Patient Care: Death and Life in the Emergency Room

This insider account of the ER provides high drama, fascinating detail, and unexpected humor.

Cancer Crossings: A Brother, His Doctors, and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia

A sportswriter and historian gets personal with a memoir about his sibling’s illness.

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.