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  10. Ibid.

  11. Connecticut Attorney General’s Office, “Attorney General’s Investigation Reveals Flawed Lyme Disease Guidelines Process,” www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?a=2795&q=414284

  12. Weintraub, Cure Unknown, 8.

  13. Fox, “The Social Life of Health Information,” 2.

  14. Fox and Purcell, “Chronic Disease and the Internet 2010,” 2.

  15. Ibid., 3.

  16. Ibid.

  17. Fox, “The Social Life of Health Information,” 6.

  18. Ibid.

  19. Ibid., 20.

  20. Grann, “Stalking Dr. Steere Over Lyme Disease.”

  21. Ibid.

  22. Tiejte, “The Worst Things People Say About Unvaccinated Kids,” http://blogs.babble.com/being-pregnant/2011/07/15/the-worst-myths-about-unvaccinated-kids/.

  23. Frontline, “Interview: Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.,” www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/interviews/fauci.html.

  24. Wallace, “An Epidemic of Fear,” www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience/all/1.

  25. Frontline, “Interview: Jenny McCarthy,” www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/interviews/mccarthy.html#ixzz1UHiLAv1X.

  26. Ibid.

  27. Lin II, “Measles Are on the Rise,” http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/14/local/la-me-measles-20110514.

  28. Offit, Deadly Choices, xv.

  29. Ibid., 173.

  30. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “How Many Kids Have Autism?” www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/features/counting-autism.html.

  31. Wang et al., “Common Genetic Variants.”

  32. Parker-Pope, “Autism Risk for Siblings Higher than Expected,” http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/autism-risk-for-siblings-higher-than-expected/.

  CHAPTER 8: PARTICIPATORY MEDICINE AND TRANSPARENCY

  1. Fox, “Peer-to-Peer Healthcare,” 6.

  2. Ibid., 7.

  3. E-Patientdave.com, “About ePatient Dave,” http://epatientdave.com/about-dave.

  4. KevinMD.com, “About Kevin Pho, MD,” www.KevinMD.com/blog/about-kevin-md.

  5. Ferguson and the e-Patient Scholars Working Group, “e-Patients,” ix–x.

  6. Haig, “When the Patient Is a Googler,” 1, www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1681838-1,00.html.

  7. Trotter, “A Patient by Any Other Name,” www.fredtrotter.com/2010/12/21/a-patient-by-any-other-name/.

  8. Barnes et al., “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use,” 2.

  9. Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic, 224.

  10. Barnes et al., “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use,” 1.

  11. Ibid., 6.

  12. Ibid., 1.

  13. Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, 689.

  14. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, “About NCCAM,” http://nccam.nih.gov/about/.

  15. Alkon, “More Medical Schools Offer ‘Alternative’ Training,” http://yourlife.usa today.com/health/healthyperspective/post/2011/12/More-Medical-Schools-Teaching-About-Alternative-Medicine/585142/1.

  16. Novella, “The Rise of Placebo-Based Medicine,” www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-rise-of-placebo-medicine/.

  17. Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic, 224.

  18. Barnes et al., “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use,” 6.

  19. Elliott, Better than Well, 147.

  20. Barber, “Are We Really So Miserable?” www.salon.com/life/feature/2009/08/26/barber_age_of_anxiety/index.html.

  21. Ibid.

  22. Angell, The Truth About the Drug Companies, xx.

  23. Donohue, Cevasco, and Rosenthal, “A Decade of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising,” 673.

  24. Barber, “Are We Really So Miserable?”

  25. Donohue, Cevasco, and Rosenthal, “A Decade of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising,” 673.

  26. News-Medical.net, “Only 15 US Pharmaceutical Ads Adhere,” www.news-medi cal.net/news/20110819/Only-15-US-pharmaceutical-ads-adhere-to-FDA-Prescription-Drug-Advertising-Guidelines.aspx.

  27. Ibid.

  28. FDA.gov, “Prescription Drug Advertising: A Glossary of Terms,” www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/PrescriptionDrugAdvertising/ucm072025.htm#F, “F.”

