Blind spots when medicine gets it wrong, and what it means for our health
(2025, original release: 2024)

Nonfiction

Large Type

Call Numbers:
NEW LARGE TYPE/362.1/MAKARY,M

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Large Type NEW LARGE TYPE/362.1/MAKARY,M Due: 2/1/2026

Details

PUBLISHED
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025
©2024
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION

499 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps, charts ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781420522846, 1420522841 :, 1420522841, 9781420522846
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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?

"When modern medicine issues recommendations based on good scientific studies, it shines. When it is interpreted through the lens of opinion and edict, it can mold beliefs that harm patients and stunt research. In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most issues in our health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping--but the truth is essential to our health"--

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