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Published in partnership with the International Association for the Study of Pain, A Nation in Pain offers a sweeping, deeply researched account of the chronic pain crisis, from neurobiology to public policy, and presents practical solutions that are within our grasp today. Drawing on both her personal experience with chronic pain and her background as an award-winning health journalist, she guides us through recent scientific discoveries, including genetic susceptibility to pain.
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Broad but superficial.
- De J. P. Murphy en 07-03-15
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The Book of Woe
- The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry
- De: Gary Greenberg
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 14 h
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For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM) - the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) compendium of mental illnesses and what Greenberg calls "the book of woe". Since its debut in 1952, the book has been frequently revised, and with each revision, the "official" view on which psychological problems constitute mental illness has changed.
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Disappointment
- De NYNM en 06-03-13
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Counterclockwise
- Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
- De: Ellen J. Langer
- Narrado por: Sandra Burr
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
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If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than 30 years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now has a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what's possible, instead of clinging to accepted notions about what's not, can lead to better health at any age.
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Surprisingly disappointing
- De Stephen en 06-23-09
De: Ellen J. Langer
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The Science of Fear
- Why We Fear the Things We Should Not - and Put Ourselves in Great Danger
- De: Daniel Gardner
- Narrado por: Scott Peterson
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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From terror attacks to the War on Terror, bursting real-estate bubbles to crystal meth epidemics, sexual predators to poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. And yet, we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear is running amok, and often with tragic results. In the months after 9/11, when people decided to drive instead of fly - believing they were avoiding risk - road deaths rose by 1,595. Those lives were lost to fear.
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A rational assessment of the world we live in
- De Kristopher en 08-29-09
De: Daniel Gardner
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Saving Normal
- An Insider’s Revolt Against out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life
- De: Allen Frances MD
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
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In Saving Normal, Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists, warns that mislabeling everyday problems as mental illness has shocking implications for individuals and society: Stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, misallocation of medical resources, and draining of the budgets of families and the nation.
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Right on the money
- De Mentecuerpo en 03-29-19
De: Allen Frances MD
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Epic Measures
- One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
- De: Jeremy N. Smith
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
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Moneyball meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time - the groundbreaking program to answer the most essential question for humanity: How do we live and die? - and the visionary mastermind behind it.
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Fabulously insightful read!
- De Dr. Jack E. Fincham en 10-08-15
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Sicker, Fatter, Poorer
- The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals on Our Health and Future . . . and What We Can Do About It
- De: Leonardo Trasande MD MPP
- Narrado por: Leonardo Trasande MD MPP
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Lurking in our homes, hiding in our offices, and polluting the air we breathe is something sinister. Something we’ve turned a blind eye to for far too long. Dr. Leonardo Trasande, a pediatrician, professor, and world-renowned researcher, tells the story of how our everyday surroundings are making us sicker, fatter, and poorer. Through a blend of narrative, scientific detective work, and concrete information about the connections between chemicals and disease, he reveals what we can do to protect ourselves and our families in the short-term, and how we can help bring the change we deserve.
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The Must Read Book of 2019 is here early on Audio!
- De Ryan S en 12-21-18
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Influenza
- The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
- De: Dr. Jeremy Brown
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
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On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure?
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Important read
- De Kathryn C. en 12-21-18
De: Dr. Jeremy Brown
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The Truth About Cancer
- What You Need to Know about Cancer's History, Treatment, and Prevention
- De: Ty M. Bollinger
- Narrado por: John Glouchevich
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One out of three women alive today, and one out of two men, will face a cancer diagnosis, according to the World Health Organization. Ty Bollinger takes this personally: in the course of a decade, he says, "I lost my entire family to cancer. I don't believe I had to lose them." The Truth about Cancer has been written for one simple reason: to share the knowledge we need to protect ourselves, treat ourselves, and in some cases save our lives or the lives of those we love.
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save a life with this valuable information.
- De edwin matias en 12-30-16
De: Ty M. Bollinger
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Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it's based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much of their education is funded by industry.
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Wish one of the authors would have read this book
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Dr. Joe & What You Didn't Know
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Interesting facts, but the narrator's lacking
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Darrell Huff's celebrated classic How to Lie With Statistics is a straightforward and engaging guide to understanding the manipulation and misrepresentation of information that could be lurking behind every graph, chart, and infographic. Originally published in 1954, it remains as relevant and necessary as ever in our digital world, where information is king - and as easy to distort and manipulate as it is to access.
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No longer deceived
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When you're cooking, you're a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe you are experimenting with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. In your kitchen you denature proteins, crystallize compounds, react enzymes with substrates, and nurture desired microbial life while suppressing harmful microbes. And unlike in a laboratory, you can eat your experiments to verify your hypotheses.
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Culinary Reactions - The Chemical Formulas to Cook
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First Bite
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In First Bite, the beloved food writer Bee Wilson draws on the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by a whole host of factors, including family, culture, memory, gender, hunger, and love.
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Wealth of info I wish I knew before having kids..
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Wish one of the authors would have read this book
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Dr. Joe & What You Didn't Know
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Interesting facts, but the narrator's lacking
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How to Lie with Statistics
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No longer deceived
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A funny thing happened on the way to a great book
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Excellent! Science-baced nutritional information.
