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- Syndromes, Diseases, and Ailments that Probably Should Have Killed You By Now
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
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It’s funny because it’s true. Hypochondriacs live in fear of sickness, imagining exposure to deadly contagion or being victimized by medical malpractice. Although not possessed of a background in medicine, author Ian Landau has painstakingly researched and outlined the direst details any hypochondriac could hear. Rare diseases and their bizarre symptoms are described in this efficient guidebook in creepy detail. Pictures are provided for oomph. Landau also provides clear confirmation that some diseases remain untreatable, and that others are yet to be identified. The data here provokes real laughs, nervous giggles, and downright horror. The title The Hypochondriac's Handbook: Syndromes, Diseases, and Ailments that Probably Should Have Killed You by Now startles the listener awake. Narrator Robert Blumenfeld walks the line between funny and terrifying.
Resumen del Editor
Sure, everyone gets sick sometimes, but do you realize that plenty of those folks also die slow, unpleasant deaths from diseases that stumped even the experts at top-notch (still privately run) hospitals? That's right: There are plenty of illnesses that even physicians have never heard about. Nodding Disease, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, and Cutaneous Horn (yes, you grow a horn) are all featured here in pithy, energetic entries. You won't have to worry about socialized medicine if you have this book - even if your doc could see you within a month, you might die due to his ignorance.
Lucky for you and your loved ones, Ian Landau (who has no medical training but is a hell of a researcher) includes descriptions of each disease Background and history, how to diagnose yourself and others, suggested treatments, prevention methods. The book is not for the faint of heart, as it probably could cause cardiac arrest. (And you ain't coming back from that without Ian's help.)
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In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon 34 more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. In late-19th-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome - a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know syphilis could be so fascinating.
- De Kindle Customer en 02-09-17
De: Jennifer Wright
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The Pain Chronicles
- Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering
- De: Melanie Thernstrom
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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Each of us will know physical pain in our lives, but none of us knows when it will come or how long it will stay. Today as much as 10 percent of the population of the United States suffers from chronic pain. It is more widespread, misdiagnosed, and undertreated than any major disease. While recent research has shown that pain produces pathological changes to the brain and spinal cord, many doctors and patients still labor under misguided cultural notions and outdated scientific dogmas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative, well researched and nicely written
- De Nathan O'Hara en 08-21-10
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Chronic
- The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again
- De: Steven Phillips MD, Dana Parish, Kristin Loberg
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt, Thomas Allen
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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In this timely book, Steven Phillips, MD, and his former patient, Sony singer-songwriter Dana Parish, reveal striking evidence that a broad range of common infections, from COVID-19 to Lyme and many others, cause a variety of autoimmune, psychiatric, and chronic conditions. Chronic explores the science behind what makes them difficult to diagnose and treat, debunks widely held beliefs by doctors and patients alike, and provides solutions that empower sufferers to reclaim their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read book
- De Amazon Customer en 03-01-21
De: Steven Phillips MD, y otros
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Quackery
- A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
- De: Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine - yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison - was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Computer-generated Narrator. Dated Humour.
- De Nemo en 12-28-18
De: Lydia Kang, y otros
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Under the Knife
- A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
- De: Arnold van de Laar, Andy Brown - translator
- Narrado por: Rich Keeble
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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From the story of the desperate man from 17th-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, Under the Knife offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room. What happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a bacterium, a cancer cell, or a bullet? And, as medical advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why did a surgeon need a fast horse?
- De India Clamp en 10-18-18
De: Arnold van de Laar, y otros
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Heart
- A History
- De: Sandeep Jauhar
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As cardiologist and best-selling author Sandeep Jauhar tells in The Heart, it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and devised the transformative procedures that changed the way we live. Deftly alternating between historical episodes and his own work, Jauhar tells the colorful and little known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal our most vital organ.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Insight
- De Ironcharles en 10-27-18
De: Sandeep Jauhar
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Get Well Soon
- History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
- De: Jennifer Wright
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,721
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,015
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,982
In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon 34 more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. In late-19th-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome - a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't know syphilis could be so fascinating.
- De Kindle Customer en 02-09-17
De: Jennifer Wright
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The Moth in the Iron Lung
- A Biography of Polio
- De: Forrest Maready
- Narrado por: Forrest Maready
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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A fascinating account of the world’s most famous disease - polio - told as you have never heard it before. Epidemics of paralysis began to rage in the early 1900s, seemingly out of nowhere. Doctors, parents, and health officials were at a loss to explain why this formerly unheard-of disease began paralyzing so many children. Why did this disease start to become such a horrible problem during the late 1800s? Why did it affect children more often than adults? Why was it originally called teething paralysis by mothers and their doctors?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Root Cause
- De Circlekay1 Gulfport MS en 10-24-19
De: Forrest Maready
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A Nation in Pain
- Healing Our Biggest Health Problem
- De: Judy Foreman
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 14 h y 57 m
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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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3 out of 5 stars
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Broad but superficial.
