Die besten 53 Bücher zu Medicine & Natural Remedies

Genome (2006, second edition) takes you on an exciting journey into your own body, exploring the genetic building blocks that make up not only who you are but also all life on earth. You’ll examine the basics of genetics and discover what genes influence, from aging to illness to even your own personality. Importantly, you’ll better understand why the future of healthcare and wellness may be found in the human genome.

• Students of biology or genetics
• People curious about biological determinism vs. societal determinism
• Anyone wondering how exactly genes work

Do You Believe in Magic? (2013) uncovers the hidden truth behind the alternative medicine. With insightful research findings and revealing case studies, these blinks will make us rethink our beliefs about supposedly all-natural treatments, and their less than healing side effects.

• People who take vitamins and supplements daily
• Patients who are discontented with conventional medicine and are considering alternatives
• Fans wondering about the latest miraculous remedy recommended by their favorite movie star

Missing Microbes (2014) explores the strange and microscopic world inside your guts. It sheds light on the crucial role played by microbes – tiny creatures that keep your body happy and healthy – and explains the dangers of overusing antibiotics.

• People curious about the dangers of antibiotics
• Parents concerned about their children’s health
• Readers interested in medicine and health

The medical world is on the brink of a revolution thanks to new and future technology like Big Data health maps and bacteria scanners that can attach to smartphones. Power is shifting from the doctor to the patient, and self-treatment and self-diagnoses are becoming unprecedentedly powerful. The Patient Will See You Now (2015) outlines these changes and what they mean for both you and the healthcare world.

• Medical students
• People who suffer from a chronic disease
• Anyone curious about the future of medicine

The Vitamin Solution (2015) offers a clear picture of the world of vitamins to help you determine whether you need them, why you might need them and what they can do to improve your everyday life. Cut through the clutter and confusion and find out which vitamins are essential for a healthy body and mind and how you can put yourself on the path to better living.

• Athletes looking to reach their body’s optimal performance
• People suffering from fatigue, depression or insomnia
• Medical practitioners interested in the benefits of commonly used vitamins

Napoleon’s Buttons (2004) is all about the molecules that have guided the course of human history in the unlikeliest of ways. These blinks explore how major geopolitical and social changes can be traced back to the simple bonding of atoms in a molecule.

• People interested in the history of chemistry
• Students of history who want a different perspective on world events
• Anyone who’s intrigued by the ways everyday objects have changed world history

A Crack in Creation (2017) describes everything you need to know about CRISPR, a new technique to alter the genes of living organisms. These blinks explain the scientific details of gene editing, while also discussing its medical and ethical implications.

• Biologists, chemists and natural scientists
• Philosophers and ethicists who wonder about the implications of gene editing
• Anyone interested in the future of medical science

Clean (2009) puts our bodies and environment under the microscope. It reveals just how many toxins we’re constantly exposing ourselves to, which include dangerous toxins in our food and harmful emissions, coming from both indoors and out. Fortunately, we can detoxify. So find out what steps you need to take to rid your body of the unhealthy residue that is currently increasing your chances for all sorts of cancers and diseases.

• Tired and rundown people who need a boost
• Health nuts who are always on the lookout for advice
• People interested in alternative medicine

Nine Pints (2018) explores the rich but neglected story of blood. Taking a panoramic view and approaching the subject from multiple angles, Rose George looks into the science of blood and details some of the institutions, businesses and taboos that have arisen around this vital fluid.

• Armchair doctors fascinated by medical science
• Anyone not clued up on the brilliance of blood
• Squeamish souls who need to face their fears

The Body: A Guide for Occupants (2019) is an entertaining and fact-filled account of how we all work. With his trademark wit, Bill Bryson explains the astonishing ways in which our bodies are put together, and what goes on inside them.

• Popular science fans
• Biology and medicine enthusiasts
• Anyone keen to learn more about their own body

Deep Medicine (2019) explores how artificial intelligence could dramatically reshape the health-care industry, from how illnesses are diagnosed to the ways patients are cared for. Our current experience of care is “shallow,” as overworked clinicians rush through patients without truly empathizing, listening, or being present. Artificial intelligence has the power to change this – and, perhaps paradoxically, to bring the human side back to medicine.

• Health-care professionals and students
• Futurists interested in how AI may impact the health-care industry
• Anyone who’s ever been frustrated by flaws in the medical care they’ve received

The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth (2018) charts some of the most interesting and unpredictable events in the emergence of modern medicine. From tragic operations to bizarre cures, these blinks explore a history of medicine that most doctors would prefer to ignore.