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In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances-antibiotics-threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences.
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Very enlightening and information well supported
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is your map through this maze of modern life. Here Dr. Steven Novella and friends will explain the tenets of skeptical thinking and debunk some of the biggest scientific myths, fallacies, and conspiracy theories - from anti-vaccines to homeopathy, UFO sightings to N-rays. You'll learn the difference between science and pseudoscience, essential critical thinking skills, ways to discuss conspiracy theories with that crazy co-worker of yours, and how to combat sloppy reasoning, bad arguments, and superstitious thinking.
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Condescending & ridiculing to those who differ
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Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik is constantly asking himself. A globally renowned materials scientist, Miodownik has spent his life exploring objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, uncovering the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world.
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After his father died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center, nine-year-old Matthew John Bocchi began an obsessive quest to find out exactly how he died. He researched video tapes, pictures, blogs, anything that could potentially answer the question looming in his mind: Was his father one of the jumpers? In the first memoir told by a child of 9/11, Matt intimately delves into the psychological and emotional torment that ensued after his father's death.
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Unbelievable courage after destruction
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Helps you understand what addicted person feels
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The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery
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The best 12 step mindfulness book out there!
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American Drug Addict
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My name is Brett. I'm a college-educated man who was once a husband of 26 years with two children, three businesses, and a large home with an actual white picket fence. I'm also a drug addict. And I have a tale to tell. It's about the despair of addiction and the absolute certainty that it can be overcome. Recovery is not simply abstinence, but a process of growing up. I spent my entire life searching for the key to long-term sobriety. I would like to share with you what I have learned.
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The Radium Girls
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The year was 1917. As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks, and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous - the girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. They were the radium girls. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses.
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A simple way to improve the robotic narration
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The Weight of Air
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While his wife and two-year-old daughter watched TV in the living room, David Poses was in the kitchen, measuring the distance from his index finger to his armpit. He needed to be sure he could pull the trigger with a shotgun barrel in his mouth. Twenty-six inches. Thirty-two years old. More than a decade in a double life fueled by depression and heroin.
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David’s story is invaluable
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Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Bad Science
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womderful contribution
this book sat gor too long on my must read list, its well told, with simplicity but not to belittle the listner.
The book probably should be required reading for all students and available free at every GP clinic, pharmacy and hospital
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- Opera Mom
- 09-05-17
Makes me wish I'd paid attention in science!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Read this book! Ben Goldacre uses stats, humor and facts in a riveting expose of some of our most recent health concerns. From the MMR vaccine scandals to current oncological trials, he dissects and explains how data can be secured, manipulated and sold to influence individuals and more importantly, public opinion.
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I am a professional musician by training and I was delighted that I could follow the author's clear scientific arguments. It was obvious he was aiming for accessibility, yet he retained the meat of his cautionary tale.
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- Tony
- 05-08-15
Very detailed.
If you wanna know some behind the scenes stuff on the medical industry then get this book!
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- Jay
- 12-06-17
Must read
I personally knew some of the info so those parts were just a little dull. This book however is very important for everyone to read or listen to. It will open your eyes to the tricks and ignorance of the media and many so call experts in science.
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- Ken Gebert
- 12-24-12
Knowledge is Power
Goldacre really gives you pause for thought in regards to medicine and nutrition. He has no qualms about calling a quack a quack, and really makes you wonder about all the studies that have been done concerning supplements, diets, and general medical information.
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- Anatoli
- 02-20-17
Informative and well written
The book delivers on its promise of making a reader think more critically about scientifically sounding claims made by mass media or by companies that try to sell things. There are multiple examples of baseless claims that are wide spread and accepted like detox or homeopathy. The book enumerates quite a few of them and explains where the claims came from and why they are wrong.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the book is about how questionable conclusions can be substantiated by research/studies that on a surface seem credible. How, if you are not careful and don't know what to look for, you can easily be mislead by unethical studies. For example small details in selecting trial groups, deciding cohorts or assuming wrong control groups can completely change results of an experiment. Unfortunately some corrupt companies try to cheat using such methods.
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- Francois
- 08-24-15
Important topic; poor audio delivery
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The narrator is monotonous and makes it a slog
How could the performance have been better?
A more lively and varied inflection. Every sentence follows the same predictable monotonous voice pattern. Such a shame, as Ben Goldacre himself is a wonderfully lively presenter.
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- The OC Cyclist
- 11-20-16
everyone should read this.
this is a must read living in an information driven society. separating the wheat from the chafe is an essential skill not commonly found in people these days.
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- Eric Anson
- 04-29-23
Everyone Should Read This
This was interesting, well thought out, and well written. It is also so very important.
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- aaron
- 03-09-12
The Brits Pull No Punches On Fake Medicine!!
First off, be aware that the humor in this book is VERY British. I didn't know that going in, but was pleasantly surprised. The narrarator is SPOT ON with the read. It's witty, yet scientific, and filled with interesting facts. Rather bravely, the author (Goldacre) admits numerous times when he's getting too bogged down in boring/heavy stuff, and apologizes. This is done in a way that's charming and hillarious. Entertaining all the way through. If you've ever wondered about the reality of Homeopathic remedies, natural healing, witch doctors, etc, then you will LOVE this book!
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