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

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'A wake-up call ... essential' - Peter Attia, author of Outlive

An international bestseller which reveals how modern-day crises have been caused by the medical establishment, and what you really need to know about your health.

AN AMAZON BOOK OF THE YEAR
Is HRT unsafe Should you avoid giving peanut butter to small children Blind Spots uncovers how inaccurate research drives medical myths which can spark public health crises.

Doctors said for decades that opioids were not addictive, igniting the opioid crisis. They refused menopausal women hormone replacement therapy, causing unnecessary suffering. They demonised natural fat in foods, driving patients to eat processed carbohydrates as obesity soared.
Modern medicine shines when it draws on good scientific studies. But when medicine is led by dogmatic groupthink, it's everyday people who fall victim. Blind Spots examines the latest research to reveal the truths essential to our health.

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Born in the UK, Dr Marty Makary is a Johns Hopkins professor and is the 26th Commissioner of the FDA. He is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, Unaccountable and The Price We Pay. He 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 WHO and has been a visiting professor at 25 medical schools.