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A Pulitzer Prize finalists bizarre journalistic journey through the world of fringe medicine filled with leeches baking soda IVs and according to at least one person zombies

Its no secret that American health care has become too costly and politicized to help everyone So where do you turn if you cant afford doctors or dont trust them Inthis book Matthew HongoltzHetling examines the growing universe of nontraditional treatments including some that arereallynontraditional

With costs skyrocketing and antiscience sentiment spreading the socalled medical freedom movement has grown Now it faces its greatest challenge going mainstream In these pages youll meet medical freedom advocates including an international leech smuggler a gold minerturned health drink salesman who may or may not be from the Andromeda galaxy and a man who says he can turn people into zombies with aerosol spray One by one these alternative healers find customers then expand and influence always seeking the one thing that would take their businesses to the next levelthe support and approval of the government

Should the government dictate what is medicine and what isnt Can we have public health when disagreements over science are this profound No seriously can you turn people into flesheating zombies If It Sounds Like a Quackasks these critical questions while telling the story of how we got to this improbable moment and wondering where we go from here Buckle up for a bumpy rideunless youre against seatbelts