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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Makary, Marty (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2024]
Subjects:	Medical errors. Medical policy. Public health. Medical care. Medical Errors. Health Policy. Public Health. Patient Care.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The Salem peanut trial : how experts created an epidemic
OMG HRT : the untold story of hormone replacement therapy
"No downsides 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 actually 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 opioid 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?