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Unsolved Medical Mysteries: Explaining the Unexplainable is your chance to explore the strangest and most confounding cases in medical history. In 12 gripping lectures, acclaimed author, historian, and medical humanities expert Dr. Brandy Schillace guides you on a fascinating journey into the unknown, from historical enigmas to modern medical conundrums. With her unique blend of storytelling and scientific insight, Dr. Schillace digs into a range of medical mysteries

From the real-life Meredith Grey, comes an inspiring collection of essays based on Dr. Erin Nance’s popular TikTok account @littlemissdiagnosed, detailing Dr. Nance’s journey as a young female orthopedic surgeon navigating challenging cases and ethical dilemmas in the high-stakes, cutthroat world of medicine.

At age thirty-eight, Jonathan Gluck, a new father with a promising journalism career, was shocked to learn he had multiple myeloma, a rare, incurable blood cancer. He was told he had eighteen months to live. That was more than twenty years ago. Gluck isn’t just something of a medical miracle. He’s also part of a growing population. Thanks to revolutionary medical advances, many cancers and other serious illnesses are no longer death sentences but chronic diseases people can often live with for years.

Elke bevalling kan positief zijn en dat is precies wat verloskundige Geke Born wil vertellen. Met Goed bevallen schreef zij een boek waar elke (aanstaande) ouder enorm veel kracht en motivatie uit kan halen. Voor veel ouders behoort een zwangerschap en bevalling tot de meest indrukwekkende ervaringen in hun leven. Geke Born begeleidde als verloskundige honderden bevallingen en vraagt zich af hoe het toch komt dat we elkaar vooral de negatieve ervaringen vertellen.

"Findest du mich zu dick?" Immer wieder stellt Kathi dieselbe Frage. Denn Kathi ist magersüchtig. Ihr Leben besteht aus Abnehmen, Laufen und Kraftsport. Ihre Freundin Magersucht ist stets bei ihr, als Kathi immer weiter abmagert, die Haare vermehrt ausfallen und ihr bald jegliche Energie fehlt. Jedes Gramm weniger, das die Waage anzeigt, ist für die junge Frau eine Bestätigung, dass sie auf dem richtigen Weg ist. Dass sie ein Problem hat, merkt Kathi erst, als ihr Körper streikt und es fast zu spät ist. Mit nur 39 Kilogramm Körpergewicht wird sie in einer Spezialklinik aufgenommen.

More of: You can't make this stuff up. A collection of true, short stories from the experiences that made me who I am. Some are funny, some serious, some sad, some empowering. Starting with some stories from my youth, then a bunch of stories of mostly medical related happenings.

For fifteen years, Joanna Sokol filled private notebooks with her confusion, humor, and anger about the strange world of American street medicine. As her career progressed, she found herself taking notes on scraps of paper, backs of gloves, and margins of EKG printouts. She read about the history that brought ambulances into their current role as the caretakers of society’s forgotten, and spoke to her colleagues about their own experiences and perspectives. Those reflections are collected here, in a series of raw, powerful essays about the state of American medicine.

A girl believes she has been struck blind for stealing a kiss. A mother watches helplessly as each of her children is replaced by a changeling. A woman is haunted each month by the same four chords of a single song. In neurology, illness is inextricably linked with narrative, the clues to unraveling these mysteries hidden in both the details of a patient's story and the tells of their body.

A coming-of-age memoir that follows a large, working-class Irish family as it plunges into chaos in the wake of a terminal diagnosis—and the author's own hidden struggle to endure when her sister's disease becomes the dark star around which they all revolve.

This is a tour de force of a personal account that is both intense and electrifying in its detailed narrative of Peter Halo combating wuhan virus in early 2021, all but isolated and alone. From repeated hospital visits to reinfection and critically ill, Peter found comfort in faith, visions of loved ones and spiritual guidance. The narrative details 70 days in coma like never before with a sense of deep spirituality and resilience that will excite anyone’s imagination who has ever fought for survival and lived to to tell it!

