Social Science - Disease & Health Issues

The complexities and controversies at the nexus of sperm, health, and politics In Seminal, experts from across the social sciences, humanities, law, and medicine offer a kaleidoscopic view of the relationship between sperm, health, and the intersecting politics of gender, race, and reproduction. Always...

Derided by her high-school peers for being overweight, Rachel finally found a sense of purpose and belonging in a promising career as an EMT--that is, until her body got in the way. Shrink is a work of graphic medicine that depicts the emotional and...

The inside story of China's organtransplant business and its macabre connection with internment camps and killing fields for arrested dissidents, especially the adherents of Falun Gong.Mass murder is alive and well. That is the stark conclusion of this comprehensive investigation into the Chinese state's...

The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet On May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two twelve-year-old girls attempted...

Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer's advocate Meryl Comer's Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband's battle with Alzheimer's disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly...

"An elegant, wide-ranging history" (The New York Review of Books) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning--and the pitfalls of ego--as it does about microbes. "Levenson takes readers through an entertaining ....

New York Times bestsellerOne of the top ten books of the year at The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Vulture/New York magazineA best book of the year at Los Angeles Times, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bookforum, The New Yorker,...

"DiGregorio's storytelling is pitch-perfect; narrative and nursing, she understands, come from the same place and both are concerned with a deep understanding of character and plot....This is a brilliant book, and DiGregorio is a beautiful writer. Taking Care deserves to be on the reading...

Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize An NPR Best Book of 2017 "[Teeth is] . . . more than an exploration of a two-tiered system--it is a call for sweeping, radical change."--New York Times Book Review "Show me your teeth," the great...

In "a brilliant antidote to all the...false narratives about pot" (American Thinker), an award-winning author and former New York Times reporter reveals the link between teenage marijuana use and mental illness, and a hidden epidemic of violence caused by the drug--facts the media have...

2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER * 2024 LIVING NOW BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL WINNER * HARVARD PUBLIC HEALTH MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2024 * ASPEN IDEAS RECOMMENDED HEALTH BOOK OF 2024 A groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be healthy that introduces...

2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER * 2024 LIVING NOW BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL WINNER * HARVARD PUBLIC HEALTH MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2024 * ASPEN IDEAS RECOMMENDED HEALTH BOOK OF 2024 A groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be healthy that introduces...

"A perfectly pitched medical mystery that will captivate you from page one."--Wes Ely, MD, MPH, author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, winner of the 2022 Christopher Award for Literature. A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution...

The origin of COVID-19 has sparked relentless debate since 2020. But if we truly follow the science, the evidence for a lab-based beginning is undeniable. In The Code as Witness, physician-scientist Steven Quay delves into the virus's genome, tracing compelling clues encoded into the...

A personable, story-driven explanation of how the systems around us--where we live, work, learn, and connect--shape our health, and how each of us can help create healthier communities. A powerful blend of deeply human stories and rigorous research, The Collective Cure reveals how social...

The inspiring story of how we overcame a history of infectious disease, poisonous environments, and early death and unlocked an explosion in human potential--and a vision for the work ahead to optimize human flourishing in the twenty-first century "Michelle Williams understands what too many...

A bold new approach for eliminating the world's most dangerous epidemic--using the same epidemic control playbook that rid the world of other contagious diseases. Violence is often regarded as an unavoidable fact of life. The truth is far more hopeful: violence is a disease...

The first comprehensive trade history of sex ed in American schools--and an impassioned call to reform sex ed into a powerful tool for reproductive justice and social equality The U.S. has some of the highest rates of STIs and teen pregnancies in the industrialized...

The formula to stop invisible killers--an approach that can protect your health and prevent the next pandemic--from one of the most influential public health leaders in the US. In The Formula for Better Health, Tom Frieden--named "the most influential leader in American public health...

"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended."―Library Journal, starred"[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling."―Kirkus Anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be triumphing over common sense today. How did...