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Zusatztext ""Useful to all consumers who seek reliable sources of health information." Informationen zum Autor Robert J. Davis is an award-winning medical journalist whose work has appeared on CNN! PBS! WebMD! and in the Wall Street Journal. He holds a master's degree in public health from Emory University and a PhD in health policy from Brandeis University. A sought-after speaker on health and the media! he also teaches at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health. Klappentext "We are inundated with health information that unnecessarily frightens us and is often just plain wrong. Here at last is a guide through the maze. The Healthy Skeptic is a must-read companion that will help you learn what is truly worth pursuing in the interest of better health and what should be ignored."-Dr. Dean Edell! radio host and author of Eat! Drink! & Be Merry: America's Doctor Tells You Why the Health Experts Are Wrong "Superb. This important book addresses what people can do to protect themselves from the commercial misdirection of our health care system."-Dr. John Abramson! author of Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine Zusammenfassung Discusses about diets and why they don't work, dietary supplements, and the campaign to reduce cholesterol. This book also discusses about celebrity exhortations to 'get tested'; sunscreen and its promoters' claims; and, the antichemical activists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Health Sellers 1. Says Who? How We Know What (We Think) We Know 2. The News Media: Eat This! 3. Diet Books: Don't Eat That! 4. Advertisements: Take a Supplement! 5. Government Campaigns: Watch Your Cholesterol! 6. Celebrities: Get Tested! 7. Health Groups: Wear Sunscreen! 8. Consumer Activists: Beware of Chemicals! 9. Anti-Aging Doctors: Don't Get Sick! Don't Get Old! Don't Die! 10. Guaranteed! Overpromising on Prevention Notes Acknowledgments Index ...
