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But what if we possessed a handful of basic principles that could guide our decisions -- both the personal ones about what to buy and how to spend but also those national ones that have been capturing the headlines

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You Bet Your Life kingdom of grit and a welcome disruption toOne of Americas top physicians traces the history of risk in medicinewith powerful lessons for today Every medical decisionwhether to have chemotherapy, an X ray, or surgeryis a risk, no matter which way you choose. In You Bet Your Life, physician Paul A. Offit argues that, from the first blood transfusions four hundred years ago to the hunt for a COVID 19 vaccine, risk has been essential to the discovery of new treatments. More importantly,