• Medical workers interested in the hidden history of medicine
• Science buffs keen to discover some of history’s wackiest medical theories
• History nerds interested in a fascinating historical niche

Our Malady (2020) explores why the American health care system not only fails to keep people healthy but also denies their freedom. It identifies the shortcomings of the present system, the dire ramifications, and why other countries don’t suffer the same fate.

• Truth-seeking Americans
• Health-care personnel
• The politically curious

Extra Life (2021) looks at some of the breakthroughs that allowed the global human life expectancy to double in just one hundred years. From seat belts to explosives, from Ireland to Constantinople, it’s an account as gripping as it is wide-ranging.

• History buffs interested in lesser-known tales from times past 
• Medical nerds fascinated by the history of human health
• Humanitarians who want to learn from past progress

Stealing Fire (2017) explores the controversial and exciting pursuit of altered states of consciousness. From tech entrepreneurs to BASE jumpers, meditators to festival-goers, it takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the revolutionary nonconformists trying to change the way they experience the world.

• Burning Man enthusiasts
• Entrepreneurs curious about performance hacks
• Psychology buffs interested in alternative therapies

The Better Brain (2021) serves up the ultimate mental health cure: good nutrition. With numerous anecdotes, case studies, recipes, and actionable tips, it explores the connection between what we eat and how we feel – and shows how a healthy diet can help battle mental problems.

• People living with anxiety, stress, or depression
• Parents looking to improve their children’s mental health
• Anyone interested in living a healthier life

Vaxxers (2021) follows the race to develop a functional vaccine to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Professor Sarah Gilbert and Dr. Catherine Green, of the University of Oxford, deliver captivating and informative insight into the process of designing, testing, and manufacturing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in record time. They recount exciting moments of innovation, as well as the hurdles faced along the way.

• Anyone fascinated by vaccine development
• Public health enthusiasts 
• Futurists looking to prepare for the next big pandemic

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (2013) is a guide to healing the body through lifestyle interventions. Wentz offers practical suggestions for people with Hashimoto’s, including recommendations for tests and dietary changes, so they can get on the right track toward feeling better.

• Hashimoto’s patients looking for new treatments
• People whose loved ones have been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s
• Anyone interested in diet and gut health

Stem Cells (2021) provides an introduction to stem cells – how they’re used by scientists, the therapies that exist today, and what the near future holds. It focuses on the medical and scientific consideration of stem cells and only briefly considers ethical, political, and legal aspects. This “very short introduction” is part of a series of over 650 short introductions covering myriad subjects in every discipline.

• Biology buffs
• Stem cell therapy skeptics and miracle-cure seekers
• Politicians and businesspeople interested in the future of stem cell applications

Ayurveda (1984) explores the ancient Indian art of healing and wellness, offering an enlightening guide to achieving harmony in body, mind, and spirit. It presents practical instructions on customizing diet, exercise, and sleep routines based on one’s unique physical constitution, or dosha. Through Ayurveda, all of us can find a pathway to a healthier, more balanced life. 

• Holistic health practitioners looking to incorporate Ayurveda into their lives
• People looking for a comprehensive, natural approach to health and wellness
• Spiritual seekers wanting a deeper understanding of the mind-body-spirit connection

The Web That Has No Weaver (2000) is a classic introduction to Chinese medicine. The product of years of research and a close reading of original sources, it provides an in-depth yet accessible overview of a millenia-old tradition of healing and its philosophical foundations. 

• Anyone interested in holistic medicine 
• Students of Eastern philosophy
• Medical practitioners curious about alternative approaches to healing

Psychedelics and Psychotherapy (2021) is a thoughtful exploration of how substances and techniques like ayahuasca, MDMA, and holotropic breathwork can unlock our innate capacity for wholeness. Combining wisdom from Indigenous cultures with insights from Western psychology and science, it reveals how psychedelic experiences allow people to access and process repressed emotions and memories, which can help them heal from various mental health challenges. Simultaneously, it stresses the importance of context and intention behind psychedelic use, recommending guided sessions with trained facilitators who can lead people through psychedelic experiences safely and responsibly.

• Mental health professionals interested in alternative therapeutic approaches
• Individuals experiencing mental health issues
• Psychonauts interested in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics

Built from Broken (2021) is your guide to injury prevention and natural pain relief. Whether you’re a couch potato, fitness enthusiast, or full-on athlete – this new approach to understanding joint health will lead you out of the pain/injury cycle toward a stronger, more functional body.

