What Doctors Don't Get to Study in Medical School [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2014] B.M. Hegde

Dr B M Hegde is always pleasure to read and listen. This book is another gem on his crown.Thanks for sharing your insights all these years Dr Hegde.

The book indeed motivates the people seeking and practicing AYUSH, because authored by an allopathic doctor, a book having collection of text standardised by quotations & references to evidence based research/review articles by allopathy practitioners against certain allopathic ideologies, carries more psychological weightage in present social order.Though not always/exactly appropriate, because the author seems to favor ayurveda more over other alternatives, but yes I highly appreciate the efforts by an "allopathic" doctor author, to highlight facts that are missed by most other allopathic doctors, so that they no longer keep orthodox-pessimistic monetarily biased disease cause/management opinions.Medical field... is generally understood as ease vs dis-ease battle field or warfare studies against human suffering. In a time,, when the allopathic ideology that "disease sign-symptoms are disorder and logical solution is to near-directly block/suppress such body responses to prevent further suffering" has risen to the top,, this book is pioneering the awakening of alternative mindset among allopathic doctors that "sign-symptoms are voice of body conveying its requirement for amending life style/habits in order to work-rest efficiently towards personal reasons of being alive". This book is doing such by first suggesting allopathic doctors to realize the obvious flaws in the present medical management principles,Like...> When you study the mechanism of action of drugs, most work by chemically blocking specific physiological response pathways. Example, one of the most common discomforting sign-symptom i.e., fever is a protective solution against infective agents, yes it "might (not always)" damage brain function when its above 104, but approach is to suppress temperature center in brain as soon as temperature rises above 99 as if it is futile solution in comparison to the antibiotic-antivirals etc. we infuse in body. While crippling our body natural responses, we very well know that we are on verge of losing war against infective pathogens' ability to resist antimicrobials over time.> Life long dependency on synthetic thyroxin/ insulin/ anti-bp/ blood-thinners/ sleeping-pills etc. shouldn't be labelled as "treatment" as these jugaads are not cure for hypothyroidism diabetes hypertension stroke anxiety etc.> etc. more likewise conclusions in book... as if its a myth that student-doctors are taught about health mechanism-restoration-promotion... i.e., their mind are more programmed towards possibilities of disease & its occurance-invention-suppression/maintenance.Next...The readers become open to possibilities of synthetic chemical free or alternative effective metaphysical health explanations and management systems, that are already available, for prolonged/better quality of live. No doubt allopathy deals with trauma or severe-acute health crisis excellently, but today world is already witnessing the failure of allopathic treatment against chronic disorders and miraculous healing of injuries-infections-cancer among people opting more natural lifestyle amendment strategies. Mere realization of fact that discomforting feelings/aches are often short-lived and intake of very light fruit based diet with unconditional relaxtion, lead to avoidance of most misdiagnosis-maltreatments (i.e., unnecessary consultation-medications) and better immune memories.Anways, coming back on track of book reviewing... I, too have medical education with MBBS-MD degree, and I highly recommend this book, written in common simple not-so-technical/philosophical language, to all med-non-med people.

hope the book had specific advice for cures

Dr Hedge is a blessing to the world and to the Medicine Industry. If people could only listen to him, many things in our lives would difinately change to the better.Abdulrahman

Must read for all who care about their family and self holistic health and wellbeing.

Excellent book and.one should know about the health sciences which is beyond the medicines