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Overdiagnosed : making people sick in the pursuit of health / by Welch, H. Gilbert.(CARDINAL)542604; Schwartz, Lisa.(CARDINAL)672797; Woloshin, Steve.(CARDINAL)549169;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Genesis : people become patients with high blood pressure -- We change the rules : how numbers get changed to give you diabetes, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis -- We are able to see more : how scans give you gallstones, damaged knee cartilage, bulging discs, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and blood clots -- We look harder for prostate cancer : how screening made it clear that overdiagnosis exists in cancer -- We look harder for other cancers -- We look harder for breast cancer -- We stumble onto incidentalomas that might be cancer -- We look harder for everything else : how screening gives you (and your baby) another set of problems -- We confuse DNA with disease : how genetic testing will give you almost anything -- Get the facts -- Get the system -- Get the big picture -- Conclusion : pursuing health with less diagnosis.Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.
Subjects: Diagnostic errors.; Medical misconceptions.; Medical screening.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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On depression : drugs, diagnosis, and despair in the modern world / by Ghaemi, S. Nassir.(CARDINAL)672812;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Lives of quiet desperation -- The varieties of depressive experience -- Abnormal happiness -- The age of Prozac -- The unknown Hippocrates -- Postmodernism debunked -- Pharmageddon? -- Creating major depressive disorder -- The DSM wars -- Viktor Frankl : learning to suffer -- Rollo May and Elvin Semrad : I am, we are -- Leston havens : holding opposed ideas at once -- Paul Roazen : being honest about the past -- Karl Jaspers : keeping faith -- The banality of normality -- Two o'clock in the morning.
Subjects: Depression, Mental.; Antidepressants.; Diagnostic errors.; Existentialism.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Breathe [sound recording] : a novel / by Oates, Joyce Carol,1938-author.(CARDINAL)137751; Campbell, Cassandra,narrator.(CARDINAL)347921;
Performed by Cassandra Campbell.Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood, and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Married people; Diagnostic errors; Sick;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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Your symptoms are real : what to do when your doctor says nothing is wrong / by Natelson, Benjamin H.(CARDINAL)770877;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-270) and index.Symptoms, signs, syndromes, and illness : the path to understanding why you feel sick -- Toward wellness : a practical approach to conquering the "nothing wrong" syndrome -- What else you need to know.Offers suggestions for how sufferers of such "invisible" diseases as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and multiple chemical sensitivity can take charge of their health, giving advice on how to find sympathetic doctors andresearch available and alternative treatments.
Subjects: Alternative medicine.; Diagnostic errors.; Physician and patient.; Symptoms.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Your symptoms are real / by Natelson, Benjamin H.(CARDINAL)770877;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Symptoms.; Diagnostic errors.; Alternative medicine.; Physician and patient.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When doctors don't listen : how to avoid misdiagnoses and unnecessary tests / by Wen, Leana,1983-(CARDINAL)402258; Kosowsky, Joshua M.(CARDINAL)503818;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Discusses how to avoid harmful medical mistakes, offering advice on such topics as working with a busy doctor, communicating the full story of an illness, evaluating test risks, and obtaining a working diagnosis.
Subjects: Physician and patient.; Communication in medicine.; Diagnostic errors;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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A fish growing lungs : essays / by Sawchyn, Alysia Li Ying,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).
Subjects: Sawchyn, Alysia Li Ying.; American essays; Diagnostic errors.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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ADHD nation : children, doctors, big pharma, and the making of an American epidemic / by Schwarz, Alan,1968-author.(CARDINAL)414097;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-316) and index.Fidgety Phil's arithmetic pills -- Dr. Conners -- From MBD to ADD -- Collision course -- Kristin -- Jamison -- ADD for all -- The hijacking -- There's something they know about us -- Higher and higher -- Less than -- Bright college days -- And now, a word from our sponsors -- Awakening -- Connection -- This is your brain on capitalism -- Coming soon to a doctor near you -- Prescription.A groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder--and its serious effects on children, adults, and society.
Subjects: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Diagnostic errors;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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Breathe [sound recording] by Oates, Joyce Carol,1938-author.(CARDINAL)137751; Campbell, Cassandranarrator(CARDINAL)347921; Harper Audio (Firm).(CARDINAL)539013;
Performed by Cassandra Campbell.Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA, takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted, and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood--and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own. In vividly depicted scenes of escalating suspense, Michaela cares desperately for Gerard in his final days as she comes to realize that her love for her husband, however fierce and selfless, is not enough to save him and that his death is beyond her comprehension. A love that refuses to be surrendered at death--is this the blessing of a unique married love, or a curse that must be exorcized? Part intimately detailed love story, part horror story rooted in real life, Breathe is an exploration of hauntedness rooted in the domesticity of marital love, as well as our determination both to be faithful to the beloved and to survive the trauma of loss.System requirements: CD/MP3 player, or PC with MP3-capable software.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Diagnostic errors; Loss (Psychology); Married people; Sick;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When the labels don't fit : a new approach to raising a challenging child / by Probst, Barbara,1948-(CARDINAL)489458;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.
Subjects: Child psychology.; Child mental health.; Behavior disorders in children; Diagnostic errors.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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