Worried Sick A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America

Name: Worried Sick A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America
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ISBN: 9780807831878

ISBN-10: 0807831875

ISBN-13: 9780807831878

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nortin M. Hadler

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At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin Hadler argues that an even more important issue is being overlooked. Although necessary health care should be available to all who need it, he says, the current health-care debate assumes that everyone requires massive amounts of expensive care to stay healthy. Hadler urges that before we commit to paying for whatever pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment tell us we need, American consumers need to adopt an attitude of skepticism and arm themselves with enough information to make some of their own decisions about what care is truly necessary. Each chapter of Worried Sick is an object…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 6/2/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 392
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Acknowledgment


Introduction



The Methuselah Complex



The Heart of the Matter



Risky Business: Cholesterol, Blood Sugar, and Blood Pressure



You Are Not What You Eat



Gut Check



Breast Cancer Prevention: Screening the Evidence



The Beleaguered Prostate



Disease Mongering



Creakiness



It's in Your Mind



Aging Is Not a Disease



Working to Death



"Alternative" Therapies Are Not "Complementary"



Assuring Health, Insuring Disease


Supplementary Readings


Bibliography


About the Author


Index