Your article has been sent. Your article has been sent. No, not that kind of health/medicine books. If you were interested in learning more about how to go gluten-free, have clearer sinuses, or be less co-dependent, I have recommendations for reading--but not here.
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My 5 favorite health/medicine books of 2012
- Yes, But. The Annotated Atlantic. [Last Updated On: November 7th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 7th, 2009]
- Health Insurance Benefit Costs by Region [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- For an Operator, Please Press... [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Pollyanna With a Pen: Maine Governor Signs 18 New Health Care Bills into Law [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- AMA Sounds the Alarm, Medicare Making Yet Another Attempt to Cut Reimbursement [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Mass Governor Asks Blue Cross to Keep Higher Employer Contribution [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Lifespan and Care New England Plan Monopoly (Again) [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Dirigo Health: Con Artists, Liars, and Thieves? [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- New Orleans: Health Challenges [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- August a Flurry of Activity [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Maine's Dirigo Health Savings One-Third of Original Estimate [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- “Methodolatry”: My new favorite term for one of the shortcomings of evidence-based medicine [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Suzanne Somers’ Knockout: Dangerous misinformation about cancer (part 1) [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- A science-based blog about GMO [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- A Not-So-Split Decision [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Military Medicine in Iraq [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- The effective wordsmithing of Amy Wallace [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- A Science Lesson from a Homeopath and Behavioral Optometrist [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Join CFI in opposing funding mandates for quackery in health care reform [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Mainstreaming Science-Based Medicine: A Novel Approach [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Those who live in glass houses… [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- J.B. Handley of the anti-vaccine group Generation Rescue: Misogynistic attacks on journalists who champion science [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- When homeopaths attack medicine and physics [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- The cancer screening kerfuffle erupts again: “Rethinking” screening for breast and prostate cancer [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- All Medicines Are Poison! [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- When Loud Wins: Will Your Tax Dollars Pay For Prayer? [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- It’s All in Your Head [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- The Skeptical O.B. joins the Science-Based Medicine crew [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- The Tragic Death Toll of Homebirth [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- What’s the right C-section rate? Higher than you think. [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
- Recombinant Human Antithrombin – Milking Nanny Goats for Big Bucks [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Does C-section increase the rate of neonatal death? [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Man in Coma 23 Years – Is He Really Conscious? [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Why Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination Isn’t Quite Universal [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Ontario naturopathic prescribing proposal is bad medicine [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Naturopaths and the anti-vaccine movement: Hijacking the law in service of pseudoscience [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- The Institute for Science in Medicine enters the health care reform fray [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Neti pots – Ancient Ayurvedic Treatment Validated by Scientific Evidence [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Early Intervention for Autism [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- A temporary reprieve from legislative madness [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- A critique of the leading study of American homebirth [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Lose those holiday pounds [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Endocrine disruptors—the one true cause? [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Evidence in Medicine: Experimental Studies [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Midwives and the assault on scientific evidence [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- The Mammogram Post-Mortem [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- An Influenza Recap: The End of the Second Wave [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- The End of Chiropractic [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
- Cell phones and cancer again, or: Oh, no! My cell phone’s going to give me cancer! (revisited) [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2009]
- Another wrinkle to the USPSTF mammogram guidelines kerfuffle: What about African-American women? [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2009]
- Acupuncture, the P-Value Fallacy, and Honesty [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2009]
- The One True Cause of All Disease [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2009]
- Communicating with the Locked-In [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2009]
- Are the benefits of breastfeeding oversold? [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2009]
- Measles [Last Updated On: December 20th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 20th, 2009]
- Radiation from medical imaging and cancer risk [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 21st, 2009]
- Multiple Sclerosis and Irrational Exuberance [Last Updated On: December 21st, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 21st, 2009]
- Medical Fun with Christmas Carols [Last Updated On: December 22nd, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 22nd, 2009]
- Lithium for ALS – Angioplasty for MS [Last Updated On: December 23rd, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 23rd, 2009]
- “Toxins”: the new evil humours [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 24th, 2009]
- 2009’s Top 5 Threats To Science In Medicine [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 24th, 2009]
- Buteyko Breathing Technique – Nothing to Hyperventilate About [Last Updated On: December 26th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 26th, 2009]
- The Graston Technique – Inducing Microtrauma with Instruments [Last Updated On: December 29th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 29th, 2009]
- The “pharma shill” gambit [Last Updated On: December 29th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 29th, 2009]
- Ginkgo biloba – No Effect [Last Updated On: December 30th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 30th, 2009]
- Oppose “Big Floss”; practice alternative dentistry [Last Updated On: January 1st, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 1st, 2010]
- Causation and Hill’s Criteria [Last Updated On: January 3rd, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2010]
- The life cycle of translational research [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2010]
- The anti-vaccine movement strikes back against Dr. Paul Offit [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2010]
- Osteoporosis Drugs: Good Medicine or Big Pharma Scam? [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2010]
- Acupuncture for Hot Flashes [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2010]
- The case for neonatal circumcision [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2010]
- A victory for science-based medicine [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2010]
- James Ray and testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) [Last Updated On: January 10th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 10th, 2010]
- The Water Cure: Another Example of Self Deception and the “Lone Genius” [Last Updated On: January 12th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 12th, 2010]
- Be careful what you wish for, Dr. Dossey, you just might get it [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 13th, 2010]
- You. You. Who are you calling a You You? [Last Updated On: January 15th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 15th, 2010]
- The War on Salt [Last Updated On: January 16th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 16th, 2010]
- Is breech vaginal delivery safe? [Last Updated On: January 16th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 16th, 2010]