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A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
Pub Date: Jan 11, 2011
Does vaccinating a child cause autism? In the face of a considerable lobby arguing in the affirmative, Vanity Fair contributor Mnookin (Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top, 2006, etc.) replies with a resounding no.
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Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
Pub Date: Oct 19, 2010
British National Health Service physician Goldacre shoots down what he considers to be quackery.
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A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
Pub Date: Sep 1, 2009
A timely survey--filled with important lessons for the United States--of how other nations have created systems that provide universal health care for their citizens.
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Pub Date: Oct 1, 2007
Cancer remains such a prolific killer, says the author, because the medical community focuses on treatment rather than prevention of the root causes.
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Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer
Pub Date: Sep 1, 2007
Journalist Brownlee blames America's sky-high healthcare costs on expensive treatments imposed by doctors on patients all too ready to accept or even demand them.
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AIDS in Africa
Pub Date: May 1, 2007
Public-health specialist Epstein (Where She Came From, 1997, etc.) takes a stark yet hopeful look at the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
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