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The Disease Medicine Suffers From That’s Causing Immense Suffering
Do any of these ideas sound familiar? Whether born by C-section or vaginally, outcomes are the same for babies. Opioids aren’t addictive. Appendicitis must be treated by appendectomy. Children shouldn’t have peanuts until they’re at least 3 years old. Antibiotics have no downside. Hormone replacement therapy causes breast cancer. These recommendations and many more were based largely upon unexamined ideas and bad science. And in recent years through well-designed science we’ve been learning that they made patients sicker. Dr. Marty Makary is a public health researcher and bestselling author…
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