Marty Makary

The instant New York Times bestseller from Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary-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.

'ENTHRALLING ... A PASSIONATE, WELL-ARGUED AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ' - The TimesAN AMAZON BOOK OF THE YEARFor readers of Chris van Tulleken, Tim Spector and Ben Goldacre: 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.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.

'ENTHRALLING.... A PASSIONATE, WELL-ARGUED AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ.' - The TimesAN AMAZON BOOK OF THE YEARFor readers of Chris van Tulleken, Tim Spector and Ben Goldacre: 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.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.

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.

New York Times bestsellerBusiness Book of the Year--Association of Business Journalists From the New York Times bestselling author comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America's broken health care system--and the people who are saving it--now with a new Afterword by the author. A must-read for every American. --Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief, FORBES One in five Americans now has medical debt in collections and rising health care costs today threaten every small business in America. Dr. Makary, one of the nation's leading health care experts, travels across America and details why health care has become a bubble. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research, and his own experience, The Price We Pay paints a vivid picture of the business of medicine and its elusive money games in need of a serious shake-up. Dr. Makary shows how so much of health care spending goes to things that have nothing to do with health and what you can do about it. Dr. Makary challenges the medical establishment to remember medicine's noble heritage of caring for people when they are vulnerable. The Price We Pay offers a road map for everyday Americans and business leaders to get a better deal on their health care, and profiles the disruptors who are innovating medical care. The movement to restore medicine to its mission, Makary argues, is alive and well--a mission that can rebuild the public trust and save our country from the crushing cost of health care.

Den gripande berättelsen om en kvinnas kärlek till de bortglömda barnen i Egyptens sopslum. Mama Maggie har flera gånger nominerats till Nobels fredspris. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- De kallas zabaleen: sopfolket. Zabaleen bor i vidsträckta, vidriga sopstäder i utkanten av Kairo, där de livnär sig på att hämta och sortera sopor. De rotar igenom ruttnande mat, använda blöjor, krossat glas och ännu värre saker på jakt efter sådant som de kan sälja eller återvinna. Hunger, sjukdom och övergrepp tillhör vardagen i dessa slumområden. Femtio procent av barnen som föds här når aldrig vuxen ålder, och de som gör det kanske aldrig får uppleva hur det är att få en kram, en utbildning eller känna verklig omsorg såvida de inte får träffa Mama Maggie. Maggie Gobran är kvinnan i vita kläder som tvättar barnens fötter, kallar dem vid namn, ger dem mat och bygger skolor åt dem, hjälper dem att skaffa sig en yrkesutbildning så att de kan försörja sig i framtiden, tänder ett ljus i deras mörker och berättar deras historia för världen. Vad drev denna kvinna att lämna sin eleganta livsstil och sitt liv som affärskvinna och universitetsprofessor? Vad är det som skänker henne och hennes medarbetare sådan glädje i arbetet, och vad ger dem uthållighet att kämpa vidare mitt i allt det lidande som de möter? Svaren hittar du i denna enastående historia om envishet, målmedvetenhet och en kvinnas makalösa förmåga att älska. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vi kan inte välja var eller när vi ska födas. Vi kan inte välja var eller när vi ska dö. Men vi kan välja om vi ska leva som syndare eller helgon. Vi kan välja att göra ingenting eller bli hjältar. Om du vill bli en hjälte ska du göra det som Gud vill att du ska göra. /Maggie Gobran För Maggie Gobran är det där inte tomma ord. Mama Maggie har kallats Egyptens Moder Teresa och hon har flera gånger blivit nominerad till Nobels fredspris för sitt nydanande och livsförvandlande arbete i Kairos sopslum. I slummen möter hon behoven hos de barn som i bortglömdhet lever på dessa fruktansvärda platser. Denna auktoriserade biografi berättar för första gången historien om Mama Maggie och skildrar hennes oväntade väg från ett privilegierat barn till en glamorös marknadsföringschef och sedan till en ödmjuk figur i vita kläder bland högar av stinkande sopor, där hon förmedlar hopp till de allra fattigaste av de fattiga. I Marty Makarys och Ellen Vaughns porträtt i denna bok lyser Mama Maggie fram som en smart, kunnig och komplex människa vars hjärta är fullständigt överlåtet till att betjäna den folkgrupp i Kairo som kallas sopfolket och som har vunnit hennes kärlek. På hennes egen begäran berättar boken även om hennes medarbetare i organisationen Stephens Children män, kvinnor och ungdomar som är med och uträttar de mirakler som varje dag blir verklighet med lite praktisk hjälp och med ett stort mått av kärlek.

From marketing maven to angel of the garbage district---the inspiring authorized biography of Maggie Gobran, the "Mother Teresa of Egypt."

"Every once in a while a book comes along that rocks the foundations of an established order that's seriously in need of being shaken. The modern American hospital is that establishment and "Unaccountable "is that book."--Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated" Dr. Marty Makary is co-developer of the life-saving checklist outlined in Atul Gawande's bestselling The Checklist Manifesto." As a busy surgeon who has worked in many of the best hospitals in the nation, he can testify to the amazing power of modern medicine to cure. But he's also been a witness to a medical culture that routinely leaves surgical sponges inside patients, amputates the wrong limbs, and overdoses children because of sloppy handwriting. Over the last ten years, neither error rates nor costs have come down, despite scientific progress and efforts to curb expenses. Why? To patients, the healthcare system is a black box. Doctors and hospitals are unaccountable, and the lack of transparency leaves both bad doctors and systemic flaws unchecked. Patients need to know more of what healthcare workers know, so they can make informed choices. Accountability in healthcare would expose dangerous doctors, reward good performance, and force positive change nationally, using the power of the free market. Unaccountable" is a powerful, no-nonsense, non-partisan diagnosis for healing our hospitals and reforming our broken healthcare system.