Junk Medicine
Author | : Theodore Dalrymple |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780857190154 |
Public health & preventive medicine.
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Author | : Theodore Dalrymple |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780857190154 |
Public health & preventive medicine.
Author | : Dan Agin |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2007-11-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780312374808 |
An overdue indictment of government, industry, and faith groups that twist science for their own gain.
Author | : Martha Rosenberg |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2012-04-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1616145943 |
This hard-hitting exposé blows the lid off of everything you thought you knew about Big Pharma and Big Food. What goes on behind the scenes in these industries is more suspicious, more devious, more disreputable than you could have ever imagined. Rosenberg’s message is clear: the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries are tainting public health through marketing disguised as medical education and research, aggressive lobbying, and high-level conflicts of interest. If you’re concerned about the safety of the drugs you take and the food you eat, you owe it to yourself to read this important book. Having gained the trust of more than twenty doctors, researchers, and experts who were willing to come forward and finally tell all, reporter and editorial cartoonist Rosenberg presents us with her shocking findings. Explosive material from whistle-blowers, scientists, unsealed lawsuits, and Big Pharma’s and Big Food’s own marketers exposes how these industries put profits before public safety and how the government puts the interests of business before the welfare of consumers, creating a double whammy that "pimps" the public health. What Rosenberg reveals about government complicity, regulatory food- and drug-safety lapses, and legislative injustices will both shock and appall.
Author | : Dr. Jen Gunter |
Publisher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2019-08-27 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0806539356 |
Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! Boston Globe bestseller #1 Canadian Bestseller OB/GYN, The New York Times columnist, host of the show Jensplaining, and internationally bestselling author Dr. Jen Gunter now delivers the definitive book on vaginal health, answering the questions you’ve always had but were afraid to ask—or couldn’t find the right answers to. She has been called Twitter’s resident gynecologist, the Internet’s OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women’s health…and she’s here to give you the straight talk on the topics she knows best. Does eating sugar cause yeast infections? Does pubic hair have a function? Should you have a vulvovaginal care regimen? Will your vagina shrivel up if you go without sex? What’s the truth about the HPV vaccine? So many important questions, so much convincing, confusing, contradictory misinformation! In this age of click bait, pseudoscience, and celebrity-endorsed products, it’s easy to be overwhelmed—whether it’s websites, advice from well-meaning friends, uneducated partners, and even healthcare providers. So how do you separate facts from fiction? OB-GYN Jen Gunter, an expert on women’s health—and the internet’s most popular go-to doc—comes to the rescue with a book that debunks the myths and educates and empowers women. From reproductive health to the impact of antibiotics and probiotics, and the latest trends, including vaginal steaming, vaginal marijuana products, and jade eggs, Gunter takes us on a factual, fun-filled journey. Discover the truth about: • The vaginal microbiome • Genital hygiene, lubricants, and hormone myths and fallacies • How diet impacts vaginal health • Stem cells and the vagina • Cosmetic vaginal surgery • What changes to expect during pregnancy and after childbirth • What changes to expect through menopause • How medicine fails women by dismissing symptoms Plus: • Thongs vs. lace: the best underwear for vaginal health • How to select a tampon • The full glory of the clitoris and the myth of the G Spot . . . And so much more. Whether you’re a twenty-six-year-old worried that her labia are “uncool” or a sixty-six-year-old dealing with painful sex, this comprehensive guide is sure to become a lifelong trusted resource.
Author | : Alex B. Berezow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2017-06-29 |
Genre | : Errors, Scientific |
ISBN | : 9780997253009 |
This handy reference guide will provide media, policy makers and the public with a handy A to Z checklist of realities and myths to distinguish real threats and risks, from perceived/hypothetical ones for everything from Aspartame to Zika.
Author | : Mike Doughty |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2012-01-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0306818779 |
Recounts the addiction and recovery of the world-renowned solo artist and former lead singer and songwriter of Soul Coughing.
Author | : Marcia Angell |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780393316728 |
In the early 1990s, sympathetic juries awarded huge damages to women claiming injury from silicone breast implants, leading to a $4.25 billion class-action settlement that still wasn't large enough to cover all the claims. Shockingly, rigorous scientific studies of breast implants have now shown that there is no significant link between breast implants and disease. Why were the courts and the public so certain that breast implants were dangerous when medical researchers were not? The answer to this question reveals important differences in the way science, the law, and the public regard evidence--and not just in the breast implant controversy.
Author | : M. Chris Fabricant |
Publisher | : Akashic Books |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2023-08-22 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1636140386 |
Now in an expanded paperback edition, Innocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant presents an insider’s journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role junk science plays in maintaining the status quo. "Fierce and absorbing . . . Fabricant chronicles the battles he and his colleagues have fought to unravel a century of fraudulent experts and the bad court decisions that allowed them to thrive." —Washington Post From CSI to Forensic Files to the celebrated reputation of the FBI crime lab, forensic scientists have long been mythologized in American popular culture as infallible crime solvers. Juries put their faith in "expert witnesses" and innocent people have been executed as a result. Innocent people are still on death row today, condemned by junk science. In 2012, the Innocence Project began searching for prisoners convicted by junk science, and three men, each convicted of capital murder, became M. Chris Fabricant's clients. Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System chronicles the fights to overturn their wrongful convictions and to end the use of the "science" that destroyed their lives. Weaving together courtroom battles from Mississippi to Texas to New York City and beyond, Fabricant takes the reader on a journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role forensic science plays in maintaining the status quo. At turns gripping, enraging, illuminating, and moving, Junk Science is a meticulously researched insider's perspective of the American criminal justice system. Previously untold stories of wrongful executions, corrupt prosecutors, and quackery masquerading as science animate Fabricant’s true crime narrative. The paperback edition features a brand-new index as well as an updated introduction and final chapter chronicling the Innocence Project’s continued fight against junk science in courtrooms across America.
Author | : George Patterson Donehoo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Pennsylvania |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Abramson |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2005-06-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0060568534 |
Using the examples of Vioxx, Celebrex, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, and anti-depressants, Overdo$ed America shows that at the heart of the current crisis in American medicine lies the commercialization of medical knowledge itself. Drawing on his background in statistics, epidemiology, and health policy, John Abramson, M.D., an award-winning family doctor on the clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School, reveals the ways in which the drug companies have misrepresented statistical evidence, misled doctors, and compromised our health. The good news is that the best scientific evidence shows that reclaiming responsibility for your own health is often far more effective than taking the latest blockbuster drug. You -- and your doctor -- will be stunned by this unflinching exposé of American medicine.