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 provocative [...]
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Book Notes: The China Study
August 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Book Notes, Healthcare
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The Ethics of Healthcare
May 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · 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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