Too much medical stuff
340253
It was like hanging around the old folks home listing to people talk about their medical problems. I am sure it had a really powerful uplifting 'you can do it' message, but I didn't get that far.
3829824
Starts off rather healthy but you soon come to find that he is leading you to buy HIS vitamin/supplement line.  Sad, mixing health with commercialism.

I'm an RN.
3203636
Interesting book.  Some of it was good and helpful, but a lot of it was not.  The author used a lot of scientific/dietician/medical jargon and this put me off big time. Basically, the author presents 100 items to follow/avoid to lose weight and maintain a good body.  As I said, I found the use of vocabulary that was beyond the daily use by potential readers to be off putting.  I also realized early on in the book the author had lots of ideas, but that does not necessarily mean they are what I have read elsewhere or what my own research/doctor has said.  The book presents a different way to look at weight loss and maintaining a healthy body, but not necessarily the end all. It can supplement other reading/research/discussion on the subject.
2640487
Too much of book is  about hormone replacement, breast cancer, measuring hot flashes and other filler.  I am only interested in the sleep part, so lots of this book in not relevant to me.  It says that you have free access to audio files, but only has information on where to find them on  page 147 in very small print at the bottom.  I had  to hunt to find it.  That should be in large print at the beginning of the book.
260344
I have had some suspicions about some of the medications mentioned in this book. I have seen first hand how they can destroy the life of a loved one. I wish this book had been madatory reading in my Pharmacology class for my Nursing career.
2467307
I used this book as the textbook for my Psychopathology course in my Master's Counseling program. It has a LOT of useful information but I found that outside of the case studies the vast majority of the text was either a direct quote from the DSM or a lot of medical language that I had difficulty understanding without a medical dictionary readily at hand. Yes, I will use some medical jargon in my future profession as a counselor, but this book is more than what I'd need since it is written for Psychiatrists rather than Counselors.
4660856
I was having lower back pain and looking to avoid surgery, if possible. There were a lot of good ideas towards the end of the book, but a little too much medical background in the beginning.
4214019
Was there some interesting info?  I guess.  But oh my gosh.  This guy set out to tear down the medical system and was going to do it regardless of what he found.  Sorry, pal, that you opted to not purchase medical insurance and that wonderful care here in the US is expensive.  Sorry that your baby was sick and that you had to go to the evil hospital that charged you $21K for a week there.  What a puke fest.  And yes.  I've had a baby.  I found a hospital and doctor who I knew would be respectful to me and my wishes.  I usually don't write these things, but I can't stand this leftist hippy bull shiz.  Don't waste your time.
797730
Having chronic pancreatitis I have to watch my fat intake more so than others. A little bit too much of anything not good might send me back to the hospital. Scales like this are a necessity for those in my shoes.
2149543
Although an interesting topic, I found it difficult to finish.  Much was too technical to follow and I usually don't have trouble with that.  The author seems to jump from family to research data and back again a bit too much also.  I could see this as an article in a magazine like Journal of American Medicine rather than a full book.
1153334
I bought this book as a "refresher" of information since I already have 2 kids, but it's been over 5 years since we had a child and it seemed to be recommended by a lot of people.

I was disappointed that the book focused so much on medical intervention stating it was basically "necessary" when I was looking for something more focused on the physiological end of things and ways to make labor and delivery more natural as it is a natural occurrence. In fact, the author claims that the first thing one should do when they get to the hospital is get an IV needle in place in their hand "just in case" when statistics (not to mention history) shows that women are created to give birth and do it quite well. That's what we do. The birth stories really drove things home for me as I read about women who wanted a natural child birth, but because of medical intervention from one stage to the next, ended up having a c-section.

If you're looking for a more positive and natural approach to labor and delivery, look somewhere else. This book will leave you feeling stressed and afraid of your own body.
2531848
Very, very overdone. It is a great tool in the medical field but very, very overdone!
1340331
I found this book to be very informative, however, at one point my husband told me to stop reading it because it was making me upset. It really put alot of fear into me and I found myself constatly worring about all of the things that could happen. It would have been nice if it wasn't so over medicalized. She would use alot of "doctor talk" and I wished she would have written on a more personal level, since she is a mother of twins and has expierenced this all herself. It did give alot of useful information and I don't regret buying it
2587586
This story is a rather long mystery novel containing a lot of detailed medical language.  It is interesting if you want to learn quite a bit about medical matters.
351935
a lot of bandages. Not much more else in there.
1107360
There is a large amount of good information in this book. It is unfortunate that the author presents such a negative attitude about so many medications. It would help if he would evaluate more on the, "risk v. benefit"  basis rather than, "don't take it". In some instances there may not be an alternative. He does seem to be a bit of a medical nihilist, possibly because his speciality is psychiatry?
412960
Too long .  Written with sientific dicipline & detail and burdened by too much specialized medical terminology for the popular reader .  The idealism is admerable and the conclusion are justified but it speaks to the medical profession more than to the general public .  A slow diffucult book to read .  Sombody else should write the same book for the popular reader and for leaders in public policy .