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Medical organizations and physicians should play an active role in advancing positive change

From the account of a new doctor to an insider’s look at the government response to Covid, four new titles that capture our reality.

Food as Medicine: The Answer to Mounting Health Crises Our toxic diet is feeding diseases that can't be cured with drugs that never resolve the underlying problem Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist and professor emeritus at the University of California–San Francisco, has written a number of excellent books about health. His latest, “Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine,” goes deep into the details of how changes in our food supply have damaged our metabolic health. The title of his book, “Metabolical,” is actually a portman...

Adobe Saying it needs to “pivot from ambivalence to urgent action” and hold itself accountable for deeply embedded health inequities, the American Medical Association has vowed in a new strategic plan to use its influence as one of the world’s most powerful medical organizations to fight and dismantle white supremacy and racism in the U.S. health care system — and within its own walls. The 83-page report on racial justice and health equity, which is the culmination of two years of work and was scheduled to be released on Wednesday, was obtained by STAT and has now been released by the...

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