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    Metabolical

    The truth about processed food and how it poisons people and the planet

    by Dr Robert Lustig ...
    Narrated by Charles Constant ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 3 min

    Did you know that a staggering 62% of the food in our supermarkets is ultra-processed - and that eating these foods slowly poisons us over time?In this hard-hitting exposé, New York Times bestselling author Dr Robert Lustig reveals how our addiction to ultra-processed foods - fuelled by the food industry, big agriculture, big pharma, medicine, and government - is driving a deadly surge in diseases ... Read more

    R594,61

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    How to Change Your Mind

    The New Science of Psychedelics

    by Michael Pollan ...
    Narrated by Michael Pollan ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 41 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness, written and read by Michael Pollan.When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as ... Read more

    R278,59

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    Dopamine Nation

    Why our Addiction to Pleasure is Causing us Pain

    by Dr Anna Lembke ...
    Narrated by Dr Anna Lembke ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 11 min

    THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWe are a wired generation. In these fast-paced times we are constantly bombarded by high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli. From texting to social media, food to drugs, gambling to shopping, we have become addicted to fleeting and distracting pleasures that are making us sick.In Dopamine Nation*,* psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr Anna Lembke reveals why ... Read more

    R516,39

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    Was tun gegen Krebs?

    by Harald zur Hausen, Klaus Sander ...
    Narrated by Harald zur Hausen ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 15 min

    Was ist Krebs? - Beginnend mit dieser Frage, gibt Harald zur Hausen einen fundierten Überblick über das Krankheitsbild einer der verbreitetsten und gefürchtetsten Erkrankungen der Gegenwart, über ihre Geschichte, Arten, Diagnose- bzw. Behandlungsverfahren und deren Chancen sowie über Möglichkeiten der Krebsprävention. Dabei analysiert er umfassend die Erfolge, aber auch Misserfolge in ... Read more

    R225,00

  • Audiobook

    Die CureVac-Story

    Vom Risiko, die Medizin zu revolutionieren

    by Wolfgang Klein ...
    Narrated by Sebastian Pappenberger ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 53 min

    Alles begann mit einer Doktorarbeit und der Entdeckung des medizinischen Potenzials des Botenmoleküls messenger RNA. Am Ende stehen prominente Investoren wie Dietmar Hopp oder die Gates-Stiftung, Hunderte Millionen staatlicher Finanzierung, der Aufstieg zum Börsenstar und zum erfolgreichen Impfstoffentwickler. Dazwischen liegt ein steiniger Weg auf der Suche nach Unterstützung. Biotech-Unternehmer ... Read more

    R435,00

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    Spektrum Kompakt: Alzheimer - Suche nach den Wurzeln

    by Spektrum Kompakt ...
    Narrated by Matthias Hinz ...
    Series series Spektrum Hörbuch

    Unabridged

    2 hours 33 min

    Haben Sie heute schon Zähne geputzt? Falls nicht, sollten Sie dies dringend nachholen, denn Forscher haben herausgefunden, dass das für die aggressive Form der Parodontitis verantwortliche Bakterium auch an der Entstehung der Alzheimerdemenz beteiligt ist. Im Spektrum Kompakt-Hörbuch erfahren Sie auch welchen Einfluss der aufrechte Gang auf unser Gehirn hat, welche Alzheimer- und Demenz-Therapien ... Read more

    R126,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Teufelsfragen

    Ethische Konflikte in der Biomedizin

    by Jens Reich, Jens Reich, Klaus Sander, Klaus Sander ...
    Narrated by Jens Reich ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 6 min

    Wieweit darf der Mensch Demiurg in eigener Sache sein, ohne selbst verzehrt zu werden von den Kräften seiner Schöpfungsmacht? Darf er, ohne diabolisch zu werden, mit dem Bauplan eines "Gottes" spielen, der ihn in eine riskante wie chaotische Welt entlassen hat? Wo schlägt, was er zur Rettung entwirft, um, in den Abgrund einer Selbstanmaßung, aus dem es dann kein Entkommen gibt? Und wer oder was ... Read more

    R365,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Neurology Rounds with the Maverick

    by Bernard M. Patten MD ...
    Narrated by Gregory V. Diehl ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 49 min

    In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn’t stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for ... Read more

    R336,13 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Cognitive Fitness Formula

    by Thomas R. Schwencke Jr. ...
    Narrated by Sr. Antoni Labs ...

