The Medicine & Health Care Industry category has 225 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 424 ratings. The most-rated is Lies My Doctor Told Me.
Primo non nuocere
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Cosa significa essere un neurochirurgo? Come ci si sente ad avere in mano le sorti di una persona, mentre ci si apre un varco tra la materia grigia che ne genera i pensieri, i sentimenti e le emozioni? E, se qualcosa va storto, come si convive con le conseguenze? È ciò che scopriremo attraverso questo audiolibro, la confessione sincera e intensa di un famoso neurochirurgo inglese che, alla luce dell'esperienza quarantennale, rievoca le vittorie nelle battaglie combattute al fianco dei pazienti, ma anche le inevitabili sconfitte, gli errori e i fallimenti. "Primo non nuocere" è la narrazione di una professione eroica, chiamata a confrontarsi ogni giorno con i momenti di maggiore fragilità dell'essere umano - la scoperta della malattia, la speranza di una cura -, a prendere decisioni cruciali che, in un modo o nell'altro, cambieranno il destino dei pazienti, ma anche del medico stesso che porterà sempre con sé le storie di gioia o di dolore delle persone che hanno confidato all'abilità delle sue mani e alla generosità del suo cuore le loro vite in pericolo.
©2013 Ponte alle Grazie (P)2019 Adriano Salani Editore
The Royal Art of Poison
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The story of poison is the story of power.... For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roiling, vomit-inducing agony of a little something added to their food or wine by an enemy. To avoid poison, they depended on tasters, unicorn horns and antidotes tested on condemned prisoners. Servants licked the royal family’s spoons, tried on their underpants and tested their chamber pots. Ironically, royals terrified of poison were unknowingly poisoning themselves daily with their cosmetics, medications and filthy living conditions. Women wore makeup made with lead. Physicians prescribed mercury enemas, arsenic skin cream, drinks of lead filings and potions of human fat and skull, fresh from the executioner. The Royal Art of Poison is a hugely entertaining work of popular history that traces the use of poison as a political - and cosmetic - tool in the royal courts of Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the Kremlin today.
©2018 Eleanor Herman (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd
Red-Light Therapy for Beginners
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Do you want to discover all the benefits of RLT for skin repair, weight, hair loss, arthritis, muscle and brain enhancement? If so, then keep reading… So, what exactly is the light therapy which everyone is so hyped about? Red light therapy is a form of therapeutic technique, but what exactly is a therapeutic technique anyways? Let me start with simple and yet effective terms. You must be a simple person who lives an honest life. You also prefer logical solutions to problems. Suppose you, God forbid, suffer from an accident. For sake of sounding not very grim, let us say you have suffered a small injury in an alley or anywhere you can imagine. It is nothing too serious. But you somehow grow fearful of the place or specific environment where the injury occurred. Now, suppose it happens again after some time. You will try your best to avoid such a place, and the mere mention of such a place will invoke bitter memory in you. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, you end up getting a job near such a place. Now every time you will pass through that place, you will remind yourself of the injury unintentionally. There is no pill or medicine which will revoke that fear. You will not just sip some medicinal syrup or take a pill and forget about it the next day. You need a…therapy! This book covers the following topics: A beginner’s guide to red light therapy Does RLT work: the scientific proof/benefits The duration of the session How to develop state of mental strength Step by step guide to red therapy Red light therapy for skin care: effective treatment for wrinkles Red light therapy for the hair loss Red light therapy for bone healing: Your questions answered Choosing the right device for red light therapy/light therapy Debunking myths about light therapy and red-light therapy Where to receive red light therapy Your complete guide to red light therapy at home The 100-joule rule Laser light for hair therapy Photo rejuvenation and led light therapy for beautiful skin And much more... This is the first book of the Red-Light-Therapy for Beginners series. Do you want to learn more? Don’t wait anymore, press the "Buy Now" button and get started!