• Fitness enthusiasts looking to overcome joint pain and injuries
• Athletes seeking to prevent common sports injuries and improve their recovery
• Anyone who feels their body breaking down and wants to rebuild strength

Beyond the Pill (2019) is a guide to navigating the variety of health issues caused by the birth control pill. Whether or not women continue to take the pill, they can gain insight into their mental and physical health, and take active steps to feel better.

• Women currently taking the birth control pill
• Women who have recently stopped taking the pill, or who are thinking of stopping
• Anyone interested in the effects of hormonal contraception

It's Not Hysteria (2024) sheds light on the most common issues and concerns around reproductive health. Even though these issues affect almost all people with a uterus throughout their lifetime, they’re still often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or dismissed. This comprehensive guide empowers you to take control of your gynecologic health by providing information on common conditions and potential treatment options and giving practical tips.

• women and those assigned female at birth seeking to understand their reproductive health better
• people experiencing menstrual abnormalities, pelvic issues, or other gynecological concerns
• health-care providers looking to expand their knowledge of reproductive health conditions and treatment options

Trippy (2024) explores therapeutic uses of the psychedelic drug ayahuasca, and the rise of retreats that promise life-changing experiences. Weaving together personal anecdotes and science-based research, it begs the question: Is ayahuasca worth the cost, and the risk?

• Anyone interested in ayahuasca
• People who have struggled with their mental health
• Open-minded skeptics

Good Energy (2024) explores the connection between metabolism and a wide range of health conditions, from depression to heart disease and cancer. These diverse ailments, it argues, can often be traced back to the same underlying issue: metabolic dysfunction. The upshot? One of the best things you can do for your health is to boost your metabolism – and that’s much simpler than you think. 

• Individuals exploring metabolic health improvement
• Readers facing chronic health conditions
• Health-conscious, proactive lifestyle seekers

On Call (2024) is a unique memoir that offers an insider’s perspective on the challenges and triumphs of battling some of the most significant public health crises of our time. It provides valuable insights into the intersection of science, politics, and society, making it an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of modern public health in the US.

• People curious about infectious diseases
• Science buffs
• Anyone interested in the intersection of medicine and politics

Tapping (2024) explores the practice of Emotional Freedom Techniques which combine elements of cognitive therapy with acupressure to promote physical and emotional healing. It explains how tapping on specific meridian points while focusing on emotional issues can help alleviate stress, anxiety, and other psychological challenges.

• Stressed-out people seeking relief
• Alternative medicine practitioners
• Self-help enthusiasts

Magic Pill (2024) examines the revolutionary impact of new weight loss drugs like Ozempic, analyzing both their advantages and potential risks. Delving into society’s problematic relationship with food, body image, and enjoyment, it highlights the significant changes – good and bad – that these drugs could bring to our world.

• Individuals exploring pharmaceutical solutions to obesity
• Skeptics of over-medicalization in healthcare
• Readers interested in societal impacts of weight loss drugs

Follow the Science (2024) investigates the deep influence of the pharmaceutical industry on medicine, government, and media. It highlights how profit motives and high-level collusion have led to misinformation, ethical violations, and the suppression of critical voices. It encourages you to examine the sources of your health care information critically.

• Investigative journalism enthusiasts interested in exposing industry corruption
• Healthcare professionals critical of pharmaceutical industry practices
• Anyone skeptical of mainstream media and medical narratives

Blind Spots (2024) examines how modern medicine sometimes gets crucial issues wrong, leading to widespread public harm. It explores the consequences of medical groupthink, highlighting failures like the opioid crisis and misguided dietary advice, while advocating for a more transparent and evidence-based healthcare system. Through critical topics such as nutrition, childbirth, and the microbiome, it sheds light on the gaps in medical knowledge that continue to affect patient outcomes

• Healthcare professionals seeking to improve patient-centered care approaches
• Medical students interested in understanding systemic issues in healthcare
• Anyone curious about healthcare costs and reform efforts

Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain (2024) delves into the vital connection between gut health and cognitive function, illustrating how a balanced gut microbiome can help prevent mental decline and neurodegenerative diseases. It offers a holistic wellness approach rooted in nutrition, physical activity, and fostering a sense of community.

• Health-conscious individuals seeking to improve gut and brain connection
• Those concerned about preventing mental decline or neurodegenerative diseases
• Readers exploring holistic approaches to nutrition and overall wellness

Unwell Women (2021) traces the historical misunderstanding and misdiagnosis of women’s bodies throughout medical history. Drawing from historical research. it reveals how medical knowledge has been shaped by gender bias and chronicles the stories of women who have challenged and transformed medical orthodoxy.