    Abridged

    30 min

    Unlock the secrets to a sharper mind and healthier brain with the Cognitive Fitness Formula. Discover the 8 essential steps to maintaining mental acuity and preventing cognitive decline. Take control of your brain health today and start living your best life! ... Read more

    R110,16 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Am I Normal?

    A BBC quest to discover what’s normal

    by Vivienne Parry ...
    Narrated by Vivienne Parry ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 31 min

    How much exercise do we need? Is eight hours the right amount of sleep? What is the 'average' libido? When does 'normal weight' become 'overweight' or 'obese'? And how do doctors decide if what's going on inside someone's head is normal?When it comes to our health, what constitutes 'normal'? Who decides, and where do they draw the line? Is 'normal' the same for everyone? And if you don't tick the ... Read more

    R298,90

  • Audiobook

    Mes carnets de pandémie

    by Dr. François Marquis ...
    Narrated by Olivier Beauchemin ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 35 min

    Le docteur François Marquis, intensiviste bien connu du public, raconte son expérience de la pandémie. Écrit au « je », son livre nous plonge au coeur du quotidien dans l’unité des soins intensifs d’un hôpital universitaire, avec ses victoires, ses défaites, ses erreurs et ses bons coups. Ce récit d’une grande humilité, à la fois franc et nuancé, nous permet de mieux mesurer les enjeux de société ... Read more

    R371,12

  • Audiobook

    33 Meditations on Death

    Notes from the Wrong End of Medicine

    by David Jarrett ...
    Narrated by Simon Bubb ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 39 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.“Brilliant - a grimly humourous yet humane account of the realities of growing old in the modern age. Everybody over the age of 60 should read it and ponder their probable future.” - Henry MarshWhat is a good death? How would you choose to live your last few months? How do we best care for the rising tide of very elderly?This unusual and important book is a series of ... Read more

    R298,90

  • Audiobook

    The Roses of No Man's Land

    by Lyn Macdonald ...
    Narrated by Alison Dowling ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 43 min

    Brought to you by PenguinTHE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE BBC DRAMA THE CRIMSON FIELD'On the face of it,' writes Lyn Macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War ...'Yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion. In leaking tents and draughty ... Read more

    R298,90

  • Audiobook

    Fighting Fit

    The Wartime Battle for Britain's Health

    by Laura Dawes ...
    Narrated by Laura Dawes, Karen Cass ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 11 min

    At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front. Rationing would decimate the nation's health, they warned; drugs, blood and medical resources would be in short supply; air raid shelters and evacuation would spread diseases; and the psychological effects of bombing raids would leave mental hospitals overflowing. Yet, ... Read more

    R508,12

  • Audiobook

    Am I Normal?

    The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist)

    by Sarah Chaney ...
    Narrated by Stephanie Racine ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 27 min

    A deep dive into the strange science of the 'Normal', and the roots of an anxiety-ridden modern obsessionBefore the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths, for right angles. People weren't normal; triangles were.But from the 1830s, this branch of science really took off across Europe and North America, with a ... Read more

    R650,45

  • Audiobook

    The Mesmerist

    The Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound

    by Wendy Moore ...
    Narrated by Piers Hampton ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 41 min

    Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business. Operations were performed without anaesthesia while conventional treatment relied on leeches, cupping and toxic potions. The most surgeons could offer by way of pain relief was a large swig of brandy.Into this scene came John Elliotson, the dazzling new hope of the medical world. Charismatic and ambitious, Elliotson was determined to transform ... Read more