  29. Dreifus, “A Doctor Puts the Drug Industry Under the Microscope,” 5.

  30. FDAzilla.com, “About FDAzilla,” http://fdazilla.com/about.aspx.

  31. Gever, “Medical News: Advocacy Groups Mum on Pharma Ties,” www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Ethics/24328.

  CHAPTER 9: WHAT FUTURE, AT WHAT COST?

  1. American Diabetes Association, “Type 1,” www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type1/?utm_source=WWW&utm_medium=DropDownDB&utm_content=Type1&utm_campaign=CON.

  2. Roman, “Why Everyone Is So Angry,” www.philly.com/philly/blogs/public_health/Why-is-everyone-so-angry-at-Paula-Deen-.html.

  3. Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, “The Growing Crisis of Chronic Disease in the United States,” http://fightchronicdisease.org/resources/research.cfm.

  4. Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, 15.

  5. Ibid., 29.

  6. Ibid.

  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Heart Disease Facts,” www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm.

  8. American Diabetes Association, “Diabetes Statistics,” www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/diabetes-statistics.

  9. The President’s Council on Fitness and Sports, “Physical Activity Facts,” www.fitness.gov/resources_factsheet.htm.

  10. Ibid.

  11. Ibid.

  12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Children and Diabetes,” www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/cda2.htm.

  13. The President’s Council on Fitness and Sports, “Physical Activity Facts.”

  14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Childhood Obesity Facts,” www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm.

  15. Painter, “Study: US Obesity Rates Expected to Climb,” http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/diet-nutrition/story/2011-08-29/Study-Obesity-rates-projected-to-climb-in-US-and-UK/50180424/1?csp=ylf.

  16. Pollack, “Disease of Rich Extends Its Pain,” www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/health/13gout.html?emc=eta1.

  17. Ibid.

  18. National Cancer Institute, “Cancer Trends Progress Report,” http://progressreport.cancer.gov/doc.asp?pid=1&did=2007&mid=vcol&chid=71.

  19. National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, “Health Reform, Prevention, and Chronic Disease,” 2.

  20. Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, “2009 Almanac of Chronic Disease,” 16.

  21. Center for Science in the Public Interest, “Food Additives,” http://cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm#nitrites.

  22. Pollan, “Unhappy Meals,” http://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/unhappy-meals/.

  23. Bittman, “Vegan Before Dinnertime,” http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/vegan-before-dinnertime/.

  24. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Basic Statistics,” www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm.

  25. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “2011 CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report,” 3.

  26. Ibid., 2.

  27. Lichtenfeld, “Cancer Facts and Figures 2011,” www.cancer.org/AboutUs/DrLensBlog/post/2011/06/17/Cancer-Facts-and-Figures-2011-Poverty-is-a-Carcinogen-Does-Anyone-Care.aspx.

  28. American Cancer Society, “Cancer Facts and Figures 2011,” 24.

  29. Puhl and Heuer, “The Stigma of Obesity,” 1.

  30. Ibid., 4.

  31. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, “Information About Asthma,” http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=9&sub=42.

  32. Ibid.

  33. ScienceDaily.com, “Air Pollution Alters Immune Function,” www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101005171042.htm.

  34. Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic, 45.

  35. Ibid., 51.

  36. Ibid., 75.

  37. Ibid., 248.

  38. Harmon, “Where’d You Go with My DNA?” www.
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  39. National Institutes of Health, “Stem Cell Basics,” http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics1.asp.

  40. Jan, “Most GOP Candidates Oppose Stem Cell Funding,” www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2011/08/07/most_gop_candidates_oppose_stem_cell_funding/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Boston+Globe+–+National+News.

  41. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, “Summary of New Health Reform Law,” 1.

  42. Hoffman, “Health Care Reform and Social Movements,” 76.

  43. Ibid.

  44. Ibid.

  45. Ibid., 77.

  46. Ibid., 78.

  47. Ibid.

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