• Medical professionals who want to understand historic and current biases
• Women with chronic illnesses struggling to be heard in clinical settings 
• Feminists ready to unravel the patriarchal history of medicine

The End of Alzheimer's Program (2020) provides a step-by-step plan to protect – and even restore – cognitive health. It uncovers hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s, such as inflammation, toxins, and insulin resistance, and offers practical strategies to address them. Through a targeted approach that includes diet, sleep, exercise, and personalized interventions, this program empowers you to take control of your brain health and enhance mental clarity.

• Caregivers and families of patients with Alzheimer’s
• Individuals concerned about brain health and longevity
• Medical professionals and researchers studying cognitive decline

Why We Die (2024) explores the science of longevity, as well as some ethical implications. Is it possible to extend our life spans – or even live forever? And if we could, are we really sure we’d want to?

• Those interested in the science of longevity
• People who are skeptical about the anti-aging industry
• Anyone currently contemplating their mortality

Mind Your Body (2025) reveals the overlooked connection between the mind and body when it comes to chronic pain and other persistent ailments. It shows how our brains, in an attempt to protect us from emotional distress, can trigger very real and painful physical symptoms. It also provides a proven method for escaping this cycle and finding relief once and for all.

• Anyone with a chronic ailment
• People hoping to reduce their dependency on medications
• Individuals with an interest in pain management

Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine (2025) methodically deconstructs the harmful ideas that obesity is a personal failing and that weight loss is a matter of willpower. It offers an up-to-date precis of how science understands weight loss, touching on neuroscience and nutrition, and a thorough analysis of how the latest GLP-1 weight loss drugs can be folded into a holistic weight management approach.

• Obese and overweight people who want to understand their body's biology
• Health-care professionals who want a scientific grounding in how weight loss works
• Anyone considering GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic or Mounjaro for weight management

The Tinnitus Book (2024) provides clear, practical guidance for anyone who’s tired of the constant ringing in their ears and just wants relief. It breaks down the science of what exactly tinnitus is, why and how it can occur, all while offering hope through proven, step-by-step strategies for treatment. Whether your tinnitus is mild or overwhelming, it helps you take back control so you can start living your life fully again.

• Anyone living with persistent ringing or buzzing in their ears
• Family members or partners of someone with tinnitus
• People who feel frustrated by vague tinnitus advice online

The Headache (2025) is a deep exploration of one of the most common – and most misunderstood – human ailments. It blends personal experience with scientific investigation to reveal why headache disorders are so often dismissed, and how that’s finally beginning to change.

• People living with chronic headaches or migraine
• Friends or partners of someone with head pain
• Medical students and new doctors entering neurology

Human History on Drugs (2025) reveals how mind-altering substances have shaped forty of history's most influential figures, from ancient oracles to modern tech billionaires. The book exposes the hidden role of drugs in world-changing decisions, scientific breakthroughs, and cultural revolutions across five thousand years of human civilization. 

• People interested in the intersection of science, creativity, and consciousness
• History buffs who enjoy learning surprising facts about well-known figures
• Anyone who's ever wondered about the real stories from behind the scenes of pivotal world events

Everything Is Tuberculosis (2025) reveals how humanity’s deadliest infection is not just a biological problem but a story of profound injustice. Through the unforgettable journey of a young Sierra Leonean man named Henry Reider, you’ll discover how the disease was shaped by prejudice, why a cure that has existed for decades is withheld by corporate greed, and what it takes to fight back. It’s an urgent call to understand that the true cause of tuberculosis is injustice, and therefore, the cure must be justice.

• History buffs interested in the social impact of disease
• Activists passionate about global health equity and human rights
• Anyone curious about the intersection of medicine and society

The Big One (2025) challenges your assumptions about pandemics by revealing that the next global health crisis will be far worse than COVID-19. Through a gripping, scientifically-grounded scenario, it reveals the critical failures of our past response and the essential, practical steps needed to prepare for the inevitable.

• Policymakers and public health officials looking for future-proof strategies
• Anyone who wants to understand our past pandemic response failures
• Curious minds who enjoy science-driven narratives about major global challenges

The Age of Diagnosis (2025) argues that modern medicine and culture have become increasingly fixated on labels, expanding categories of illness in ways that can overpathologize everyday experience. It examines how the search for a name – across conditions from neurodiversity to persistent, unexplained symptoms – shapes care, community, and identity, sometimes helping and sometimes harming. It ultimately calls for a more cautious, context-aware approach that balances the relief of diagnosis with the risks of stigma, overtreatment, and misplaced certainty.

