What Doctors Don't Tell You the Truth About the Dangers of Modern Medicine
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Harpercollins
- Publish date: 08/01/1999
SOME STARTLING FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
-- Some cholesterol-lowering medications can actually increase your chances of dying.
-- The rise in asthma deaths may be linked to high-strength inhalers.
-- In some cases, it's safer to do nothing than have surgery for prostate cancer.
-- Steroids, now widely prescribed for many minor conditions, can cause immediate, permanent, debilitating damage.
-- Bone scans to screen for osteoporosis are imprecise, often inaccurate, and may not signify anything.
-- In the overwhelming majority of cases, antibiotics are prescribed for conditions they cannot treat.
-- Ritalin, taken by as many as a million American children, has questionable benefits, numerous side effects, and a high potential for addiction or abuse.
-- The U.S. National Institutes of Health estimate that 90% of patients who undergo bypass surgery receive almost no benefits.
-- And much more vital information you need to know -- before you see your doctor.
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