Blind Spots

When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health

untitled makary Marty Makary

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
05 December 2024

Public health & safety law; Medicine; Popular medicine & health

An Instant New York Times Bestseller

From Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay—an eye-opening look at the medical groupthink that has led to public harm, and what you need to know about your health.

More Americans have peanut allergies today than at any point in history. Why? In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a strict recommendation that parents avoid giving their children peanut products until they’re three years old. Getting the science perfectly backward, triggering intolerance with lack of early exposure, the US now leads the world in peanut allergies—and this misinformation is still rearing its head today.

How could the experts have gotten it so wrong? Dr. Marty Makary asks, Could it be that many modern-day health crises have been caused by the hubris of the medical establishment? Experts said for decades that opioids were not addictive, igniting the opioid crisis. They refused menopausal women hormone replacement therapy, causing unnecessary suffering. They demonized natural fat in foods, driving Americans to processed carbohydrates as obesity rates soared. They told citizens that there are no downsides to antibiotics and prescribed them liberally, causing a drug-resistant bacteria crisis.

When modern medicine issues recommendations based on good scientific studies, it shines. Conversely, when modern medicine is interpreted through the harsh lens of opinion and edict, it can mold beliefs that harm patients and stunt research for decades. In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping—but the truth is essential to our health.

By: untitled makary Marty Makary
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781639735310
ISBN 10: 1639735313
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marty Makary, MD is a Johns Hopkins professor and member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, Unaccountable and The Price We Pay, winner of the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award. Dr. Makary has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and he has published more than 250 scientific research articles. He served in leadership at the W.H.O. and has been a visiting professor at 25 medical schools. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Reviews for Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health

"""This book serves as a wake-up call... an essential read for anyone looking to understand the pitfalls of modern medicine and the path to a more effective and compassionate approach to healthcare."" --Peter Attia MD, Author of OUTLIVE ""The Price We Pay is stuffed with examples of predatory billing, confusing costs and statistics that could make you despondent. But there's plenty of honesty, problem-solving and hope to leaven all that despair."" --Washington Post, on THE PRICE WE PAY ""Marty Makary is one of the great thought leaders in medicine . . . [He] brilliantly lifts the veil on the state of modern medicine and the new ideas that are disrupting it."" --Senator William H. Frist, MD, on THE PRICE WE PAY ""[This book] is an eye-opening look at the culture of medicine. And it's not pretty."" --CNN on UNACCOUNTABLE ""Marty Makary offers a searing indictment from the inside."" --WSJ on UNACCOUNTABLE"