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Bestsellers
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The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist ....
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Riveting!
- By Tad Davis on 01-11-10
By: Atul Gawande
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Gray Matters
- A Biography of Brain Surgery
- By: Theodore H. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery Theodore H. Schwartz explores what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, extract a tumor, fix a bullet hole, and remove a blood clot—when every second can mean life or death.
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Warpspeed historybof Neurosurgery, from stone age to Computer Brain Interfaces, brilliant and engrossing
- By Sandford J. on 09-03-24
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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine....
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FALLIBILITY, MYSTERY AND UNCERTAINTY
- By AnnH on 10-04-20
By: Atul Gawande
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- By: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....
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Not one boring moment!
- By WRWF on 12-22-17
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All That Moves Us
- A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience
- By: Jay Wellons
- Narrated by: Jay Wellons
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Tumors, injuries, ruptured vascular malformations—there is almost no such thing as a non-urgent brain surgery when it comes to kids....
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The best narration I've heard in a long time.
- By Zoe on 10-29-22
By: Jay Wellons
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Plastic Surgery Recovery Handbook
- By: Kathleen Lisson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Congratulations! You are planning or have just had plastic surgery to improve your appearance. Isn’t it frustrating that before you can begin to ...
By: Kathleen Lisson
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The Checklist Manifesto
- How to Get Things Right
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times best-selling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist ....
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Riveting!
- By Tad Davis on 01-11-10
By: Atul Gawande
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Gray Matters
- A Biography of Brain Surgery
- By: Theodore H. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery Theodore H. Schwartz explores what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, extract a tumor, fix a bullet hole, and remove a blood clot—when every second can mean life or death.
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Warpspeed historybof Neurosurgery, from stone age to Computer Brain Interfaces, brilliant and engrossing
- By Sandford J. on 09-03-24
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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine....
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FALLIBILITY, MYSTERY AND UNCERTAINTY
- By AnnH on 10-04-20
By: Atul Gawande
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- By: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....
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Not one boring moment!
- By WRWF on 12-22-17
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All That Moves Us
- A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience
- By: Jay Wellons
- Narrated by: Jay Wellons
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Tumors, injuries, ruptured vascular malformations—there is almost no such thing as a non-urgent brain surgery when it comes to kids....
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The best narration I've heard in a long time.
- By Zoe on 10-29-22
By: Jay Wellons
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Plastic Surgery Recovery Handbook
- By: Kathleen Lisson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Congratulations! You are planning or have just had plastic surgery to improve your appearance. Isn’t it frustrating that before you can begin to ...
By: Kathleen Lisson
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
- By: Cecil Murphey, Ben Carson MD
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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Absolutely inspiring!
- By Jimbo on 03-13-13
By: Cecil Murphey, and others
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A Surgeon and a Maverick
- The Life and Pioneering Work of Magdi Yacoub
- By: Simon Pearson, Fiona Gorman, Dame Mary Archer - foreword
- Narrated by: Charles Johnston
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran journalists Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman follow the remarkable life of heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub from his formative years in Egypt, through spectacular success at Cairo University, to his long and distinguished career in Britain....
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What a man!
- By Amazon Customer on 02-14-24
By: Simon Pearson, and others
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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: William David Griffith
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate...
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It's about time...
- By T.K. on 05-31-03
By: Atul Gawande
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Empire of the Scalpel
- The History of Surgery
- By: Ira Rutkow MD
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery’s development—spanning the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical studies with lively and skillful storytelling....
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EXCELLENT FROM START TO FINISH.
- By Michael on 03-01-24
By: Ira Rutkow MD
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Admissions
- Life as a Brain Surgeon
- By: Henry Marsh
- Narrated by: Henry Marsh
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Marsh finds a different purpose in life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end....
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Another wonderful book
- By DaisyScoutMom on 10-08-17
By: Henry Marsh
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The Invention of Surgery
- A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution
- By: David Schneider MD
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 23 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider's in-depth biography is an encompassing history of the practice that has leapt forward over the centuries from the dangerous guesswork of ancient Greek physicians....
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Yup, this is the one you’re looking for...
- By richard clark on 07-19-20
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Adrenal Fatigue
- How to Reduce Stress, Boost Your Energy Levels, and Overcome Adrenal Burnout Using the Adrenal Reset Diet
- By: Jacob Wilson
- Narrated by: Mike Norgaard
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook does a fantastic job of explaining what adrenal fatigue is, how it develops, and how it regularly slips into our bodies....
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Comprehensive and well presented
- By Amazon Customer on 02-03-17
By: Jacob Wilson
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The BIG Book on the Gastric Sleeve
- Everything You Need to Know to Lose Weight and Live Well with the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
- By: Alex Brecher, Natalie Stein
- Narrated by: Pam Dougherty
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The vertical sleeve gastrectomy, or gastric sleeve, can be your weight loss solution after years of struggling with obesity. Thousands of patients have successfully lost weight and kept it off after vertical sleeve gastrectomy....
