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Medical misconceptions.
Medicine, Popular.
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Shapiro, Nina, 1947-
Medical misconceptions.
Medicine, Popular.
MARC Display
Hype
: a
doctor
's
guide
to
medical
myths
,
exaggerated
claims
and
bad
advice
-
how
to
tell
what'
s
real
and what'
s
not / Nina Shapiro, with Kristin Loberg.
by
Shapiro, Nina, 1947-
St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Call #:
610 S529h
Subjects
Medical
misconceptions.
Medicine, Popular.
ISBN:
9781250149305
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvii, 284 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Worrywarts and fearmongers: the dangers of magical or misinformed thinking -- A site to behold: the wild west of internet medicine:
how
to help your
doctor
, check your symptoms, and Google if you're dying -- Risky business:
what
ebola and your car have in common:
how
to put risk into perspective -- Turf wars: an important lesson in correlations:
how
to understand cause, link, and association -- Get me off your f*cking mailing list: a study worthy of your attention:
how
to make sense of
medical
research jargon -- Tipping the scale on a balanced diet: you are not always
what
you eat:
how
to filter out the noise on juicing, going gluten-free, detoxing, and GMOs -- Fat-free sugar, organic cookies, and "fresh" produce: a walk through the supermarket:
how
to read a label -- The true cost of being fortified: supplements, powders, and potions:
how
to remain vital without vitamins -- Raise your glass: water, water, everywhere:
how
to be smart without drinking smart water -- Putting the C back in CAM: complementary alternative medicine:
how
to stay natural while taking your medicine -- Take a shot: the perils of losing the herd:
how
vaccines save the community, the home, and your health -- Testing, testing, one, two, three: from the outside looking in:
how
to determine when to get checked, x-rayed, swabbed, or poked -- When 50 is the new 40: drinking from the fountain of youth:
how
to gracefully, without really trying -- Hyped exercise: climb every mountain: when walking beats running -- Conclusion: Don't believe the
hype
: Is it all
hype
?
Summary:
"There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines
tell
us to do this, not that--all in the name of living longer, better, thinner, younger. In
Hype
, Dr. Nina Shapiro distinguishes between the falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. In her work at Harvard and UCLA, with more than twenty years of experience in both clinical and academic medicine, she helps patients make important health decisions everyday. She's bringing those lessons to life here with a blend of science and personal stories to discuss her dramatic new definition of "a healthy life?"
Hype
covers everything from exercise to supplements, diets to detoxes, alternative medicine to vaccines, and
medical
testing to media coverage. Shapiro tackles popular misconceptions such as toxic sugar and the importance of drinking eight glasses of water a day. She provides simple solutions anyone can implement, such as worrying less about buying products labeled organic or natural, and more about skipping vaccines, buying into weight-loss fads, and thinking you can treat cancer through diet alone. This book is as much for single individuals in the prime of their lives as it is for parents with young children and the elderly."
Other authors:
Loberg, Kristin.
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