What the Doctor Didn’t Say: The Hidden Truth about Medical Research

Author by : Jerry Menikoff
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2006
Publisher by : Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN :

Description : Millions of people each year decide to participate in clinical trials--medical research studies involving an innovative treatment for a medical problem. For the patient, such participation can sometimes be a life-saving choice. But it can also be just the opposite. Our country years ago adopted rules designed to assure that people are making informed choices about participation. This book explains the reality behind those rules: that our current system of clinical trials hides much of the information patients need to make the right choices. Witness the following scenarios: -Hundreds of patients with colon cancer undergo a new form of keyhole surgery at leading cancer centers--never being told that 85% of colorectal surgeons, worried that it increases the risk of the cancer returning, would not themselves undergo that procedure. -Tens of thousands of women at high risk of developing breast cancer are asked to participate in a major research study. They are told about the option of having both breasts surgically removed--but not told about the option of taking a standard osteoporosis pill that might cut the risk of getting breast cancer by one-half or more. What The Doctor Didn't Say, principally written by a nationally prominent expert, is the first book to reveal many heretofore hidden aspects about the true nature of participation in clinical trials. It shows why options not commonly known--including getting a new treatment outside of a research study--can often be the best choice. It explains how patients can make good decisions even if there is only limited information about a treatment's effect. And it does this through the eye-opening stories of what is happening daily to thousands of people. This book ends up confronting the fundamental dilemma of medical research: Participation in clinical trials plays a vital role in advancing knowledge, and many experts fear that if the information provided herein became widely known, fewer people would participate. But the authors demonstrate that there is no need to deceive people into participating in research. We can have a system that promotes participation while still providing truthful information to participants....

Author by : Wendy Hayden
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2019-07-08
Publisher by :

ISBN :

Description : Is your child struggling with chronic constipation and your doctor is only prescribing laxatives? 5% of all visits to pediatricians are for childhood constipation...but most doctors just prescribe a laxative, tell you to increase fiber in your child's diet and send you home. They don't help you to figure out what is causing your child's chronic constipation but just put a bandaid on the problem with a laxative. My son struggled with chronic constipation from birth. I took my son to multiple doctors. They all just prescribed laxatives and sent us home. My son had terrible side effects from the laxatives and his constipation didn't improve. I knew that there had to be a better way. I worked with an integrative medicine doctor to get to the root cause of my son's and ended his years-long constipation struggle. Since then, I have been lucky enough to help thousands of families get their child off of laxatives. This book will help you to find the reason why your child became constipated in the first place and get a game plan to help end your child's chronic constipation. Discover what supplement you can buy at any drug store that will help your child to have daily bowel movements. Learn why laxatives can make your child's constipation, and behavior, worse. Get techniques to help your child overcome withholding. Determine what is causing your child's constipation so you can end their struggle permanently. This step by step guide will help you to know what questions to ask your child's doctor, what supplements to give your child to help them finally be able to have a painless bowel movement and what tests to ask your child's doctor to run. Solutions for constipation in infants, toddlers, ideas to overcome witholding, how to potty train a constipated child, and information to help you figure out what is causing your child's constipation so you can end it quickly and permanently. Bonus! Get the eBook for free when you purchase the paperback of this book, start reading your book immediately!...

Author by : Stuart Berger
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1988
Publisher by : William Morrow

ISBN :

Description : Relates what can be done about the quality of health care and how to assure the best care from doctors....

Author by : Geoffrey Simmons
Languange Used : en
Release Date :
Publisher by : Harvest House Publishers

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Author by : Martha Falterman
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2002-03
Publisher by : AuthorHouse

ISBN :

Description : There are times when even doctors don't understand what breast cancer patients go through or feel physically and emotionally. Written by three breast cancer survivors, this book is not about the cancer or cancer medication but about living with the disease. It is meant to help you understand the cancer patient as they search for some semblance of normalcy in their lives. It deals with love and laughter, marriage and separation, and the courage to live and to die. Martha, Neppie, and Loretta tell their stories as frankly as they can hoping others will benefit from their experiences. With family, friends, courage, and one's own faith, they have survived and are able to tell their stories....