©2020 Dr . Warren Cunningham (P)2020 Dr . Warren Cunningham
Vagus Nerve: Awake Your Inner Healing Power and Find Your Way Back to Well-Being
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Have you ever thought about how would your health improve if you do what your body asks you to do? Would you like to be free of stress, anxiety, all types of physical discomfort, and start enjoying life way more than you do now? Or maybe you want to gain more knowledge about Vagus Nerve and your nerve system in general? If your answer is “Yes” to at least one of these questions, then keep reading... I am very excited to present: Vagus Nerve: Awake Your Inner Healing Power and Find Your Way Back to Well-Being. I think most people deeply inside themselves understand how important mental health is and how it can relate to physical discomfort and illness. Stress, anxiety, and depression have a big impact while accelerating diseases and making people sick. While creating this audiobook, one of my main goals was to write an audiobook which is going to be like a tool for people so they can use it to learn how to control and heal their nerve system and explain the importance of Vagus Nerve which has the biggest impact on the health in our inner body. Now let’s take a look at only a few things you will learn out of this audiobook: What is Vagus Nerve and why it is so important for your health Vagus Nerve dysfunctions and diseases you have to know about How to recover from diseases via Vagus Nerve stimulation How to measure your Vagus Nerve function Exercises every person must do to train their nerve system Passive methods to activate your Vagus Nerve Many, many more… Now it is your time to take action and take control of your health. Get this audiobook now and start listening!
©2019 Russel Pierce (P)2020 Russel Pierce
Emergency Admissions
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Shocking, funny and unflinchingly honest, Emergency Admissions gives us a fascinating glimpse into the extraordinary world of ambulance driving from the man behind the wheel. Kit Wharton has been an ambulance driver for a dozen years. This book is his report from the frontline of that work: 999 calls that hurtle him to critical moments in other peoples' lives. Nothing in this job is normal; every job is different. From the bizarre to the terrifying and tragic, Wharton takes his audience through his strange work. There is an S&M party gone horribly wrong and bodily discharges sure to make you wretch. There is a man who calls 999 saying he has picked a spot - you can imagine Kit's irritation. When he arrives, the patient is lying in a pool of his own blood. On the other hand, there are colossal time wasters. There are extraordinarily sad stories, heartwarming, touching instances of human bravery and connection. Along the way Kit reveals more about his own unconventional upbringing, a childhood pickled in alcohol abuse and bohemian family setups. As he says, he was well prepared for the ambulance service....
©2017 Kit Wharton (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
Nursing Assessment: Head-to-Toe Assessment in Pictures
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The physical assessment can bring butterflies to any nursing student...it did for me! It's hard to remember the order, the technique, the process, and all the abnormalities. This health assessment book for nursing students helps relieve that pressure and anxiety by providing a no fluff, easy-to-understand, full-of-pictures physical assessment that you can easily learn. You + NRSNG = Confidence Listen, I've been there. Nursing school is hard; sometimes, professors are hard. I felt like I was drinking from a fire hose. On top of that, they told me they were going to film me while I completed a physical assessment.... What?! I searched all over the Internet looking for a concise resource that condensed the health assessment in an easy-to-learn format. This book does all that and more! NRSNG.com is the leader in helping nursing students ace the NCLEX and pass nursing school. Scroll up to buy! The book includes only adult physical assessment techniques.
©2018 NRSNG (P)2018 NRSNG
Get What's Yours for Health Care
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At a time when health care and medical insurance are more important than ever comes this authoritative, unbiased new volume in the acclaimed Get What’s Yours series. Health-care expert Philip Moeller has written a reliable, concise guide to health care and health insurance basics. He provides tools that patients need before, during, and after they get medical care. He describes the care we need, the care we don’t, and how to deal with doctors, hospitals, and other health-care providers. Moeller explains telemedicine and health-care apps that have become so important during the coronavirus epidemic. The book shares the stories of disruptive health innovators who have given us access to true health costs, cheaper prescription drugs, and low-cost care in and outside the US. You will learn how to avoid poor care, fight back against denied insurance claims and inflated bills, and use social media to connect with powerful advocates. Throughout, Get What’s Yours for Healthcare draws on stories of people who share their lessons on how to successfully navigate the health-care system. This invaluable guide helps people get access to the care they need at a price they can afford. It’s the book we all need now. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2021 Philip Moeller. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
American Contagions
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A concise history of how American law has shaped - and been shaped by - the experience of contagion, "taking us from the smallpox outbreaks of the colonies to COVID-19.... The conclusion [Witt] arrives at is devastating" (Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times). From yellow fever to smallpox to polio to AIDS to COVID-19, epidemics have prompted Americans to make choices and answer questions about their basic values and their laws. In five concise chapters, historian John Fabian Witt traces the legal history of epidemics, showing how infectious disease has both shaped, and been shaped by, the law. Arguing that throughout American history legal approaches to public health have been liberal for some communities and authoritarian for others, Witt shows us how history's answers to the major questions brought up by previous epidemics help shape our answers today: What is the relationship between individual liberty and the common good? What is the role of the federal government, and what is the role of the states? Will long-standing traditions of government and law give way to the social imperatives of an epidemic? Will we let the inequities of our mixed tradition continue?
