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Barcode30053003856815
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No362.1 MAKA
Title Blind spots : when medicine gets it wrong, and what it means for our health / Marty Makary, MD.
Author Makary, Marty, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 300-399
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003856815362.1 MAKA2/19/2025 Available

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Personal Name Makary, Marty, author.
Title Statement Blind spots : when medicine gets it wrong, and what it means for our health / Marty Makary, MD.
Varying Form of Title When medicine gets it wrong, and what it means for our health
Varying Form of Title Blindspots
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Physical Description xvii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content Type text rdacontent
Media Type unmediated rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-265).
Summary, Etc. "More Americans have peanut allergies today than at any point in history. Why? In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a strict recommendation that parents avoid giving their children peanut products until they're three years old. Getting the science perfectly backward, triggering intolerance with lack of early exposure, the US now leads the world in peanut allergies-and this misinformation is still rearing its head today. How could the experts have gotten it so wrong? Dr. Marty Makary asks, Could it be that many modern-day health crises have been caused by the hubris of the medical establishment? Experts said for decades that opioids were not addictive, igniting the opioid crisis. They refused menopausal women hormone replacement therapy, causing unnecessary suffering. They demonized natural fat in foods, driving Americans to processed carbohydrates as obesity rates soared. They told citizens that there are no downsides to antibiotics and prescribed them liberally, causing a drug-resistant bacteria crisis. When modern medicine issues recommendations based on good scientific studies, it shines. Conversely, when modern medicine is interpreted through the harsh lens of opinion and edict, it can mold beliefs that harm patients and stunt research for decades. In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping-but the truth is essential to our health''-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Medical policy United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Medical policy.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Medical care.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Medical errors.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Public health.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Patient participation.

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