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American Cartel

Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry

by Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz ...

Narrated by Kiff VandenHeuvel ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

The definitive investigation and exposé of how some of the nation's largest corporations created and fueled the opioid crisis—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters who first uncovered the dimensions of the deluge of pain pills that ravaged the country and the complicity of a near-omnipotent drug cartel.AMERICAN CARTEL is an unflinching and deeply documented dive into the ... Read more

$32.39 CAD

The definitive investigation and exposé of how some of the nation's largest corporations created and fueled the opioid crisis—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters who first uncovered the dimensions of the deluge of pain pills that ravaged the country and the complicity of a near-omnipotent drug cartel.AMERICAN CARTEL is an unflinching and deeply documented dive into the
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Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Handbook

by Dr. Karl Disque ...

Narrated by Guy Thillet ...

Series series The Save a Life Initiative
Unabridged

47 min

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Basic Life Support. This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Basic Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled in a Basic Life Support Certification or ... Read more

$1.25 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Save a Life Initiative has just released its newest course: Basic Life Support. This manual is based on the 2020-2025 Basic Life Support guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. The Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Handbook is a comprehensive resource intended for health care professionals currently enrolled in a Basic Life Support Certification or
... Read more
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The Gene

An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris ...

Unabridged

19 hours 23 min

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Non-FictionThe #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerThe basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate HistoryFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).<... ... Read more

$42.29 CAD

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Non-FictionThe #1 NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerThe basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate HistoryFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).<...
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La Porte du ciel

La Traversée des temps, tome 2

by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ...

Narrated by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt ...

Series Audiobook 2 - La Traversée des temps
Unabridged

19 hours 39 min

Le héros miraculeux d’Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt poursuit sa traversée sur le fleuve du temps. Après le Néolithique, le voici plongé dans une nouvelle enquête au cœur de l’Orient ancien…Noam cherche fougueusement celle qu’il aime, enlevée dans d’étranges conditions. Flanqué de son chien, il découvre un monde en pleine mutation, la Mésopotamie, autrement appelée le Pays des Eaux Douces, où les hommes ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Le héros miraculeux d’Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt poursuit sa traversée sur le fleuve du temps. Après le Néolithique, le voici plongé dans une nouvelle enquête au cœur de l’Orient ancien…Noam cherche fougueusement celle qu’il aime, enlevée dans d’étranges conditions. Flanqué de son chien, il découvre un monde en pleine mutation, la Mésopotamie, autrement appelée le Pays des Eaux Douces, où les hommes
... Read more
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Votre cerveau n'a pas fini de vous étonner

by Boris Cyrulnik, Pierre Bustany, Jean-Michel Oughourlian, Christophe André, Thierry Janssen, Patrice Van Eersel ...

Narrated by Bernard Gabay, Antoine David-Calvet ...

Unabridged

5 hours 36 min

On savait que le cerveau était l'entité la plus complexe de l'univers connu. Mais les nouvelles découvertes démontrent que ses possibilités sont bien plus étonnantes qu'on ne le croyait. Non seulement il est totalement élastique - même âgé, handicapé, voire amputé, il peut se reconstruire, apprendre, inventer -, mais aussi totalement social - un cerveau n'existe qu'en résonance avec d'autres : ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

On savait que le cerveau était l'entité la plus complexe de l'univers connu. Mais les nouvelles découvertes démontrent que ses possibilités sont bien plus étonnantes qu'on ne le croyait. Non seulement il est totalement élastique - même âgé, handicapé, voire amputé, il peut se reconstruire, apprendre, inventer -, mais aussi totalement social - un cerveau n'existe qu'en résonance avec d'autres :
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Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

by Atul Gawande ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

****A new unabridged recording**A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.**Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it ... Read more

$32.39 CAD

****A new unabridged recording**A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.**Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it
... Read more
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The Criminal Mind

Gripping encounters with serial killers and true crime from Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist

by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Narrated by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder... ... Read more

$23.29 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder...
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The Distracted Mind

Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World

by Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 56 min

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves ... Read more

$32.02 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves
... Read more
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Virusdetektiven

Jagten på pandemiens udspring

by Thea Kølsen Fischer, Lars Hvidberg ...

