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Book Notes: The China Study

August 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Book Notes, Healthcare

Hippocrates, the father of medicine once said, “He who does not know food, how can he understand the diseases of man?”. This incredibly insightful book details the findings of “The China Study”, the most comprehensive study of diet, lifestyle and disease ever done with humans in the history of biomedical research. It was a extremely [...]

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The Ethics of Healthcare

May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Ethics, Healthcare

I highly recommend reading a recent New Yorker magazine essay if you want to better understand the massive issues facing healthcare in the U.S. The Cost Conundrum by Atul Gawande discusses the ethics of overtreatment, undertreamtment and profiteering at the expense of patient care. Click continue to read my notes from the essay.

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