| 1 |
|
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by
4.06 avg rating — 239,622 ratings
|
|
| 2 |
|
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by
4.13 avg rating — 803,027 ratings
|
|
| 3 |
|
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
by
4.34 avg rating — 114,063 ratings
|
|
| 4 |
|
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
by
3.85 avg rating — 60,207 ratings
|
|
| 5 |
|
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
by
3.93 avg rating — 51,555 ratings
|
|
| 6 |
|
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
by
4.27 avg rating — 27,656 ratings
|
|
| 7 |
|
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by
4.42 avg rating — 20,434 ratings
|
|
| 8 |
|
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
by
4.22 avg rating — 10,741 ratings
|
|
| 9 |
|
The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases : The Effort Theory of Evolution, Chronic Diseases and Extinction
by
3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings
|
|
| 10 |
|
The Living Medicine: How a Lifesaving Cure Was Nearly Lost―and Why It Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail
by
4.41 avg rating — 187 ratings
|
|
| 11 |
|
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by
4.05 avg rating — 245,770 ratings
|
|
| 12 |
|
The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
by
3.64 avg rating — 507 ratings
|
|
| 13 |
|
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by
3.98 avg rating — 42,548 ratings
|
|
| 14 |
|
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by
4.07 avg rating — 119,420 ratings
|
|
| 15 |
|
Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis
by
3.96 avg rating — 8,890 ratings
|
|
| 16 |
|
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
by
3.90 avg rating — 24,592 ratings
|
|
| 17 |
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by
4.20 avg rating — 778,801 ratings
|
|
| 18 |
|
All the Living and the Dead
by
4.25 avg rating — 12,412 ratings
|
|
| 19 |
|
Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It
by
4.17 avg rating — 15,351 ratings
|
|
| 20 |
|
Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
by
3.91 avg rating — 7,657 ratings
|
|
| 21 |
|
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
by
4.25 avg rating — 13,737 ratings
|
|
| 22 |
|
Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure
by
3.81 avg rating — 1,041 ratings
|
|
| 22 |
|
Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon
by
4.29 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
|
|
| 22 |
|
After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond
by
4.18 avg rating — 5,342 ratings
|
|
| 25 |
|
The Life of Death: The Bare Bones of Undertaking
by
4.30 avg rating — 92 ratings
|
|
| 26 |
|
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
by
4.23 avg rating — 14,015 ratings
|
|
| 27 |
|
Ebola, Culture and Politics: The Anthropology of an Emerging Disease
by
3.49 avg rating — 75 ratings
|
|
| 28 |
|
The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age
by
3.79 avg rating — 2,343 ratings
|
|
| 29 |
|
The Magnesium Miracle
by
4.16 avg rating — 1,568 ratings
|
|
| 30 |
|
The Origin of Feces: What Excrement Tells Us About Evolution, Ecology, and a Sustainable Society
by
3.58 avg rating — 194 ratings
|
|
| 31 |
|
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by
4.01 avg rating — 32,811 ratings
|
|
| 32 |
|
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
by
3.92 avg rating — 8,126 ratings
|
|
| 33 |
|
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
by
3.95 avg rating — 17,834 ratings
|
|
| 34 |
|
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
by
4.04 avg rating — 8,012 ratings
|
|
| 35 |
|
Shocked: Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead
by
3.56 avg rating — 594 ratings
|
|
| 36 |
|
Island Practice: Cobblestone Rash, Underground Tom, and Other Adventures of a Nantucket Doctor
by
3.78 avg rating — 705 ratings
|
|
| 37 |
|
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
by
4.09 avg rating — 34,457 ratings
|
|
| 38 |
|
The Vitamin D Revolution: How the Power of This Amazing Vitamin Can Change Your Life
by
3.74 avg rating — 190 ratings
|
|
| 39 |
|
Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic
by
4.22 avg rating — 731 ratings
|
|
| 39 |
|
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
by
4.28 avg rating — 17,815 ratings
|
|
| 41 |
|
Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
by
4.17 avg rating — 3,022 ratings
|
|
| 42 |
|
This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
by
3.98 avg rating — 2,487 ratings
|
|
| 43 |
|
The Gene: An Intimate History
by
4.35 avg rating — 55,608 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
by
4.15 avg rating — 875 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Allergy Guide: Alternative & Conventional Solutions
by
4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Best Home Remedy To Prevent Cold Sores (Lip Blisters) For Life
by
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Germ Theory: Medical Pioneers in Infectious Diseases
by
4.54 avg rating — 37 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
living with Periodic Paralysis: The Mystery Unraveled
by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Secret Life of Sleep
by
3.43 avg rating — 400 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
What Is Polymyalgia Rheumatica? Have All Your Questions Answered.