Narrated by Stine Brandt Lilliecrona ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

Thea Kølsen Fischer, professor i public health, virusinfektioner og epidemier, bliver i 2020 udvalgt af WHO som én af 10 internationale eksperter til at deltage i den mission, der skal påbegynde arbejdet med at finde kilden til coronapandemiens udbrud.Holdet ankommer til Wuhan, Kina, i januar 2021. Efter 14 dages total isolation får de eksklusiv adgang til nogle af de centrale scener fra ... Read more

$20.11 CAD

Thea Kølsen Fischer, professor i public health, virusinfektioner og epidemier, bliver i 2020 udvalgt af WHO som én af 10 internationale eksperter til at deltage i den mission, der skal påbegynde arbejdet med at finde kilden til coronapandemiens udbrud.Holdet ankommer til Wuhan, Kina, i januar 2021. Efter 14 dages total isolation får de eksklusiv adgang til nogle af de centrale scener fra
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Лекарственные средства. Справочник пациента

by Р. Н. Аляутдин ...

Narrated by Динар Валиев ...

Series series Достоверная медицина
Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

Р. Н. Аляутдин и его коллеги из Сеченовского университета и управления экспертизы безопасности лекарственных средств составили подробное универсальное руководство по лекарственным средствам. В книге описаны основные группы препаратов, с которыми так или иначе сталкивается большинство людей: • Механизмы действия и свойства • Классификация • Показания к применению • Нежелательные реакции • Аналоги • ... Read more

$14.60 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Р. Н. Аляутдин и его коллеги из Сеченовского университета и управления экспертизы безопасности лекарственных средств составили подробное универсальное руководство по лекарственным средствам. В книге описаны основные группы препаратов, с которыми так или иначе сталкивается большинство людей: • Механизмы действия и свойства • Классификация • Показания к применению • Нежелательные реакции • Аналоги •
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Klarlund og Kandis på kur – forever

Alt hvad man skal gøre for at leve sundt og godt resten af livet

by Johnny Hansen, Bente Klarlund Pedersen ...

Narrated by Bente Klarlund Pedersen ...

Unabridged

4 hours

Læge og professor Bente Klarlund Pedersen og Kandis-forsanger Johnny Hansen er på en fælles mission: de vil løfte alle danskeres sundhed.KLARLUND OG KANDIS PÅ KUR rummer helt konkrete råd om KRAM & 4xS – altså kost, rygning, alkohol, motion, søvn, stress, samvær og stoffer. Alt er baseret på forskning, og alle kan være med. Som Johnny synger i sin nye sang om sundhed: Velkommen til Kandiskuren – ... Read more

$26.80 CAD

Læge og professor Bente Klarlund Pedersen og Kandis-forsanger Johnny Hansen er på en fælles mission: de vil løfte alle danskeres sundhed.KLARLUND OG KANDIS PÅ KUR rummer helt konkrete råd om KRAM & 4xS – altså kost, rygning, alkohol, motion, søvn, stress, samvær og stoffer. Alt er baseret på forskning, og alle kan være med. Som Johnny synger i sin nye sang om sundhed: Velkommen til Kandiskuren –
... Read more
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The Wisdom of Plagues

Lessons from 25 Years of Covering Pandemics

by Donald G. McNeil Jr. ...

Narrated by Donald G. McNeil Jr. ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

Award-winning New York Times reporter Donald G. McNeil, Jr. reflects on twenty-five years of covering pandemics—how governments react to them, how the media covers them, how they are exploited, and what we can do to prepare for the next one—in this “fascinating, ferocious fusillade against humanity’s two deadliest enemies: disease and itself” (The Economist).For millions of Americans, Donald G. ... Read more

$31.49 CAD

Award-winning New York Times reporter Donald G. McNeil, Jr. reflects on twenty-five years of covering pandemics—how governments react to them, how the media covers them, how they are exploited, and what we can do to prepare for the next one—in this “fascinating, ferocious fusillade against humanity’s two deadliest enemies: disease and itself” (The Economist).For millions of Americans, Donald G.
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The Anatomy of Hope

How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

by Jerome Groopman ...

Narrated by Jerome Groopman ...

