The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It

Lenzer, Jeanne

ISBN 10: 0316343765 / ISBN 13: 9780316343763

Published by Little, Brown and Company, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316343765
• ISBN 13: 9780316343763
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Did you know...

Medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death in America.

An estimated 10 percent of Americans are implanted with medical devices -- like pacemakers, artificial hips, cardiac stents, etc.

The overwhelming majority of high-risk implanted devices have never undergone a single clinical trial.

In The Danger Within Us, award-winning journalist Jeanne Lenzer brings these horrifying statistics to life through the story of one working class man who, after his "cure" nearly kills him, ends up in a battle for justice against the medical establishment.

His crusade leads Lenzer on a journey through the dark underbelly of the medical device industry, a fascinating and disturbing world that hasn't been written about before. What Lenzer exposes will shock readers: rampant corruption, elaborate cover-ups, shameless profiteering, and astonishing lack of oversight, all of which leads to dangerous devices (from artificial hips to pacemakers) going to market and into our bodies.

In the vein of America's Bitter Pill and A Civil Action, The Danger Within Us is a stirring call for reform and a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of American healthcare.

"Before you get anything implanted in your body, read this book."-Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated

About the Author

Jeanne Lenzer is an award-winning medical investigative journalist and former Knight Science Journalism fellow. She is a longtime contributor to the The BMJ (formerly, the British Medical Journal), and her articles, reviews and commentary have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Atlantic, The New Republic, Discover, Slate, Mother Jones and many other outlets.