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MeiLan Han, MD — Breathing Lessons (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 30, 2021 | LEARN: Chronic Illness

Dr. MeiLan Han transfers years of knowledge as a lung doctor, or pulmonologist, to the printed word in her upcoming book Breathing Lessons: A Doctor’s Guide to Lung Health. With this book, she offers explanations of many lung-related conditions including asthma,...

Sarah McBride — Tomorrow Will Be Different (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jun 22, 2021 | RELAX: Memoir

Sarah McBride covers a wide variety of topics in Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality. But given the complexity of gender identity and McBride’s own path, it’s not surprising. This was also a perfect pick for Pride Month. It fits...

Danielle Girard — Exhume: Dr. Schwartzman #1 (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 6, 2021 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Danielle Girard introduces readers to Dr. Annabelle Schwartzman, Medical Examiner in a new series. This first book is called Exhume and it includes a variety of themes. First, of course is the world of morgues and autopsies. Second, is the way her role of gathering...

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 10, 2020 | LEARN: Chronic Illness

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen is two parts gasping at astounding purported medical cures. It’s also one part rubbernecker can’t look away no matter how yucky the example might be. I thoroughly enjoyed...

Book Review: Lakewood by Megan Giddings

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jun 13, 2020 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

In Lakewood, the debut novel from Megan Giddings, Lena Johnson is just trying to hold it all together for her family. And that family recently lost its most senior member, her grandmother. That leaves Lena with her ailing mom to care for, as their mountain of debt...

Book Review: And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts

by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 16, 2020 | LEARN: Chronic Illness

Randy Shilts creates a tour de force history of the early years of the AIDS epidemic in And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic. It’s 600 pages of intense details, drawn from thousands of interviews with 900+ people. Despite being published in...

Book Review: Doing Harm by Maya Dusenberry

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 4, 2020 | LEARN: Chronic Illness

Maya Dusenberry compiles and analyzes a boat load of important information in Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick. Now you know her theme—the way women suffer because of misogyny and prejudicial...

Book Review: No Apparent Distress by Rachel Pearson, MD

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 17, 2019 | LEARN: Medical Memoir

In No Apparent Distress, Rachel Pearson writes a riveting account of her time in medical school. She’s especially focused on her work at a student-run charity medical clinic in Galveston, TX. Given everything happening these days along the Texas border, it’s even more...

Book Review: The Line Between by Tosca Lee

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 5, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Tosca Lee brings us a strong entry for the “young innocent woman tries to save the world” genre. The Line Between is a cult escapee, pandemic, dangerous emergency road trip book. Its heroine is likable, and the topic is fairly relevant.The young protagonist is Wynter...

Book Review: Elderhood by Louise Aronson

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 3, 2019 | LEARN: Chronic Illness, LEARN: Medical Memoir

Louise Aronson subtitles Elderhood with the following: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life. I submit that she focuses primarily on the second of these topics, rather than the other two. And that makes sense because she has many years of...

Book Review: Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart by Mimi Swartz

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 3, 2018 | LEARN: Chronic Illness

Mimi Swartz tells the story of a group of cardiac surgeons all vying for the title of creator. Not with a capital C, but creator of the first functional artificial heart. And by group, I don’t mean to imply they worked together. Some did, and some didn’t. Competition...

Book Review: How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 10, 2018 | LEARN: Everything Else

To learn what the latest Michael Pollan book, How to Change Your Mind, is about just check out its subtitle: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. Pollan creates an epic book. It’s part...

Book Review: The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 5, 2018 | LEARN: Medical Memoir

Thomas Hager writes a compelling medical and scientific history in The Demon Under the Microscope. Subtitled From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor’s Heroic Search for the World’s First Miracle Drug, its scope is incredibly wide. This book is the perfect...

Book Review: Adventures in Human Being by Gavin Francis

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 23, 2017 | LEARN: Everything Else

Physician Gavin Francis truly takes readers on Adventures in Human Being. From stem to stern, tip to toes, Francis picks a vital part of anatomy and verbally dissects it. It’s a fascinating premise for anyone who enjoys information about their body, or who is just...

Book Review: Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 14, 2017 | LEARN: Everything Else

Part of my business is holistic health coaching, so Giulia Enders’ Gut is my kind of book. The full title is actually Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ. I think that when it was written in 2014, there were many fewer public conversations about...

Book Review: An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 31, 2017 | LEARN: Chronic Illness

If healthcare in the United States frustrates you, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal is the book for you. It alternately made me furious, sad, and empowered me to ask a thousand more questions...
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