Your Medical Mind Quotes

“also risks of taking statins. To be sure, seeing a person in front of you has a greater impact than hearing about side effects secondhand. But even secondhand stories affect the way people think. We have also observed in”
― Jerome Groopman, Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You

“their preferences about starting medications for elevated blood pressure or a high cholesterol level. Although guidelines usually have fine print at the bottom asserting that the recommendations need to be molded to the preferences, values, and goals of the individual patient, we believe that this statement should be in large”
― Jerome Groopman, Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You

“Not”
― Jerome Groopman, Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You

“or she would choose the treatment option that the experts saw as “best,” in this case taking the medication. But in the Dartmouth study, this was not what happened. When given clearer information, the patients weighed the risks and benefits”
― Jerome Groopman, Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You

“Understanding statistics about the risks and benefits of a treatment is called “health literacy.” It”
― Jerome Groopman, Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You

“to taking an action that could make life even worse. Psychologists call this “loss aversion.” Research in cognitive”
― Jerome Groopman, Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You

“suffered muscle pain, the most common side effect of statins, or someone else who developed liver toxicity and gastrointestinal upset, which are less common”
― Jerome Groopman, Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You