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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” -- Philli...
Book Review: The Cure
Dr. David Gratzer is a psychiatrist who has worked both in Canada and in the United States. His first book, Code Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care System, was an award-winning prescription for the long waits and poor satisfaction currently plaguing Canadian patients. In his current book, The Cure: How Capitalis...
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Book Review: A New IBS Solution
In November I wrote about an important study in the Annals of Internal Medicine that demonstrated the effectiveness of an antibiotic for the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Dr. Mark Pimentel, the author of the study, is the director of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Gastrointestinal Motility Program. Last year he published a book outlining his theories about the cause and treatment of IBS: A New IBS Solu...
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