In Ray’s latest column for the British Medical Journal he discusses a fantastic new book called ‘Overdiagnosed: making people sick in the pursuit of health’ written by three Ivy League doctors from the United States
The book paints a frightening picture of a medical system that labels millions of people with conditions that will never cause them any harm, exposing them to the danger of the side efffects and costs of unwanted treatments
To read the BMJ column, click here
A selection a reviews and recommendations from around the world about Ray’s latest book…
“a meticulous exposé” Literary Review of Canada
“essential reading for husbands” The Spectator
“very readable” Medical Journal of Australia
“valuable muckraking” Psychiatric Times, USA
“a clarion call that should be heard by men and women alike” Winnipeg Free Press
“A must read” Dr Lori Brotto, UBC Canada
“I highly recommend it” Gorgi Coghlan, Channel 10, The Circle, Australia
“A brilliant dissection of the tragedy of greed preying on fear”
Dr Iona Heath, Royal College of General Practitioners, Britain
“One of the most useful books to come along in a long time”
Cynthia A. Pearson, National Women’s Health Network, USA
Review extracts
“…essential reading for husbands and recommended reading for general practitioners, psychiatrists and psychologists…”.
“with its insightful discussion of bedroom intimacy and the impact of ageing on sexual function of both men and women, especially the latter, it will almost certainly become a discussion text for many book clubs across the Western world.”
John Graham, The Spectator, Australia
“…a breakthrough in investigative journalism: a decidedly progressive argument against the hegemony of modern medicine and the way it intentionally deprives patients of a holistic approach to health and happiness.”
Quill and Quire
“Sex, Lies and Pharmaceuticals is a rarity—a book that lives up to its own hype. It is a thorough and meticulous exposé that does a remarkably good job of bringing skepticism without cynicism, information without sensationalism to an issue that is being confronted by an increasing number of average people.
“… an eye-opening, carefully written and fair book that directly confronts a single dramatic example of what many consider to be an exploding problem: the medicalization of everyday life.”
Wendy McElroy, Literary Review of Canada
Buy your copy here
In 2011 Ray will start a new regular column at the BMJ – the British Medical Journal – he will be a regular contributor to his local newspaper in Byron Bay Australia, The Echo, and will continue as an Australian correspondent to Radio New Zealand’s NinetoNoon program, along with other projects, writing commissions, speaking engagements and lots of dancing.
The drug company AstraZeneca has launched legal action against an influential committee of independent advisers to the Australian government.
Documents lodged with a federal court show that the company has begun proceedings against 17 members of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee and the federal health minister.
Neither AstraZeneca nor the government will comment on the nature of the case against the powerful committee, which makes recommendations on which drugs attract subsidies—and the conditions attached to those subsidies—in Australia’s $8 billion publicly funded scheme.
However, court documents reveal that the case …..
The full text of Ray’s latest story is available here in the British Medical Journal
Ray talks to Gorgi and Yumi about his new book Sex, Lies and Pharmaceuticals
The new book by Ray Moynihan and Barbara Mintzes is getting lots of attention world wide. Here is a little of the recent coverage:
Short segment of Ray’s presentation to the Amsterdam 2010 conference, which takes its name from his 2005 book Selling Sickness
