WASHINGTON (TND) — Despite the marvels of modern medical science, the population of the U.S. is perhaps more unhealthy than at any other point in history, with record numbers of people with cancer, obesity, diabetes and the like.

Dr. Marty Makary, a celebrated surgeon and teacher of public health at Johns Hopkins Medical School, sees this as one of the great blind spots of modern medicine and writes about it in his new book, "Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health."

"Why are we seeing all these diseases going up? We can't just keep medicating the population," Dr. Makary told The National Desk Monday morning.

For more on his recommendations, from which processed foods to avoid to hormone replacement therapy for older women,watch the player above or visit The National Desk’s YouTube channel for the full interview.