Healing Children: A Surgeon’s Stories from the Frontiers of Pediatric Medicine

A clarion call for standalone kids' healthcare facilities

Bedlam’s Door: True Tales of Madness and Hope

A psychiatrist recounts unusual experiences dealing with mental illness.

Siddhārtha’s Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment

How cultivating a meditative mien soothes those synapses

The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic that Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics

How a devastating smallpox outbreak forever changed people, healthcare, and journalism

Body by Darwin: How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine

A fascinating, sometimes complex look at how DNA, natural selection, and the environment combine to impact humans’ well-being.

Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization

This book explores the social history of vaccination in the United States and reveals an underlying political agenda.

By Adele Levine

Run, Don’t Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Levity meets the brutal reality of war in this personal account of working with wounded warriors.

By Bruce Grierson

What Makes Olga Run?: The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Happier Lives

What a nonagenarian can teach us about living to a grand old age.