| The end of a miracle |
The 'miracle' of modern medicine is coming to an end. After two centuries of apparent progress, doctors today are faced with more unsolved problems than ever before. |
| When to see a doctor |
It is unwise to get ourselves drugged, cut and zapped at the slightest symptom of illness. We have to learn to discern when to see a doctor, and when not to seek medical treatment. |
| Preventive or kiasu medicine |
A doctor once suggested that all older women should have their breast cut off – to avoid breast cancer. This was his idea of “preventive medicine”. I call it kiasu medicine. |
| Dangers and harm of medicine |
Many medical procedures are not only harmful, but are outright unscientific! For example, heart patients used to be treated by surgery that involves sprinkling talcum power onto their hearts. |
| Dangers of medical tests |
The harm of medicine extends to medical tests. In Medical Care Can Be Dangerous to your Health, Eugene Robin explains how a seemingly harmless medical test can lead to disastrous results. |
| How to survive in a medical factory |
Iatrogenic illness – illnesses “caused by doctors” – affect 5 to 30 percent of hospital patients. Between 0.5 and 2 percent die. The percentage seems small. But the total figures are staggering. |
| The ill-logic of medical drugs |
A lot of pharmaceutical drugs do not make sense. Some contain ingredients that cancel out each other. Some produce side effects exactly the same as the symptoms they are supposed to treat. |
| Dr Robert S ‘Meddlesome’ |
Dr Robert S Mendelsohn, a pediatrician, was a staunch critic of medical science. He proudly called himself 'The Medical Heretic'. |