- De J. P. Murphy en 07-03-15
De: Judy Foreman
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Missing Microbes
- How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
- De: Martin J. Blaser
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enlightening and information well supported
- De James en 05-03-15
De: Martin J. Blaser
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Falling into the Fire
- A Psychiatrist's Encounters with the Mind in Crisis
- De: Christine Montross
- Narrado por: Christine Montross
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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Falling into the Fire is psychiatrist Christine Montross's thoughtful investigation of the gripping patient encounters that have challenged and deepened her practice. Beautifully written, deeply felt, Falling into the Fire brings us inside the doctor’s mind, illuminating the grave human costs of mental illness as well as the challenges of diagnosis and treatment. At once rigorous and meditative, Falling into the Fire is an intimate portrait of psychiatry, allowing the reader to witness the humanity of the practice and the enduring mysteries of the mind.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Buy this book! and READ it
- De joyce en 08-15-13
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Ten Drugs
- How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
- De: Thomas Hager
- Narrado por: Angelo Di Loreto
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,198
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,180
Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Thomas Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing to physicians & lay persons alike
- De C. White en 03-08-19
De: Thomas Hager
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The Vaccine-Friendly Plan
- Dr. Paul's Safe and Effective Approach to Immunity and Health - from Pregnancy Through Your Child's Teen Years
- De: Paul Thomas MD, Jennifer Margulis PhD
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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In The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, Paul Thomas, MD, presents his proven approach to building immunity: a new protocol that limits a child's exposure to aluminum, mercury, and other neurotoxins while building overall good health.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Super helpful and great for someone caught in the middle of the argument
- De Casper en 08-23-18
De: Paul Thomas MD, y otros
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Birth Day
- A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth
- De: Mark Sloan MD
- Narrado por: Mark Sloan MD
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 27
"I delivered twenty babies in the summer of 1977. I was hardly more than a baby myself, just turned 24 and starting my third year of medical school." So began Mark Sloan's three-decades-long exploration of the wonders and oddities of human childbirth. Pediatrician, husband, and father, the author has attended nearly 3000 births since that long-ago summer, encountering everything from routine deliveries to tense labor-room dramas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book - Heavy on the History
- De Robert Ingalls en 03-16-17
De: Mark Sloan MD
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Healing Back Pain
- De: John E. Sarno M.D.
- Narrado por: John E. Sarno M.D.
- Duración: 3 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,450
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,961
With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno describes how patients recognize the emotional roots of their back pain and sever the connections between mental and physical pain - and how, just by listening to this program, you may start recovering from back pain today!
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book saved my life!
- De OCGabe en 06-05-18
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The Undead
- Organ Harvesting, The Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers - How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
- De: Dick Teresi
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Important and provocative, The Undead examines why even with the tools of advanced technology, what we think of as life and death, consciousness and nonconsciousness, is not exactly clear - and how this problem has been further complicated by the business of organ harvesting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- De Amy Giglio en 07-01-18
De: Dick Teresi
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The Family That Couldn't Sleep
- A Medical Mystery
- De: D.T. Max
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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For 200 years, a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, a primitive tribe is nearly obliterated by a sickness whose chief symptom is uncontrollable laughter. Across Europe, millions of sheep rub their fleeces raw before collapsing. What these strange conditions share is their cause: prions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great scientific mystery
- De David en 11-04-06
De: D.T. Max
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Doing Harm
- De: Maya Dusenbery
- Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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Editor of the award-winning site Feministing.com, Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with experts within and outside the medical establishment, and personal stories from women across the country to provide the first comprehensive, accessible look at how sexism in medicine harms women today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the most important books ever written
- De Dresden en 03-18-18
De: Maya Dusenbery
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How Doctors Think
- De: Jerome Groopman M.D.
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within 12 seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong: with catastrophic consequences. In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Audiophile en 05-13-07
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Hypochondriac's Handbook
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- John A.
- 10-11-22
A great book
A wonderful book that I found to be developmental and maturative for a young man coming of age such as myself. I found this book to be worthwhile and generally intelligent and I further highly recommend this book.
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- Richard R. Kaminski
- 01-27-21
Fine until it included pseudoscience
A very fun, fairly light listen until you reach the chapter on Morgellons Disease. This is widely regarded as an unsubstantiated, self-diagnosed, and unscientific skin condition, often intertwined with conspiracy theories and is a condition that has repeatedly been seen as connected to delusional infestations / delusional parasitosis in general. The entire chapter feels like “both sides-ism” and while mentioning the controversial nature of Morgellons, severely downplays the fact that few medical professionals and researchers view it as a real disease unique from other delusions and failing entirely to mention that Mary Leitao (the non-doctor who coined the name Morgellons) was described by many doctors as exhibiting symptoms of factitious disorder imposed on another (i.e. FDIA and previously Münchausen syndrome by proxy). It really poisoned the well of the book as a whole.
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