Abridged

4 hours 40 min

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can changethe course of illnessSince the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.The search for hope is most urgent at the patient’s ... Read more

$15.26 CAD

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can changethe course of illnessSince the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.The search for hope is most urgent at the patient’s
... Read more
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Empire of the Scalpel

The History of Surgery

by Ira Rutkow, M.D. ...

Narrated by Gibson Frazier ...

Unabridged

15 hours 22 min

From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling.There are not many life events that can be as simultaneously frightening and hopeful as a surgical operation. In America, tens-of ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling.There are not many life events that can be as simultaneously frightening and hopeful as a surgical operation. In America, tens-of
... Read more
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L'Homme, cet inconnu

by Alexis Carrel ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Unabridged

10 hours 10 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.« Pour grandir de nouveau, l’homme est obligé de se refaire. Et il ne peut pas se refaire sans douleur. Car il est à la fois le marbre et le sculpteur. C’est de sa propre substance qu’il doit, à grands coups de marteau, faire voler les éclats afin de reprendre son vrai visage. »L'ouvrage d'Alexis Carrel, Prix Nobel de Médecine en 1912, est ... Read more

$6.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.« Pour grandir de nouveau, l’homme est obligé de se refaire. Et il ne peut pas se refaire sans douleur. Car il est à la fois le marbre et le sculpteur. C’est de sa propre substance qu’il doit, à grands coups de marteau, faire voler les éclats afin de reprendre son vrai visage. »L'ouvrage d'Alexis Carrel, Prix Nobel de Médecine en 1912, est
... Read more
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Rebel Bodies

A guide to the gender health gap revolution

by Sarah Graham ...

Narrated by Florence Howard ...

Unabridged

9 hours 49 min

Bloomsbury presents Rebel Bodies by Sarah Graham, read by Florence Howard.'Crucial reading for us all'Stylist'An essential, comprehensive, accessible explanation of medical misogyny'Cherry HealeyAn inclusive and empowering manifesto for change in women’s healthcare – exploring the systemic and deep rooted sexism within medicine, and offering actionable ways for women to advocate for ourselves and ... Read more

$18.00 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Rebel Bodies by Sarah Graham, read by Florence Howard.'Crucial reading for us all'Stylist'An essential, comprehensive, accessible explanation of medical misogyny'Cherry HealeyAn inclusive and empowering manifesto for change in women’s healthcare – exploring the systemic and deep rooted sexism within medicine, and offering actionable ways for women to advocate for ourselves and
... Read more
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The History of Medicine in Twelve Objects

by Carol Cooper ...

Narrated by Carol Cooper ...

Unabridged

8 hours 33 min

Discover the fascinating history of medicine from its primitive beginnings to the lifesaving technologies of today.Award-winning author Dr Carol Cooper takes you on a journey through the 12 objects that have come to define medicine through the ages – from the barbaric and bizarre to the inventive and impressive, this captivating read is peppered with fascinating anecdotes.In this unique history, ... Read more

$34.19 CAD

Discover the fascinating history of medicine from its primitive beginnings to the lifesaving technologies of today.Award-winning author Dr Carol Cooper takes you on a journey through the 12 objects that have come to define medicine through the ages – from the barbaric and bizarre to the inventive and impressive, this captivating read is peppered with fascinating anecdotes.In this unique history,
... Read more
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A State of Emergency

The Story of Ireland’s Covid Crisis

by Richard Chambers ...

Narrated by Richard Chambers ...

Unabridged

10 hours 3 min

The incendiary untold story of Ireland’s response to the most significant public health emergency of the past century, woven from a wealth of original research and dozens of interviews with ministers, politicians, public health experts, essential workers, and ordinary people on whom the crisis exacted a personal toll.Ranging from the halls of Government Buildings, where a new Cabinet riven by ... Read more

$31.49 CAD

The incendiary untold story of Ireland’s response to the most significant public health emergency of the past century, woven from a wealth of original research and dozens of interviews with ministers, politicians, public health experts, essential workers, and ordinary people on whom the crisis exacted a personal toll.Ranging from the halls of Government Buildings, where a new Cabinet riven by
... Read more
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"Und ich lebe noch!"

Ein Leben, Das so nie geplant war.

by Ines Vasku ...