• Skeptical clinicians confronting overdiagnosis and label creep
• Data-minded policymakers shaping evidence-based health guidelines
• Thoughtful people navigating modern diagnostic culture

Weightless (2026) argues that while GLP-1 medications have revolutionized obesity treatment, patients often receive prescriptions without the essential guidance needed to achieve and sustain results. This comprehensive guide, covering everything from selecting the right medication and understanding how it changes hunger signals to adopting crucial lifestyle changes like increased protein intake and strength training, fills that gap. 

• People considering GLP-1 therapy
• People currently on GLP-1 therapy
• Anyone who’s ever struggled with their weight

The Only Cure (2026), reexamines one of the most controversial figures in the history of science and finds that the case against him was aimed at the wrong target. It argues that while Sigmund Freud's theories were flawed and of their time, the method he built around them remains uniquely equipped to address the kind of suffering that conventional psychiatry fails to cure.

• Those curious about the mind and body connection in health and wellbeing
• Healthcare professionals and therapists who work with treatment-resistant patients
• Anyone who has ever wondered why some struggles refuse to go away no matter how hard you work on them

The Art Cure (2026) draws on decades of scientific evidence across neuroscience, immunology, psychology, and epidemiology to make the radical argument that engaging with art, in all its forms, is one of the most powerful things humans can do for their health. Drawing on studies that consider the art-health connection, from the way songs shape the developing infant brain to the measurable effects of concert-going on longevity, this is an invitation to rethink art as a prescription and not a luxury.

• People with chronic illness interested in art’s pain-relieving properties
• People with mental health conditions who want to improve cognition through art
• Anyone interested in living better and longer, by engaging with the arts

Off the Scales (2026) explores the decades-long global race to create a long-lasting version of the GLP-1 drug semaglutide to help fight the growing diabetes and obesity epidemics. Presenting all sides of the story, from the fraught scientific competition to be the first to bring these drugs to market, to the side effects rippling through global societies, it uncovers.

• People who are interested in the medical breakthroughs changing society
• Curious minds seeking the inside story on the science behind the headlines
• Anyone who has struggled with weight, Type 2 diabetes, or is considering treatment with a semaglutide medication

In "Illness as Metaphor," Susan Sontag examines the way society has historically stigmatized and romanticized certain illnesses, such as tuberculosis and cancer, by attaching metaphorical meanings to them. She argues that these metaphors not only perpetuate harmful stereotypes but also hinder our understanding and treatment of the diseases themselves. Sontag calls for a more rational and compassionate approach to illness, free from the burden of metaphorical interpretations.

• People struggling with chronic or serious illnesses
• Individuals interested in the relationship between illness and society
• Those seeking a deeper understanding of metaphors in the context of illness

Between Heaven and Earth by Harriet Beinfield explores the principles and practices of traditional Chinese medicine. It delves into the concepts of yin and yang, the five elements, and the meridian system, offering a holistic approach to health and healing. With insightful case studies and practical advice, this book provides a deeper understanding of the connection between our bodies, minds, and the world around us.

• Individuals seeking a holistic approach to health and wellness

• Those interested in exploring traditional Chinese medicine and its principles

• Healthcare professionals looking to expand their knowledge of alternative healing modalities

Medical Medium by Anthony William delves into the world of alternative medicine and offers insights into the underlying causes of various chronic illnesses and conditions. Drawing on his unique ability to communicate with a spirit he calls the "Spirit," William provides unconventional yet compelling advice on how to heal and prevent disease through diet, supplements, and lifestyle changes.

• Anyone looking to understand the root causes of chronic illnesses and how to address them

• Individuals seeking natural and holistic approaches to healing and wellness

• People who want to expand their knowledge of the mind-body connection and the role of spirituality in health

Quantum-Touch by Richard Gordon is a revolutionary book that explores the power of energy healing. It delves into the principles and techniques of using life force energy to facilitate healing, offering practical exercises and real-life examples. Whether you are new to the concept of energy healing or an experienced practitioner, this book provides valuable insights and guidance for harnessing the potential of quantum-touch.

• Individuals interested in alternative healing methods and energy healing

• Healthcare practitioners looking to expand their skills and knowledge in holistic healing

• People seeking natural ways to improve their physical, emotional, and mental well-being

ThetaHealing by Vianna Stibal explores the power of the Theta brainwave and how it can be used to create instant healing and transformation. The book delves into the author's personal journey and experiences with ThetaHealing, as well as providing practical techniques and exercises for readers to tap into their own Theta state and make positive changes in their lives.

• Individuals seeking to understand and improve their belief systems

• People interested in energy healing and alternative healing modalities

• Those looking to overcome physical or emotional challenges through spiritual means