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"Tell Me The Truth, Doctor" by Dr. Richard Besser

Joe Donahue — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:12:00 +0000

Dr. Richard Besser is chief medical editor at ABC News, and author of the new book Tell Me The Truth, Doctor: Easy-to-Understand Answers to Your Most Confusing and Critical Health Questions.

"Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients" by Ben Goldacre

Joe Donahue — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:35:00 +0000

We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to cancer drugs to heart medication are familiar with the research literature about a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies.

With Ben Goldacre’s characteristic flair and a forensic attention to detail, Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients reveals a shockingly broken system and calls for regulation. This is the pharmaceutical industry as it has never been seen before.

The Willpower Instinct by Dr. Kelly McGonigal

Joe Donahue — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000

As an award-winning psychology instructor at Stanford University, as well as a health educator for the School of Medicine’s Health Improvement Program, Dr. Kelly McGonigal’s job is to help people manage stress and make positive changes in their lives. After years of watching people try to control their bodies, emotions, and choices, she realized that much of what they believed about willpower was sabotaging their success and creating unnecessary stress.

Dr. Patricia O’Gorman, Ph.D

Joe Donahue — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:10:00 +0000

Dr. Patricia O’Gorman, Ph.D is an internationally-recognized psychologist in private practice in East Chatham, and Albany, New York, is noted for her work in families, children of alcoholics, trauma, child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, and substance abuse.