Unabridged

3 hours 52 min

Ich bin gerade 24 Jahre alt und habe beschlossen, meine Lebensgeschichte aufzuschreiben. Vielleicht wunderst du dich, warum ich in so jungem Alter schön auf eine solche Idee komme und zunächst scheinst du da ja auch Recht zu haben. Ich habe auf den ersten Blick kein allzu schweres Leben. Ich wurde nie geschlagen misshandelt oder missbraucht. Ich lebe in einer relativ normalen Familie, habe drei ... Read more

$24.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ich bin gerade 24 Jahre alt und habe beschlossen, meine Lebensgeschichte aufzuschreiben. Vielleicht wunderst du dich, warum ich in so jungem Alter schön auf eine solche Idee komme und zunächst scheinst du da ja auch Recht zu haben. Ich habe auf den ersten Blick kein allzu schweres Leben. Ich wurde nie geschlagen misshandelt oder missbraucht. Ich lebe in einer relativ normalen Familie, habe drei
... Read more
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Our Malady

Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary

by Timothy Snyder ...

Narrated by Timothy Snyder ...

Unabridged

3 hours 1 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into ... Read more

$14.85 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into
... Read more
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Sick Money

The Truth About the Global Pharmaceutical Industry

by Billy Kenber ...

Narrated by Ciaran Saward ...

Unabridged

13 hours 51 min

The pharmaceutical industry is broken. From the American hedge fund manager who hiked the price of an AIDS pill from $17.50 to $750 overnight to the children's cancer drugs left intentionally to expire in a Spanish warehouse, the signs of this dysfunction are all around. A system that was designed to drive innovation and patient care has been relentlessly distorted to drive up profits.Medicines ... Read more

$47.69 CAD

The pharmaceutical industry is broken. From the American hedge fund manager who hiked the price of an AIDS pill from $17.50 to $750 overnight to the children's cancer drugs left intentionally to expire in a Spanish warehouse, the signs of this dysfunction are all around. A system that was designed to drive innovation and patient care has been relentlessly distorted to drive up profits.Medicines
... Read more
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Inflamed

Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice

by Rupa Marya, Raj Patel ...

Narrated by Rupa Marya, Raj Patel ...

Unabridged

13 hours 32 min

**This program is read by the authors.Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health and structural injustices--and to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies and our world.**The Covid pandemic and the shocking racial disparities in its ... Read more

$35.09 CAD

**This program is read by the authors.Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health and structural injustices--and to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies and our world.**The Covid pandemic and the shocking racial disparities in its
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Kemi på hjernen

går ud over enhver forstand

by Philippe Grandjean, Pernille Hermann ...

Narrated by Maria Garde ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

Indsatsen begynder hos de mindste børn og de unge piger, for flere miljøgifte hober sig op i kroppen og går direkte videre til fosteret. Fremtidens kloge hoveder er afhængige af unge kvinders viden og vaner.“Vi har kun én chance for at udvikle en hjerne, og den er i fosterstadiet og de første leveår,” fastslår Philippe Grandjean, der har drevet forskningsprojekter i hele verden for at undersøge ... Read more

$13.44 CAD

Indsatsen begynder hos de mindste børn og de unge piger, for flere miljøgifte hober sig op i kroppen og går direkte videre til fosteret. Fremtidens kloge hoveder er afhængige af unge kvinders viden og vaner.“Vi har kun én chance for at udvikle en hjerne, og den er i fosterstadiet og de første leveår,” fastslår Philippe Grandjean, der har drevet forskningsprojekter i hele verden for at undersøge
... Read more
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Wealthcare

by Brigitte Piniewski ...

Narrated by Claudia Dunn ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

Today’s healthcare system routinely sells your private details for remarkable sums of money. It is grounded in our current, inherently flawed web2 world of corporately owned services. In a web3 world, your privacy and health data are yours alone. Wealthcare is your window into that tomorrow.Crypto, decentralized blockchains, NFTs, and the ownership economy of web3 hold the future of healthcare. ... Read more

$19.61 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Today’s healthcare system routinely sells your private details for remarkable sums of money. It is grounded in our current, inherently flawed web2 world of corporately owned services. In a web3 world, your privacy and health data are yours alone. Wealthcare is your window into that tomorrow.Crypto, decentralized blockchains, NFTs, and the ownership economy of web3 hold the future of healthcare.
... Read more

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