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Off attachment
- By Diane M Capizzuto on 12-28-16
By: Alex Brecher, and others
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Becoming a Surgeon
- Life in a Surgical Residency and Timeless Lessons Learned Therein
- By: Joe I. Garri
- Narrated by: Mike McCarthy
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Becoming a Surgeon is an inspirational account of Dr. Joe Garri's time spent in general surgery residency. Recounting five years of training through real-life anecdotes and personalities, this book peers through the retrospective lens from Dr. Garri's years of private practice....
By: Joe I. Garri
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Open Heart
- A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
- By: Stephen Westaby
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death....
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Fascinating!
- By Jason on 03-09-19
By: Stephen Westaby
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Neurobiology for Dummies, 2nd Edition
- By: Frank Amthor PhD, Anne B. Theibert PhD
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Neurobiology is a notoriously difficult subject, but Neurobiology For Dummies explains the essentials in terms anyone can understand. In this updated edition, fresh examples highlight the latest research, so you'll be prepared with a current understanding of the science.
By: Frank Amthor PhD, and others
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No Place to Hide
- A Brain Surgeon's Long Journey Home from the Iraq War
- By: W. Lee Warren
- Narrated by: Chip Arnold, Henry O. Arnold
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Whether you are in the midst of your own struggles with faith, relationships, finances, or illness, No Place to Hide will teach you that how you respond in moments of crisis can determine your chances of survival.
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So good because it is so personal
- By Fun boy on 03-22-15
By: W. Lee Warren
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Living Medicine
- Don Thomas, Marrow Transplantation, and the Cell Therapy Revolution
- By: Dr. Fred Appelbaum
- Narrated by: Nathan Agin
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr. Frederick R. Appelbaum tells a sweeping biography of the visionary behind bone marrow transplantation and the story of the diseases cured by Don Thomas's discovery....
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A glimpse into how far medicine has come!
- By Bridget Lewis on 04-16-24
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King of Hearts
- The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery
- By: G. Wayne Miller
- Narrated by: Patrick Cullen
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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G. Wayne Miller has dramatically and meticulously reconstructed an amazing true story...
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Loved every minute
- By Brian on 02-05-08
By: G. Wayne Miller
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Healing Hearts
- A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon
- By: Kathy Magliato
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr. Kathy Magliato is one of fewer than a dozen female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is also a member of an even more exclusive group....
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Healing Hearts
- By Jean on 01-14-12
By: Kathy Magliato
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Dr. Mutter's Marvels
- A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
- By: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
- Narrated by: Erik Singer
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr. Mütter's Marvels interweaves an eye-opening portrait of 19th-century medicine with the riveting biography of a man once described as the "P. T. Barnum of the surgery room"....
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Morbidly wonderful
- By serine on 04-08-16
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Bone on Bone
- An Orthopedic Surgeon's Guide to Avoiding Surgery and Healing Pain Naturally
- By: Meredith Warner MD
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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A surgeon's protocol that challenges conventional orthopedic practices to help you heal pain naturally while avoiding surgery—or recover faster from a necessary procedure.
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Spare Parts
- The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery
- By: Paul Craddock
- Narrated by: Paul Craddock
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Craddock's Spare Parts offers an original look at the history of medicine itself through the rich, compelling, and delightfully macabre story of transplant surgery from ancient times to the present day....
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Narration was slow
- By Lauri Hicks on 10-21-23
By: Paul Craddock
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Extreme Measures
- Finding a Better Path to the End of Life
- By: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Narrated by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care....
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Brilliant & eye-opening
- By Bob Kelley on 03-16-17
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The Organ Thieves
- The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
- By: Chip Jones
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this “startling...powerful” (Kirkus Reviews) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race....
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Not your story to tell
- By Bianca S on 11-22-20
By: Chip Jones
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The Big Book on the Gastric Bypass
- Everything You Need to Know to Lose Weight and Live Well with the Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
- By: Alex Brecher, Natalie Stein
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
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The Roux-nn-Y gastric bypass surgery, or RNY, can be your weight loss solution after years of struggling with obesity....
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Excellent and thorough!
- By robintay on 05-27-19
By: Alex Brecher, and others
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Solving for Why
- A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose
- By: Dr. Mark Shrime
- Narrated by: Dr. Mark Shrime
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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From Mercy Ships surgeon Dr. Mark G. Shrime comes an inspiring memoir about finding the answer to life's biggest question - "Why?" - and about following that answer through remarkable, unlikely places on the road to fulfillment, purpose, and joy....
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Incredible book
- By Katie on 02-11-22
By: Dr. Mark Shrime
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Weight Loss Surgery Success
- Dr. V's A-Z Steps for Losing Weight and Gaining Enlightenment
- By: Dr. Duc C Vuong
- Narrated by: Cecilia Rogers
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book, Dr. Vuong offers pertinent psychological and self-improvement tips that are necessary for success after weight loss surgery....
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Zen of maintaining weightloss & better perspective
- By A. Padilla on 10-16-18
By: Dr. Duc C Vuong
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Gallbladder Removal Diet
- A Beginner's 3-Week Step-by-Step Guide After Gallbladder Surgery, with Curated Recipes
- By: Brandon Gilta
- Narrated by: Myriam Berger
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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Discover the importance of a well-structured gallbladder removal diet in your recovery journey.
By: Brandon Gilta