2018

3.97

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital 💪 Community Resilience 📚 Libraries And Community

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

Limits to Medicine

by Ivan Illich • 1974

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

4.04

612

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Limits to Medicine 89%

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

by Ivan Illich 1974

4.04

612 ratings

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Thinking Outside the Pill Box

by Ty Vincent MD • 2012

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

3.71

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

Thinking Outside the Pill Box 89%

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

by Ty Vincent MD 2012

3.71

7 ratings

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

Outliving Heart Disease

by Richard Stein • 2008

Heart attacks don't announce themselves. Ten rules for knowing your real risk before it's too late.

4.00

🩺 Preventive Cardiology 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 💪 Patient Advocacy 🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Risk Assessment

Outliving Heart Disease 89%

Heart attacks don't announce themselves. Ten rules for knowing your real risk before it's too late.

by Richard Stein 2008

4.00

1 ratings

🩺 Preventive Cardiology 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 💪 Patient Advocacy 🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Risk Assessment

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 89%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed

by Sophie J. Bakri • 2014

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

4.19

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging 🩸 Diabetes Care 📚 Patient Education

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed Summary

Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed 89%

Silent eye diseases steal vision before you notice. A prevention roadmap from the Mayo Clinic.

by Sophie J. Bakri 2014

4.19

27 ratings

👁️ Eye Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 👴 Healthy Aging 🩸 Diabetes Care 📚 Patient Education

99 Ways to Die

by Ashely Alker • 2026

An ER doctor reveals what is most likely to kill you, and how to prevent it.

4.04

1k+

🚑 Emergency Medicine 🌍 Public Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 🚫 Medical Misinformation 🦠 Infectious Disease

99 Ways to Die 89%

An ER doctor reveals what is most likely to kill you, and how to prevent it.

by Ashely Alker 2026

4.04

1k+ ratings

🚑 Emergency Medicine 🌍 Public Health 🛡️ Preventive Medicine 🚫 Medical Misinformation 🦠 Infectious Disease

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

4.38

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The People's Hospital 89%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

An American Sickness

by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

4.29

8k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

An American Sickness 89%

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

The Inner Consultation

by Roger Neighbour • 2015

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

4.02

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice 🪞 Reflective Practice 💆 Clinician Wellbeing

The Inner Consultation 89%

When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.

by Roger Neighbour 2015

4.02

46 ratings

🩺 Clinical Communication 💬 Patient-Centered Care 🧘 Mindful Practice 🪞 Reflective Practice 💆 Clinician Wellbeing

Calling the Shots

by Jennifer A. Reich • 2016

Vaccine-refusing parents follow a coherent logic, and it is quietly dismantling herd immunity.

3.91

132

📚 Medical Sociology 💉 Vaccine Hesitancy 🏛️ Institutional Distrust ⚖️ Risk Perception 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Choices

Calling the Shots 89%

Vaccine-refusing parents follow a coherent logic, and it is quietly dismantling herd immunity.

by Jennifer A. Reich 2016

3.91

132 ratings

📚 Medical Sociology 💉 Vaccine Hesitancy 🏛️ Institutional Distrust ⚖️ Risk Perception 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Choices

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 89%

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

Rough Sleepers

by Tracy Kidder • 2023

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

4.34

11k+

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💊 Harm Reduction 📰 Narrative Journalism

Rough Sleepers 89%

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

by Tracy Kidder 2023

4.34

11k+ ratings

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💊 Harm Reduction 📰 Narrative Journalism

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 89%

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

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies

by Nicole Apelian • 2021

Your backyard is a pharmacy. Identify, harvest, and prepare the plants that treat almost anything.

4.58

827

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔍 Plant Identification 🧪 Herbal Preparations 🍄 Foraging 📜 Folk Medicine

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies Summary

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies 89%

Your backyard is a pharmacy. Identify, harvest, and prepare the plants that treat almost anything.

by Nicole Apelian 2021

4.58

827 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔍 Plant Identification 🧪 Herbal Preparations 🍄 Foraging 📜 Folk Medicine

Everything Is Tuberculosis

by John Green • 2025

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

4.32

279k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity 🏴 Colonialism And Disease 💊 Drug Resistance

Everything Is Tuberculosis 89%

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

by John Green 2025

4.32

279k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity 🏴 Colonialism And Disease 💊 Drug Resistance

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

4.14

2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Our Malady 89%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

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 89%

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

Compassionomics

by Stephen Trzeciak • 2019

Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.

4.05

652

🏥 Patient Care 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔥 Physician Burnout 🧠 Compassion Science 💬 Patient Communication

Compassionomics 88%

Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.

by Stephen Trzeciak 2019

4.05

652 ratings

🏥 Patient Care 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔥 Physician Burnout 🧠 Compassion Science 💬 Patient Communication

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

Ending Medical Reversal 88%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

You

by Michael F. Roizen • 2009

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

3.65

5k+

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

You 88%

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

by Michael F. Roizen 2009

3.65

5k+ ratings

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

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 88%

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

Better

by Atul Gawande • 2007

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

4.25

37k+

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

Better 88%

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

by Atul Gawande 2007

4.25

37k+ ratings

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

Redefining Health Care

by Michael E. Porter • 2006

US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.

3.91

397

🏥 Healthcare Strategy 💰 Health Economics ♟️ Competitive Strategy 📏 Outcome Measurement 🔄 Care Delivery Reform

Redefining Health Care 88%

US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.

by Michael E. Porter 2006

3.91

397 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Strategy 💰 Health Economics ♟️ Competitive Strategy 📏 Outcome Measurement 🔄 Care Delivery Reform

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care

by Sally C. Pipes • 2008

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

3.54

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care 88%

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

by Sally C. Pipes 2008

3.54

24 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

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 88%

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 Way of Herbs

by Michael Tierra • 1980

Home diagnosis, custom formulas, and safe herbal treatment using a system drawn from East and West.

4.28

816

🍵 Herbal Medicine 🏮 Traditional Chinese Medicine 🌸 Holistic Health 🍲 Dietary Therapy 🧪 Formula Crafting

The Way of Herbs 88%

Home diagnosis, custom formulas, and safe herbal treatment using a system drawn from East and West.

by Michael Tierra 1980

4.28

816 ratings

🍵 Herbal Medicine 🏮 Traditional Chinese Medicine 🌸 Holistic Health 🍲 Dietary Therapy 🧪 Formula Crafting

Nine Pints

by Rose George • 2018

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

3.82

4k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Nine Pints 88%

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

by Rose George 2018

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick

by Gene Stone • 2010

Caloric restriction, cold showers, and the other ancient secrets of people who never fall ill.

3.43

705

🧬 Longevity Practices 🌿 Natural Remedies 🍽️ Caloric Restriction 👥 Social Health 🥣 Food As Medicine

The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick Summary

The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick 88%

Caloric restriction, cold showers, and the other ancient secrets of people who never fall ill.

by Gene Stone 2010

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🧬 Longevity Practices 🌿 Natural Remedies 🍽️ Caloric Restriction 👥 Social Health 🥣 Food As Medicine

The Wellness Trap

by Christy Harrison • 2023

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

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💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

The Wellness Trap 88%

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

by Christy Harrison 2023

3.76

2k+ ratings

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

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