Blind spots : when medicine gets it wrong, and what it means for our health / Marty Makarty, MD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makary, Marty, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care.

Medical policy.

Public health.

Medical errors.

public health.

Physical Description:

xvii, 265 pages : illustrations, charts, 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Summary:

"From Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay-an eye-opening look at the medical groupthink that has led to public harm, and what you need to know about your health. 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."--Publisher.

Contents:

The Salem peanut trial: how experts created an epidemic

OMG HRT: The untold story of hormone replacement therapy

"No downsided to antibiotics": except carpet-bombing the microbiome

My Uncle Sam loves eggs: the truth about cholesterol

True believers: why we resist new ideas

Bad blood: how the medical establishment really works

A warm welcome: rethinking how we bring babies into the world

Challenging certainty: the true origin of ovarian cancer

Silicone valley: breast implants, autoimmune diseases, and the opiod crisis

A comedy of errors: a short history of medical groupthink

A culture of obedience: the battle for civil discourse

Imagine: what else are we getting wrong?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-265).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.

ISBN:

1639735313

9781639735310

OCLC:

1427337514