In the mid-nineties, my wife was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, which had metastasized to her lymph nodes. The essay “Coping with Breast Cancer” details what happened in the wake of that diagnosis. We decided to release this composition in the hopes of helping other couples confronted with this terrible disease. Here is a brief excerpt from Coping with Breast Cancer. In the fall of 1994 we were living the good life. We’d just bought our dream house and moved in the previous July and were looking forward to our first holiday season in our new home. Only one thing placed a cloud...

In her gorgeously lyrical, passionate and humane first book, Pria Anand shares stories of her own patients alongside her own experiences as a doctor, a mother and a patient, in order to explore all the bizarre ways in which our brains go awry. Moving from the Boston hospital where she treats her patients, to her childhood years in India, to Isla Providencia in the Caribbean and to Guinea in West Africa, she demonstrates again and again the compelling paradox at the heart of neurology.

"Dreamland—A Quest for Balance" is the inspiring story of Scott, a boy with asthma and allergies who discovers his passion for art at a young age. Despite his health challenges, Scott's mother, Pattie, encourages and supports his artistic journey through painting classes and private lessons. As Scott explores different mediums and techniques, he not only develops his artistic skills but also learns valuable lessons about balance and perseverance.

Six weeks before her eighth birthday in May of 2024, my granddaughter Paige Schilling was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Paige underwent a 14-hour brain surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The tumor was successfully removed and Paige began a lengthy period of rehabilitation. During this time, Paige received so many gifts from friends and family that her father considered renting a storage unit. Instead of giving her another stuffed toy, I decided to write letters to Paige. The letters describe real events from my own life beginning from a time before television existed.

Thomas leaves the ivory towers of Trivandrum Medical College, his alma mater, to say hello to the real world as a fully-fledged, licensed medical professional in Kerala, India. Initially, it's a baptism of blood, sweat, and unrelenting toil as Thomas takes on a year-long rotation internship. But this isn't just a medical story: It's a story of life, love, and the pursuit of a dream. As Thomas secures a job in a struggling private hospital, he faces challenges that extend far beyond the realms of medicine. With his beloved wife, Jessy, by his side, he sets up their new home, the backdrop of ...

La lecture pince-sans-rire de Jean-Marc Galéra donne vie aux tribulations d'un légiste attachant. Michel Sapanet manie le scalpel, l'écarteur et l'humour à froid. Une nécessité dans son métier : il est médecin. Mais aucune chance qu'il guérisse ses patients, ils sont déjà morts. Le travail du légiste s'apparente plus à celui de l'enquêteur : faire parler la victime. Et pour cela il inspecte les chairs, les cœurs, les cerveaux. Sa vie, c'est la mort. Il la côtoie, la tutoie, lui extirpe la vérité. Pour nous la livrer dans ses saisissantes chroniques.

Shared Moments with a Stranger is a moving true story of resilience, intuition, and holistic healing through the eyes of Martine, a mother navigating the terrifying yet hopeful journey of premature birth during the COVID-19 pandemic. After an unexpected pregnancy just a month into lockdown, Martine gave birth at only 24 weeks.

A MUST READ story of a small town doctor and his battle against an unjust legal system. "In the blink of an eye, Dr. Scott Geise went from respected small-town dentist to convicted felon. His crime? Trying to provide the best care for his patients. In this story you will find a chilling account of how an all-American success story became a nightmare of false accusations, legal manipulation, and ultimate betrayal. With raw honesty and dark humor, Geise recounts his journey from the heights of professional success to the depths of a federal prison cell. This gripping memoir exposes the ...

This book is a continuation of my journey to become Red Dog's vet.

Renowned scientist Professor Michael Briggs was many things: a Space expert at NASA, an adviser to the World Health Organisation, a successful Big Pharma executive. But Michael Briggs had a secret. A scandal broke out in 1986 when research he conducted was revealed to be compromised. Patients were also claiming that a pregnancy test he pioneered had caused devastating birth defects. Soon after his fall from grace, Briggs was dead, struck down by a mystery illness in a foreign country.