Blind Spots by Marty Makary Summary
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Renowned surgeon Dr. Makary exposes medicine's deadliest mistakes - from peanut allergies to opioid crises. Endorsed by Steve Forbes and praised as "revolutionary" by Dr. Casey Means, this NYT bestseller reveals how medical dogma costs lives. What dangerous treatment are you blindly trusting today?
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When Certainty Becomes Dangerous
Have you ever followed medical advice so carefully, so faithfully, only to discover years later that it was completely wrong? For millions of people, this isn't a hypothetical question-it's a devastating reality. Consider the parents who diligently kept peanuts away from their children, only to watch them develop life-threatening allergies. Or the women who avoided hormone therapy based on flawed studies, suffering needlessly through menopause while their risk of heart disease and Alzheimer's climbed. These aren't isolated mistakes. They're symptoms of a deeper problem in medicine: the dangerous gap between what doctors confidently recommend and what the science actually shows. When medical consensus hardens into dogma, questioning becomes heresy, and patients pay the price. What follows is an exploration of medicine's most consequential blind spots-and why the courage to challenge authority might be the most important prescription of all.
The Allergy Epidemic We Created and the Cholesterol Myth That Changed Everything
The Hormone Catastrophe That Stole Women's Health
The Antibiotic Assault on Our Inner Ecosystem
Reclaiming the Wisdom of Birth
The Revolution Hiding in Plain Sight
When Heretics Become Heroes
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