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Title Catalyst: Too Much Medicine
Published Australia : ABC, 2015
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Summary Could our relentless pursuit of good health be making us sick? Advances in medicine have propelled health care to new heights. A vast array of diagnostic tests and drug therapies is now available but an increasing number of doctors now say that sometimes, "less is more" when it comes to medical interventions. They argue that excessive interventions are causing more harm than good. Dr Maryanne Demasi examines how our relentless pursuit for good health could be making people sick
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2015-10-27 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Antidepressants -- Side effects.
Breast -- Cancer.
Breast -- Tumors.
Statins (Cardiovascular agents)
Drugs -- Overdose.
Polypharmacy.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Demasi, Maryanne, reporter
Aranda, Sanchia, contributor
Duckett, Stephen, contributor
Erlank, Henriette, contributor
Heath, Iona, contributor
Lindner, Robyn, contributor
McLaren, Cameron, contributor
Parker, Gordon, contributor
Raven, Melissa, contributor
Srivastava, Ranjana, contributor