Modern Medicine is Killing You
Author | : Niraj Nijhawan |
Publisher | : L.E.O. Publishing Works |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Alternative medicine |
ISBN | : 9780984337200 |
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Author | : Niraj Nijhawan |
Publisher | : L.E.O. Publishing Works |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Alternative medicine |
ISBN | : 9780984337200 |
Author | : James Le Fanu |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2002-01-18 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780786709670 |
In the years following World War II, medicine won major battles against smallpox, diphtheria, and polio. In the same period it also produced treatments to control the progress of Parkinson's, rheumatoid arthritis, and schizophrenia. It made realities of open-heart surgery, organ transplants, test-tube babies. Unquestionably, the medical accomplishments of the postwar years stand at the forefront of human endeavor, yet progress in recent decades has slowed nearly to a halt. In this winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, medical doctor and columnist James Le Fanu both surveys the glories of medicine in the postwar years and analyzes the factors that for the past twenty-five years have increasingly widened the gulf between achievement and advancement: the social theories of medicine, ethical issues, and political debates over health care that have hobbled the development of vaccines and discovery of new "miracle" cures. While fully demonstrating the extraordinary progress effected by medical research in the latter half of the twentieth century, Le Fanu also identifies the perils that confront medicine in the twenty-first. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs add to what the Los Angeles Times cited as "a sobering, contrarian challenge" to the "nostrum of medicine as a never-ending font of ‘miracle cures'." "[From] a respected science writer ... important information that ... has been overlooked or ignored by many physicians." —New Republic "Provocative and engrossing and informative." —Houston Chronicle "Marvelously written, meticulously researched ... one of the most thought-provoking and important works to appear in recent years." —Choice
Author | : James L. Marcum |
Publisher | : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013-01-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1414382804 |
The recent deaths of celebrities like Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger, and Whitney Houston have shown a spotlight on the overuse and abuse of prescription drugs. Most people believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal substances. But, when combined with other over-the-counter sedatives, prescription drugs can be every bit as powerful, addictive, and dangerous. In 2006, overdoses on a class of prescription pain relievers called opioid analgesics killed more people than those killed by overdoses on cocaine and heroin combined. Right now, among 35 to 54 year olds, poisoning by prescription drugs is the most common cause of accidental death—even more so than auto-related deaths. In Medicines That Kill, Dr. Marcum shines a light on the addictive power of prescription medication and how you can protect yourself and your family by practicing healthy habits.
Author | : Haider Warraich |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2017-02-07 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1250104580 |
A contemporary exploration of death and dying by a young Duke Fellow who investigates the hows, whys, wheres, and whens of modern death and their cultural significance.
Author | : Armon B. Neel (Jr.) |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2012-07-03 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 145160839X |
A veteran board-certified pharmacist cites the high number of annual deaths associated with prescription drug side effects, calling for changes in prescription practices that account for the needs of aging bodies.
Author | : Michael Bliss |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2011-01-15 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0226059030 |
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, we have become accustomed to medical breakthroughs and conditioned to assume that, regardless of illnesses, doctors almost certainly will be able to help—not just by diagnosing us and alleviating our pain, but by actually treating or even curing diseases, and significantly improving our lives. For most of human history, however, that was far from the case, as veteran medical historian Michael Bliss explains in The Making of Modern Medicine. Focusing on a few key moments in the transformation of medical care, Bliss reveals the way that new discoveries and new approaches led doctors and patients alike to discard fatalism and their traditional religious acceptance of suffering in favor of a new faith in health care and in the capacity of doctors to treat disease. He takes readers in his account to three turning points—a devastating smallpox outbreak in Montreal in 1885, the founding of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical School, and the discovery of insulin—and recounts the lives of three crucial figures—researcher Frederick Banting, surgeon Harvey Cushing, and physician William Osler—turning medical history into a fascinating story of dedication and discovery. Compact and compelling, this searching history vividly depicts and explains the emergence of modern medicine—and, in a provocative epilogue, outlines the paradoxes and confusions underlying our contemporary understanding of disease, death, and life itself.
Author | : Carolyn Dean |
Publisher | : Belleville, ON : Matrix Verité-Media |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Alternative medicine |
ISBN | : 9780973739206 |
Author | : Gary Null |
Publisher | : Axios Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2011-10 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9781607660064 |
"Cites published research demonstrating that the American medicine system is the leading cause of death and injury in the US." -- P. [4] of cover.
Author | : Raymond Francis |
Publisher | : Health Communications, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2015-02-03 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0757318495 |
Francis pops the lid off the healthcare industry, and explains why the conventional approaches to health and disease aren't working-- and why healthcare costs are threatening to bankrupt our economy. He shows you that health is a choice-- and you have the power to improve your personal health.
Author | : DR PAUL. OFFIT |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-08-13 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781913348151 |
Is lowering your temperature when you have a fever helpful? Do you really need to finish every round of antibiotics? Or could some of the treatments you think are healing you actually be harming you? Medicine has significantly advanced in the last few decades. But while we have learned a lot, we still rely on medical interventions that are vastly out of date and can adversely affect our health. In this game-changing book, infectious-disease expert and Rotavirus vaccine inventor Dr Offit highlights fifteen common medical interventions still recommended and practised by medical professionals, despite clear evidence that they are harmful -- including the treatment of acid reflux in babies and the reliance on heart stents and knee surgery. By presenting medical alternatives, Overkillgives patients invaluable information to help them ask their doctors better questions and to advocate for their own health.