Author by : Jerry Menikoff
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2006-08-24
Publisher by : Oxford University Press

ISBN :

Description : Millions of people each year decide to participate in clinical trials--medical research studies involving an innovative treatment for a medical problem. For the patient, such participation can sometimes be a life-saving choice. But it can also be just the opposite. Our country years ago adopted rules designed to assure that people are making informed choices about participation. This book explains the reality behind those rules: that our current system of clinical trials hides much of the information patients need to make the right choices. Witness the following scenarios: -Hundreds of patients with colon cancer undergo a new form of keyhole surgery at leading cancer centers--never being told that 85% of colorectal surgeons, worried that it increases the risk of the cancer returning, would not themselves undergo that procedure. -Tens of thousands of women at high risk of developing breast cancer are asked to participate in a major research study. They are told about the option of having both breasts surgically removed--but not told about the option of taking a standard osteoporosis pill that might cut the risk of getting breast cancer by one-half or more. What The Doctor Didn't Say, principally written by a nationally prominent expert, is the first book to reveal many heretofore hidden aspects about the true nature of participation in clinical trials. It shows why options not commonly known--including getting a new treatment outside of a research study--can often be the best choice. It explains how patients can make good decisions even if there is only limited information about a treatment's effect. And it does this through the eye-opening stories of what is happening daily to thousands of people. This book ends up confronting the fundamental dilemma of medical research: Participation in clinical trials plays a vital role in advancing knowledge, and many experts fear that if the information provided herein became widely known, fewer people would participate. But the authors demonstrate that there is no need to deceive people into participating in research. We can have a system that promotes participation while still providing truthful information to participants....

Author by : Sandeep Jauhar
Languange Used : en
Release Date :
Publisher by : Penguin Books India

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Description : &Lsquo;I Was An Intern A Decade Ago Now, But I Still Remember It The Way Soldiers Remember War.&Rsquo; Intern Is Sandeep Jauhar&Rsquo;S Story Of His Days And Nights In Residency At A Busy Hospital In New York City, A Trial That Led Him To Question Every Assumption About Medical Care Today. Residency&Mdash;And Especially The First Year, Called Internship&Mdash;Is Legendary For Its Brutality. Working Eighty Hours Or More Per Week, Most New Doctors Spend Their First Year Asking Themselves Why They Wanted To Be Doctors In The First Place. &Nbsp; Jauhar&Rsquo;S Internship Was Even More Harrowing Than Most: He Switched From Physics To Medicine In Order To Follow A More Humane Calling&Mdash;Only To Find That Medicine Put Patients&Rsquo; Concerns Last. He Struggled To Find A Place Among Squadrons Of Cocky Residents And Doctors. He Challenged The Practices Of The Internship In The New York Times, Attracting The Suspicions Of The Medical Bureaucracy. Then, Suddenly Stricken, He Became A Patient Himself&Mdash;And Came To See That Today&Rsquo;S High-Tech, High-Pressure Medicine Can Be A Humane Science After All. Now A Thriving Cardiologist, Jauhar Has All The Qualities You&Rsquo;D Want In Your Own Doctor: Expertise, Insight, A Feel For The Human Factor, A Sense Of Humor, And A Keen Awareness Of The Worries That We All Have In Common. His Beautifully Written Memoir Explains The Inner Workings Of Modern Medicine With Rare Candor And Insight. Reviews &Lsquo;A Sensitive, Thoughtful Observer And An Experienced, Gifted Writer . . . It Will Be The Standard By Which Future Such Memoirs Will Be Judged&Rsquo; &Mdash;Abraham Verghese, Author Of My Own Country &Lsquo;In A Voice Of Profound Honesty And Intelligence, Sandeep Jauhar Gives Us An Insider&Rsquo;S Look At The Medical Profession, And Also A Dramatic Account Of The Psychological Challenges Of Early Adulthood&Rsquo; &Mdash;Akhil Sharma, Author Of An Obedient Father...

Author by : Patricia W. Fischer
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2018-03-29
Publisher by : Tule Publishing

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Description : After being hired as the temporary director of Marietta Medical ER, Dr. Lucy Davidson meticulously plots the course she wants the quickly growing facility to take. She’s laser-focused, determined to prove herself worthy to become the permanent director. No distraction will sway her…not even the brilliant and disturbingly handsome new Emergency Room physician, Thomas McAvoy. Fulfilling a promise, Thomas has come to Marietta to help the woman who saved his life then leave as soon as possible. Still sustaining injuries from the near fatal attack, he realizes how much he appreciates the slower pace of his temporary assignment at a rural hospital. It's a soothing balm after years in an hectic urban ER. The charm of Marietta and the friendliness of his colleagues lure Thomas into thinking he might like to make his temporary position permanent, especially since he and Lucy have become closer. As their relationship begins to heat up, Thomas realizes Lucy is everything he dreamed of in a life partner, but will old wounds derail their happily ever after?...

Author by : John R. Lee
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2004-02-01
Publisher by : Grand Central Publishing

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Description : Arguing that giving estrogen replacement therapy to women after menopause is medically the wrong thing to do, Lee suggests that natural progesterone can prevent most of the unpleasant side effects of menopause, including osteoporosis and weight gain....

Author by : Lara Bergen
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1995
Publisher by :

ISBN :

Description : A young bear tries to hide the fact that he is not feeling well because he does not want to go see the the doctor and get a shot like the last time....