    R508,12

  • Audiobook

    Медицинские сказки от врача-реабилитолога. Как болезнь меняет судьбу пациентов, а реабилитация помогает стать счастливыми

    by Мария Панова ...
    Narrated by Ирина Мосина ...
    Series series Звезда соцсети

    Unabridged

    6 hours 40 min

    Болезнь меняет жизнь — иногда резко и беспощадно. Но там, где одни видят конец пути, врач-реабилитолог Мария Панова видит начало новой истории. В своей книге Мария делится опытом восстановления после тяжелых заболеваний, рассказывая о значении комплексной реабилитации и о роли врачей, которые помогают пациентам снова стать счастливыми. Здесь есть правдивые истории людей, чья сила духа вдохновляет, ... Read more

    R219,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Song of the Cell

    How understanding the cell transformed science and our sense of what it means to live.

    by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...
    Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 2 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.From the author of The Emperor of All Maladies, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Gene, a #1 New York Times bestseller, comes his most spectacular book yet, about the fundamental unit of life. Rich with Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book ... Read more

    R346,53

  • Audiobook

    Embrace the Chaos

    The brand new motivational book to help you master the power of habits and transform your life, from the author of Battle Scars

    by Jason Fox ...
    Narrated by Jason Fox ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 57 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Discover how to become the best version of yourself with this game-changing, personal development plan from the star of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins and author of Battle Scars and Life Under Fire.**Challenge your limits, change your habits and transform your life.In Embrace the Chaos, Special Forces veteran Jason Fox sets o... ... Read more

    R346,53

  • Audiobook

    Younger You

    Reduce Your Bio Age - and Live Longer, Better

    by Kara Fitzgerald ...
    Narrated by Rachel Perry ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 8 min

    Add three years to your life and help prevent disease in just eight weeksBased on the groundbreaking study that shaved three years off a subjects' age in just eight weeks, discover a proven, accessible plan to prevent diseases and reduce your biological age.It's true: getting older is inevitable and your chronological age can only move in one direction. But you also have a biological age, which ... Read more

    R516,39

  • Audiobook

    The Health Gap

    The Challenge of an Unequal World

    by Michael Marmot ...
    Narrated by Chris Courtenay ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 52 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Health Gap by Michael Marmot, read by Chris Courtenay.'Punchily written … He leaves the reader with a sense of the gross injustice of a world where health outcomes are so unevenly distributed' Times Literary Supplement'Splendid and necessary' Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm, New StatesmanThere are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries. But ... Read more

    R346,53

  • Audiobook

    The Beating Heart

    The Art and Science of Our Most Vital Organ

    by Robin Choudhury ...
    Narrated by John Telfer ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 41 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Beating Heart: The Art and Science of Our Most Vital Organ by Robin Choudhury, read by John Telfer.In The Beating Heart, Robin Choudhury explores how the heart has been represented over time and across cultures. He investigates the interplay between the heart depictions of successive eras and the prevailing cultural discourse – religious, social, philosophical – of each. In ... Read more

    R303,21

  • Audiobook

    The Perfect Tonic

    The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails

    by Camper English ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 4 min

    Shortlisted for the André Simon Food & Drink Book AwardAn intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world’s foremost cocktail writers.Consider the Negroni. The bittersweet cocktail dating to the early 1900s is made of equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari. Gin takes its name and flavour from the juniper tree, which medieval doctors burned to ward off bubonic ... Read more

    R373,35

  • Audiobook

    The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide, Second Edition

    by Laurie Baedke ...
    Narrated by Leigh Serling ...

    Abridged

    10 hours

    In the ever-changing healthcare environment, the profession of healthcare management needs strong leaders who will rise to the challenges of today and carry organizations into the future.The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide is an essential resource for those in the early stages of becoming a healthcare leader. Packed with tactics, tips, and illuminating straightforward examples, this book ... Read more

    R365,08 or Free with Kobo Plus