©2020 John Fabian Witt (P)2021 Tantor
Clients and Their Caregivers
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Clients and Their Caregivers is a short listen of helpful tips for individuals with disabilities and their caregivers, family, and friends. It will enlighten and educate you on the demands of the working relationship between a caregiver and someone with a disability. Learn about the role family and friends play in creating an atmosphere which allows an individual with a disability to live a high quality life. Kawand S. Crawford, author and quadriplegic for over 20 years, shares some real-life experiences and gives his opinion on picking and maintaining a caregiver.
©2013 Kawand S. Crawford (P)2017 Kawand S. Crawford
Hurry Down Sunshine
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Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of 15, Michael Greenberg's daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's sudden visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city's most sweltering months. "I feel like I'm traveling and traveling with nowhere to go back to," Sally says in a burst of lucidity while hurtling away toward some place her father could not dream of or imagine. Hurry Down Sunshine is the chronicle of that journey, and its effect on Sally and those closest to her - her mother and stepmother, her brother and grandmother, and, not least of all, the author himself. Among Greenberg's unforgettable gallery of characters are an unconventional psychiatrist, an Orthodox Jewish patient, a manic Classics professor, a movie producer, and a landlord with literary aspirations. Unsentimental, nuanced, and deeply humane, Hurry Down Sunshine holds the listener in a mesmerizing state of suspension between the mundane and the transcendent.
©2008 Michael Greenberg (P)2008 Random House, Inc.
Diabetic Smoothies: 35 Delicious Smoothie Recipes to Lower Blood Sugar and Reverse Diabetes
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Diabetic Smoothie Recipes The central factor in managing diabetes is the control of blood sugar. If you have diabetes, your choice of food matters a lot. You need to embrace food that is low in added sugar and fat, rich in nutrients, moderate to low in calories, and balanced in carbohydrates. The diabetic smoothies in this book are made of healthy and tasty vegetables, fruits, spices, and herbs that are known to lower blood sugar. These superfoods provide fibers, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that will slow down the absorption of glucose in your body, boost your immune system, detox the body, and help you manage blood sugar. When you're watching what you eat and trying to stay healthy, it's easy to feel deprived. Your mind can trick you into thinking you're hungrier than you are, because you're not indulging in the rich desserts or easy snacks that you might have consumed in the past. A smoothie can be a meal, a snack, a dessert, or something quick that you grab on the go. You'll feel less deprived, and that will help you control cravings and binges. By listening to this book, you'll learn: What is the diabetes diet Diabetes superfoods that can help lower blood sugar Tips to making delicious smoothies 35 recipes for diabetic-friendly smoothies Diabetes can be proactively managed through your lifestyle and what you eat. There is no reason to think you can't have a full, productive, and joyful life just because you have been diagnosed with diabetes.
©2016 Insight Health Communications (P)2016 Insight Health Communications
The History of Medicine
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Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Taking a thematic rather than strictly chronological approach, W. F. Bynum, explores the key turning points in the history of Western medicine - such as the first surgical procedures, the advent of hospitals, the introduction of anesthesia, X-Rays, vaccinations, and many other innovations, as well as the rise of experimental medicine. The book also explores Western medicine's encounters with Chinese and Indian medicine, as well as nontraditional treatments such as homeopathy, chiropractic, and other alternative medicines. Covering a vast amount of information, this Very Short Introduction sheds new light on medicine's past, while at the same time engaging with contemporary issues, discoveries, and controversies, such as the spiraling costs of health care, lack of health insurance for millions, breakthrough treatments, and much more.
