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Nico Medina
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In this addition to the New York Times bestselling series, learn how incredible activists made the public aware of AIDS and spurred medical breakthroughs.
In the early 1980s, the first cases of a devastating and fatal new disease appeared, a disease that at first struck only gay men and was later identified as HIV/AIDS. It was the beginning of what became a worldwide health crisis that the US government ignored for years and that unfairly heightened prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community. To this day, the AIDS Crisis continues to disproportionately affect both the LGBTQ+ community and people of color.
Nico Medina has written an accurate and affecting history of a terrible time, spotlighting the heroic efforts of AIDS activists who fought for medical research and new medicines, for proper health care for patients, and for compassionate recognition of people with AIDS.
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- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 15 h y 41 m
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In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 arrived in New York City. Before long, America’s largest metropolis was at war against a virus that mercilessly swept through its five boroughs. In The Desperate Hours, award-winning journalist Marie Brenner, having been granted unprecedented 18-month access to the entire New York-Presbyterian hospital system, tells the story of the doctors, nurses, residents, researchers, and suppliers who tried to save lives across Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn and the northern periphery of the city.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Way too much politics
- De Josh en 07-18-22
De: Marie Brenner
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Epic Measures
- One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
- De: Jeremy N. Smith
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulously insightful read!
- De Dr. Jack E. Fincham en 10-08-15
De: Jeremy N. Smith
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Teeth
- The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America
- De: Mary Otto
- Narrado por: Suehyla El'Attar
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 275
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Teeth takes listeners on a disturbing journey into America's silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden connections between tooth decay and stunted job prospects, low educational achievement, social mobility, and the troubling state of our public health.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Content everyone should know; dismal narration
- De Elaine en 08-04-17
De: Mary Otto
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The Birth of the Pill
- How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
- De: Jonathan Eig
- Narrado por: Gayle Hendrix
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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We know it simply as "the pill", yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan Eig's masterful narrative revolves around four principal characters: the fiery feminist Margaret Sanger, who was a champion of birth control in her campaign for the rights of women but neglected her own children in pursuit of free love; the beautiful Katharine McCormick, who owed her fortune to her wealthy husband, the son of the founder of International Harvester and a schizophrenic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overall Excellent Read
- De Rachel en 04-02-22
De: Jonathan Eig
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Changing the Way We Die
- Compassionate End-of-Life Care and the Hospice Movement
- De: Sheila Himmel, Fran Smith
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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There’s a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care - nearly 44 percent of all deaths - and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Changing the Way We Die, by award-winning journalists Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel, is the first book to take a broad, penetrating look at the hospice landscape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sadly, not very engaging.
- De Debra S. Long en 06-16-18
De: Sheila Himmel, y otros
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The Panic Virus
- A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
- De: Seth Mnookin
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 206
The Panic Virus is a gripping scientific detective story about how grassroots radicals, snake-oil salesmen, and cynical journalists have perpetrated the biggest health-scare hoax of all time. It explores what happens when the media treats all viewpoints as equally valid, regardless of facts, from parents who are convinced that vaccines caused their children's autism to right-wing radicals who believe that climate change is a myth
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible thorough journey
- De Rachel Dewald en 03-22-11
De: Seth Mnookin
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The Great Influenza
- The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- De: John M. Barry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 19 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,854
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,369
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,353
In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS has killed in 24 years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision between modern science and epidemic disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book but very disturbing...
- De Tim en 01-15-09
De: John M. Barry
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Asleep
- The Forgotten Epidemic That Became Medicine’s Greatest Mystery
- De: Molly Caldwell Crosby
- Narrado por: Christian Rummel
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 393
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In 1918, a world war raged, and a lethal strain of influenza circled the globe. In the midst of all this death, a bizarre disease appeared in Europe. Eventually known as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness, it spread worldwide, leaving millions dead or locked in institutions. Then, in 1927, it disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived. Asleep, set in 1920s and '30s New York, follows a group of neurologists through hospitals and asylums as they try to solve this epidemic and treat its victims - who learned the worst fate was not dying of it, but surviving it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Scary, and still unsolved, medical mystery
- De joyce en 12-14-14
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Beating Back the Devil
- De: Maryn McKenna
- Narrado por: Ellen Archer
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 197
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 125
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The universal instinct is to run from an outbreak of disease. These doctors run toward it. They always keep a bag packed. They seldom have more than 24 hours before they are dispatched. They are told only their country of destination and the epidemic they will tackle when they get there.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Stuff - Only criticism is pacing
- De Tim en 07-23-05
De: Maryn McKenna
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To Repair the World
- Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation
- De: Paul Farmer, Bill Clinton - foreword, Jonathan Weigel - editor
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett, David Ledoux, Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
Here, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmer's vision in a single, accessible volume.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Resist the Impoverishment of Aspiration
- De Susie en 05-14-13
De: Paul Farmer, y otros
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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 8,747
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,036
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,003
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 Demon Under The Microscope
- De: Thomas Hager
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,488
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,543
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,541
The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic medication. In The Demon Under the Microscope, Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that shaped modern medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book!!!!!
- De Amazon Customer en 05-21-08
De: Thomas Hager
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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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General4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Important read
- De Kathryn C. en 12-21-18
De: Dr. Jeremy Brown
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The Woman Who Fooled the World
- De: Beau Donelly, Nick Toscano
- Narrado por: James Saunders
- Duración: 10 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem: she'd never had cancer. In 2015, journalists uncovered the truth: this hero of the wellness world, with over 200,000 followers, international book deals and a best-selling smartphone app, was a fraud.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must listen
- De NutriGal en 02-10-18
De: Beau Donelly, y otros