Bad Medicine Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O,9780471434993

Bad Medicine Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780471434993
ISBN10: 047143499X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-10-17
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary

This is a clever, thought-provoking guide that clarifies common medical misconceptions. The second title in Wiley?s Bad Science series, Bad Medicine begins by taking readers on a fantastic journey into the human body. The book then sets the record straight on ageing, disease, drugs, medical studies, risk, and the most commonly misrepresented medical ?facts? reported by the media.

Author Biography

CHRISTOPHER WANJEK is a frequent contributor to the Washington Post; he has also written for Smithsonian and Forbes, among other publications. He writes jokes for The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live. Wanjek is also a senior writer for NASA. He has previously worked as an in-house science writer at MIT and the NIH.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.
Introduction: The Roots of Bad Medicine.
PART I: I SING THE BODY ECLECTIC.
10 Percent Misconception, 90 Percent Misdirection: The Brain at Work.
Big Brain, Little Smarts: Brain Size and Intelligence.
It's All in Your Head: Dreaming i

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