©2008 William Bynum (P)2021 Tantor
Vagus Nerve
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You are about to learn how to heal chronic diseases, inflammation, stress, depression, trauma, epilepsy anxiety and more by unlocking the healing power of the vagus nerve through vagus nerve activation/stimulation! The vagus nerve is the longest and most complex of the 12 pairs of cranial nerves that run from your brain through your face and thorax all the way to your abdomen. It is the most important nerve that you probably never knew about. And that’s not all; it holds important healing powers that could literally turn your life around if you knew how to unleash its full capabilities! How so, you may be wondering? Well, the vagus nerve interacts with most of the vital organs in your body like your heart, kidney, liver, spleen, gut and lungs. And as an information superhighway, you can bet that its optimal functioning is essential for optimal flow of this information throughout the network of organs and organ systems that come in contact with the vagus nerve. This is to say that your vagus nerve could be the reason for your heart, kidney, liver, gut, lungs, and spleen problems and if you want these organs to work optimally, you should never fail to work on the vagus nerve as well. So which organs and organ systems does the vagus nerve pass through and how does it affect them? What exactly does the vagus nerve have to do with health and disease? What health problems come with a vagus nerve that is not working as it should? What do you do to optimize the functioning of your vagus nerve to bring about health? What scientific studies back the process of optimizing the vagus nerve for health? If you have these and other related questions regarding the vagus nerve, this three-in-one book will shed light on the ins and outs of the vagus nerve using easy to follow, beginner friendly language that you can start applying right away. More precisely, this three-in-one book covers: The basics about the vagus nerve, including what it is, where it is located, its anatomy, and its connection with other vital organs How the vagus nerve relates to your health How to properly manage your vagus nerve for it to function properly All about dysfunctional breathing and how to it is related to the vagus nerve The effects of stress on your gut-brain function The connection between chronic inflammation and immune activation The problems associated with a dysfunctional vagus nerve How to determine whether the various functions of the vagus nerve are optimal An introduction to vagus nerve activation, including what it is, how it works, the different approaches to vagus nerve activation, the science behind vagus nerve activation and more Some exercises to help you activate your vagus nerve Various passive methods to help activate your vagus nerve The connection between the vagus nerve and intestinal immune system, the heart, psychological sickness, epilepsy and vagotomy The ins and outs of the polyvagal theory, what it is all about, its origin, how it helps to relieve stress, phobias, panic attacks, depression and autism
©2020 William Rosemberg (P)2020 William Rosemberg
Are You Prepared to Be a Caregiver?
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Approximately 90 percent of all caregiving situations at home occur with little or no warning. Are you prepared to care for a loved one at home if it happened to you? This book outlines, from the author's experience over a six-year caregiving period, those things that you should consider to ease the stress of caregiving; these include financial planning to afford the cost of in-home private care, estate planning to ensure your heirs receive the maximum value of your estate, the benefits of long-term healthcare insurance, outfitting your home to minimize accidents, and obtaining household support so you can focus your time and efforts on the patient.
©2020 Patrick Palmer (P)2020 Patrick Palmer
140 Must Know Meds: Demolish Nursing Pharmacology
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Do you ever feel like learning Pharmacology is kinda like learning another language? You're not alone. In fact, I felt the same way in nursing school. Don't get me wrong, I loved Pharm. But, trying to keep thousands of medications, contraindications, and assessment information straight in my mind was, well...impossible. That's when I realized something. I didn't need to know EVERY medication. I needed to focus on the most important ones and really understand them well. So, I developed a list of the most commonly tested and prescribed medications. Then I pulled out the critical points to know about those meds. After working years in the ICU and precepting students all over the world . . . this is still my go-to list of medications. Pharmacology makes up 15 percent of the NCLEX® test plan. For many nurses medications and pharmacology can be a difficult subject. But not anymore! If you are ready to finally take your NCLEX® Pharmacology studies to the next level...this is the perfect book for you! With tons of information featuring the most vital facts about the most tested medications this audiobook for nursing students is a must have. In this book you will learn: How to have confidence when distributing medications Nursing considerations for 140 of the most common medications How to differentiate between difficult medications How to be confident in pharmacology courses Learn how to ace nursing pharmacology This book essentially takes the guess work out of your studies and allows you to focus your valuable time on learning exactly what you NEED to know. Details nursing considerations in flash card format. The most important medications to learn. Obscure testable facts and nursing considerations for 140 medications. Detailed outlines of some of the most common classes of meds. Scroll up to buy! NCLEX, NCLEX-RN, and NCLEX-PN are registered trademarks of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. They hold no affiliation with this book or related products.
©2018 NRSNG LLC (P)2018 NRSNG LLC
The Future of Healthcare
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We live in a world where data can help us make more informed decisions about how to navigate traffic, who to date, what to buy, who to network with and how to better manage our finances. But when it comes to our personal health and wellness, we have no roadmap. We need something to show us where we are in terms of our health, with landmarks for risks and opportunities. A GPS that makes it easier to move toward our personal health goals. A new way to look at health and life. The future of healthcare is coming. This is what it looks like.
