Marty's Books
Blind Spots
When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health
How could the experts have gotten it so wrong? Sadly, hormone replacement therapy is only one example of conventional “wisdom” gone awry.
In science, you must be able to ask questions. Here’s a big one Dr. Makary asks: Could it be that many modern-day health crises have been caused by the hubris of the medical establishment?
Experts told people for decades that opioids were not addictive – igniting the opioid crisis. They insisted babies avoid peanut butter – fueling the peanut allergy epidemic. They demonized natural fat in foods – driving people to processed carbohydrates as obesity rates soared. They told people there are no downsides to antibiotics and prescribed them liberally – altering the gut microbiomes of a generation and causing a drug-resistant bacteria crisis.
Dr. Makary takes a deep dive into the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and presents compelling research, tackling the most urgent issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem we are not talking about. Questioning medical groupthink has become forbidden in some circles. But asking questions is not the problem, it’s the solution.
When modern medicine issues recommendations based on good scientific studies, it shines and helps a lot of people. Conversely, when it issues recommendations using opinion and bandwagon thinking, it has a lousy track record and does tremendous harm. Dr. Makary features medical pioneers challenging the establishment and shining a light on medical dogma. The behind the scenes drama is absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping—but the truth is essential to your health.
The Price We Pay
What Broke American Health Care - And How to Fix it
Mama Maggie
The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums
Unaccountable
What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care
The book details the hazards of transparency done poorly and the reward of transparency done well--when physicians and patients are at the center. How do we take health care to the next level? The barriers and heroes of the American health care system are highlighted vividly in this Library Journal Book of the Year.