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Author: Justin Chin Publisher: ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 156
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Harmless Medicine is fiercely devoted to the margins of life in the generation after the devastating first wave of the AIDS epidemic. In more than 40 pieces, Chin fearlessly delivers his thoughts on everything from his first exposure to science, to a mail-order fantasy experience, from backroads travel in Asia, to the plight of immigrants in America. His scathingly brutal honesty and sharply honed-humour frame a collection that is profoundly perceptive throughout and startling in its originality.
Author: Justin Chin Publisher: ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
Harmless Medicine is fiercely devoted to the margins of life in the generation after the devastating first wave of the AIDS epidemic. In more than 40 pieces, Chin fearlessly delivers his thoughts on everything from his first exposure to science, to a mail-order fantasy experience, from backroads travel in Asia, to the plight of immigrants in America. His scathingly brutal honesty and sharply honed-humour frame a collection that is profoundly perceptive throughout and startling in its originality.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309065313 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 216
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Some people suffer from chronic, debilitating disorders for which no conventional treatment brings relief. Can marijuana ease their symptoms? Would it be breaking the law to turn to marijuana as a medication? There are few sources of objective, scientifically sound advice for people in this situation. Most books about marijuana and medicine attempt to promote the views of advocates or opponents. To fill the gap between these extremes, authors Alison Mack and Janet Joy have extracted critical findings from a recent Institute of Medicine study on this important issue, interpreting them for a general audience. Marijuana As Medicine? provides patientsâ€"as well as the people who care for themâ€"with a foundation for making decisions about their own health care. This empowering volume examines several key points, including: Whether marijuana can relieve a variety of symptoms, including pain, muscle spasticity, nausea, and appetite loss. The dangers of smoking marijuana, as well as the effects of its active chemical components on the immune system and on psychological health. The potential use of marijuana-based medications on symptoms of AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and several other specific disorders, in comparison with existing treatments. Marijuana As Medicine? introduces readers to the active compounds in marijuana. These include the principal ingredient in Marinol, a legal medication. The authors also discuss the prospects for developing other drugs derived from marijuana's active ingredients. In addition to providing an up-to-date review of the science behind the medical marijuana debate, Mack and Joy also answer common questions about the legal status of marijuana, explaining the conflict between state and federal law regarding its medical use. Intended primarily as an aid to patients and caregivers, this book objectively presents critical information so that it can be used to make responsible health care decisions. Marijuana As Medicine? will also be a valuable resource for policymakers, health care providers, patient counselors, medical faculty and studentsâ€"in short, anyone who wants to learn more about this important issue.
Author: Dr. H. Gilbert Welch Publisher: Beacon Press ISBN: 0807077585 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 242
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A nationally recognized expert describes seven widespread assumptions that encourage excessive, ineffective, and sometimes harmful medical care—for readers of Overdiagnosed and Malcolm Gladwell You might think the biggest problem in medical care is that it costs too much. Or that health insurance is too expensive, too uneven, too complicated—and gives you too many forms to fill out. But the central problem is that too much medical care has too little value. Dr. H. Gilbert Welch is worried about too much medical care. He doesn’t deny that some people get too little medical care—rather that the conventional concern about “too little” needs to be balanced with a concern about “too much”: too many people being made to worry about diseases they don’t have and are at only average risk to get; too many people being tested and exposed to the harmful effects of the testing process; too many people being subjected to treatments they don’t need or can’t benefit from. The American public has been sold the idea that seeking medical care is one of the most important steps to maintain wellness. Surprisingly, medical care is not, in fact, well correlated with good health. More medicine does not equal more health; in reality the opposite may be true. In Less Medicine, More Health, Dr. Welch pushes against established wisdom and suggests that medical care can be too aggressive. Drawing on his twenty-five years of medical practice and research, he notes that while economics and lawyers contribute to the excesses of American medicine, the problem is essentially created when the general public clings to these powerful assumptions about the value of tests and treatments—a number of which are just plain wrong. By telling fascinating (and occasionally amusing) stories backed by reliable data, Dr. Welch challenges patients and the health-care establishment to rethink some very fundamental practices. His provocative prescriptions hold the potential to save money and, more important, improve health outcomes for us all.
Author: Justin Chin
Author: Justin Chin
Author: Institute of Medicine
Author: Frederick and Haines Peterson (Walter S.)
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Author: Walter Stanley Haines
Author: Justin Herold
Author: Illinois Homoeopathic Medical Association
Author: Dr. H. Gilbert Welch
Author: United States. Food and Drug Administration
Author: Alabama. Supreme Court