©2018 Emmanuel Fombu (P)2021 Emmanuel Fombu
Checklist Manifesto
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So simpel wie genial - wie eine einfache Methode helfen kann, Leben zu retten. Niemand ist perfekt. Der Autor des Bestsellers Sterblich sein: Was am Ende wirklich zählt (Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End) Atul Gawande ist Chirurg und bekennt, welche fatalen Folgen kleine Unachtsamkeiten bei einer Operation haben können. Und nicht nur eine Operation, auch das Steuern eines Flugzeugs oder der Bau eines Wolkenkratzers sind hochkomplexe Vorgänge, die man besser nicht der Laune eines Einzelnen überlässt. Gawande macht deutlich, dass es das Zusammenspiel der verschiedensten Experten und außerdem eine Methode braucht, die all dieses Wissen steuert und unter Kontrolle hält. Diese Methode ist, so simpel sie auch klingen mag, genial - eine Chekliste. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie: wie Checklisten funktionieren; wo Checklisten helfen und zu Bestleistung beitragen; wie man Checklisten gut konstruiert, um einen positiven Effekt zu haben. Atul Gawande ist Facharzt für Chirurgie an einer Klinik in Boston. Vor seiner medizinischen Ausbildung an der Harvard Medical School studierte der Sohn zweier Ärzte Philosophie und Ethik. Als Wissenschaftsredakteur veröffentlicht er regelmäßig Beiträge in The New Yorker. Dieses Hörbuch erschien im englischen Original unter dem Titel The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.
©2009 Atul Gawande; Die Rechte an der Nutzung der deutschen Übersetzung von Gabriele Zelisko liegen beim btb Verlag, München, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH (P)2017 ABP Verlag
The Trillion Dollar Revolution
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Ten years after the landmark legislation, Ezekiel Emanuel leads a crowd of experts, policy-makers, doctors, and scholars as they evaluate the Affordable Care Act's history so far. In March 2010, the Affordable Care Act officially became one of the seminal laws determining American health care. From day one, the law was challenged in court, making it to the Supreme Court four separate times. It transformed the way a 3 trillion dollar sector of the economy behaved and brought insurance to millions of people. It spawned the Tea Party, further polarized American politics, and affected the electoral fortunes of both parties. Ten years after the bill's passage, a constellation of experts - insiders and academics for and against the ACA - describe the momentousness of the legislation. Encompassing Democrats and Republicans, along with legal, financial, and health policy experts, the essays here offer a fascinating and revealing insight into the political fight of a generation, its consequences for health care, politics, law, the economy - and the future.
©2020 Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Abbe R. Gluck (P)2020 PublicAffairs
Devant l'effondrement
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La période 2020 - 2050 sera la plus bouleversante qu'aura jamais vécu l'humanité en si peu de temps. L'effondrement de notre civilisation industrielle s'y produira à l'échelle mondiale, probablement dans les années 2020, certainement dans les années 2030. L'ouvrage examine les origines écologiques, économiques, financières et politiques de cet effondrement et, surtout, leurs relations systémiques.
©2020 Les Liens qui libèrent (P)2020 Les Liens qui libèrent
Dark Psychology and Manipulation
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Finally you can access the power of personal influence The fascination with dark psychology, the study of the art and science behind manipulation and mind control, has exploded since this clinical research term first appeared in academic journals back in 2004. In Dark Psychology and Manipulation, listeners will be taken into the minds, the behaviors, the tactics, and the techniques of the narcissists, machiavellians, psychopaths, and everyday sadists living and working among us. You’ve worked with some of these people, you’ve worked for them, you’ve dated them, married them, divorced them, admired them, feared them, but most of all wondered what it is that makes them do the dark and disturbing things they do. Whether it’s your sister going through one relationship after another with an abusive, controlling, manipulative boyfriend, first husband, fiancée; or it’s your own experience of having to work for an egotistical, scheming, backstabbing, yet somehow wonderfully charismatic supervisor; or it’s your neighbor’s teenage son who seems to enjoy burning ants in the backyard on the weekends how dangerous are these people? Are they normal? Is their behavior forgivable? Should we be modeling some of our own ways of doing things - at work, in romance, at the grocery store - after them? Not all of them are crazy. Some of them are even wildly successful - in business, in romance, in general. Are they certifiable or is their behavior just a little more extreme than mine? As the field of dark psychology continues to grow, and researchers, clinical psychologist, social engineers, therapists, and other experts (and survivors) continue to find out more about what makes these people tick, you’ll find analyses of the latest studies in dark psychology. Plus, the book gives listeners quick and easy breakdowns of how each dark personality is different from the other, and how they are similar. Well, stress no more! Buy this book and also learn all....
©2019 Ray Manson (P)2019 Ray Manson