by
4.22 avg rating — 74 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Dead Do Talk
by
3.75 avg rating — 44 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Quit or Die Trying
by
4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public) (Volume 21)
by
4.19 avg rating — 427 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Mushroom Medicine: The Healing Power of Psilocybin & Sacred Entheogen History
by
3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Eat Less, Live Longer: Your Practical Guide to Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition
by
3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Run Better Not Less
by
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq
by
4.23 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Astronomicon minorem - DMT, Cthulhu and You
by
3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Daily Thyroid Routine: 24 Hours To Better Thyroid Health
by
3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Eleven Blue Men and Other Narratives of Medical Detection
by
4.44 avg rating — 177 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Walking Well Again: Neutralize the Hidden Causes of Pain
by
4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Chemical Sensitivity, Volume I
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Big, Fat American Lion Book: An Active Guide for How to Live a Better Life Being Fat
by
4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Human Sexuality: From Cells to Society
by
4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Dr. Fred's Healthcare Rescue: The Real Solution to Healthcare
by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
A Community of Mortals
by
4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Your Patient Safety Survival Guide: How to Protect Yourself and Others from Medical Errors
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story
by
3.98 avg rating — 5,171 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
by
4.27 avg rating — 84,166 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease
by
3.96 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Natural Relief for Anxiety and Stress: A Practical Guide
by
4.06 avg rating — 124 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Medical Marijuana Guide: Cannabis and Your Health
by
4.23 avg rating — 66 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Apple Watch ECG: The Ultimate ECG Interpretation's Guide; How to Analyze Apple Watch ECG like a Professional
by
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Neurology Rounds with the Maverick: Adventures with Patients from the Golden Age of Medicine
by
4.15 avg rating — 108 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Close to the Sun: The Journey of a Pioneer Heart Surgeon
by
4.29 avg rating — 84 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
DNA Nation: How the Internet of Genes is Changing Your Life
by
4.08 avg rating — 48 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by
4.40 avg rating — 281,288 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Inside the Hot Zone: A Soldier on the Front Lines of Biological Warfare
by
4.30 avg rating — 94 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Creation of Me, Them and Us
by
4.43 avg rating — 47 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Spirit of Animal Healing
by
4.19 avg rating — 98 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Covidians & Covidology: Facts, common sense and science you can understand
by
4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life
by
3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
101 Tips on Staying Safe at Home with Dementia: Avoid Falls, Floods, Injuries, Accidents, Doorstep Crime and More… (Dementia Care at Home Book 1)
by
4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The Empire of Depression: A New History
by
3.95 avg rating — 100 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Killer Looks: The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons
by
4.20 avg rating — 131 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
The 21st Century Man: Advice From 50 Top Doctors and Men's Health Experts so You Can Feel Great, Look Good and Have Better Sex
by
4.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by
4.28 avg rating — 52,398 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
Sex Science Self: A Social History of Estrogen, Testosterone, and Identity
by
3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health
by
4.16 avg rating — 7,529 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
AUTISM CAUSES UNVEILED: The Hidden Traumatic Brain Injury at Birth Causing the Autism Epidemic
by
4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
|
|
| 44 |
|
99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them
by
4.23 avg rating — 135 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
The Chronic Cough Enigma: Acid Reflux, Asthma, and Recalcitrant Cough - the Path to a Cure
by
4.15 avg rating — 267 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital
by
4.22 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
The Orange Man and Other Narratives of Medical Detection
by
4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands
by
3.76 avg rating — 1,457 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering
by
3.98 avg rating — 60 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
The New Arthritis Breakthrough
by
3.98 avg rating — 62 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
Surgeon's Story: If You Can't Operate in Heels, You Can't Operate!
by
4.49 avg rating — 162 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
For the Good of Mankind?: The Shameful History of Human Medical Experimentation
by
3.72 avg rating — 199 ratings
|
|
| 92 |
|
Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness
by
3.73 avg rating — 604 ratings
|
|
"Patients of doctors who score lower on tests that measure empathy appear to have worse clinical outcomes. Diabetic patients, for instance, have worse control of their blood sugar and cholesterol. Cancer patients seem to experience more depression. Medication compliance diminishes. Even the common cold can last longer."
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_...
///// ///// /////
"According to one bit of popular lore, (in the U.S.) you should avoid being hospitalized in July."
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/a...
-from "The Worst Time to Have Surgery"
By James Hamblin, June 2013, The Atlantic Magazine