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Blind Spots

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

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Bloomsbury presents Blind Spots written and read by Dr Marty Makary

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.

©2024 Marty Makary, MD (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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GREAT BOOK! Everyone should read this book. I am surprised by what I learned. It also confirmed a lot of things.

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I loved this! I’m a doctoral level healthcare provider, and SO much of this rang true. This is such an important book because Dr M is so senior he’s in a position to call out blind adherence to dogma and cronyism (and name names!) This book has some upsetting chapters, esp if you’ve had a traumatic birth experience, but other times it is laugh out loud funny. I really liked that Dr M read it himself too!

Compelling and important read!

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The hidden truths many of us didn't know about are shocking. This book goes in depth into these issues. anyone that is health conscious needs to read this book. Do research, be informed and get advised consent.

Eye opening

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very informative with research siting to back up information and facts, everyone should listen to this book

siting of research

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Insightful expose of politic's manipulation of science...a fascinating peek behind the curtain to see the convoluted gymnastics behind some studies and their authors public influence. Great read

Opened my eyes regarding "science"

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What an eye opening and revolutionary book exemplifying the radical impacts of a broken healthcare system influenced by medical dogma on society at large. He explores the latest research on a variety of topics relating to health from the microbiome to childbirth and historical evidence on the largest epidemics in recent history. As a health care professional, I was dismayed at the topics discussed in this book. A must read for those in the healthcare profession and anyone who is open to challenging widely held beliefs in order to be empowered in their own health!

A revolutionary book challenging the widely held beliefs of a broken health care system!

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a must read. you need to know the truth and here it is. after you listen to this book you will understand how corporate medicine really is.

very transparent

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Great story, good examples of medicine gone wrong, well balanced on topics and science based except for stated opinions. Highly recommended to understand where your or medicines’ opinions are maybe unfounded.

I’ve experienced many of these Blind Spots

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My 1st exposure to this book, & Dr. Makary, came at the end of a Ben Shapiro podcast published on Sept 17, 2024. I went to download "Blind Spots" before finishing the podcast episode. I listened intently with my every free moment from Tuesday evening through Friday night. A well written & narrated piece of work for an inquisitive mind.

A Binge Book

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This book is about all the areas of medicine where we as a society have failed ourselves due to the shortcomings of pride, defensiveness, and tribalism, and the stories of heroes who risked it all to turn public opinion to truth. You’ll learn how we created our own peanut allergy epidemic, robbed a generation of women of better health through HRT blunders, mislabeled and mistreated a lethal cancer. It’s more than just medicine, however, but also how we as a species create blind spots in every field of endeavor and how by embracing curiosity and humility we can find truth.

Best Book I’ve Read in Years

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