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Viral BS - Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them (Hardcover)
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Viral BS - Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R582
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Dissecting the biggest medical myths and pseudoscience, Viral BS
explores how misinformation can spread faster than microbes. Can
your zip code predict when you will die? Should you space out
childhood vaccines? Does talcum powder cause cancer? Why do some
doctors recommend e-cigarettes while other doctors recommend you
stay away from them? Health information-and misinformation-is all
around us, and it can be hard to separate the two. A long history
of unethical medical experiments and medical mistakes, along with a
host of celebrities spewing anti-science beliefs, has left many
wary of science and the scientists who say they should be trusted.
How do we stay sane while unraveling the knots of fact and fiction
to find out what we should really be concerned about, and what we
can laugh off? In Viral BS, journalist, doctor, professor, and
CDC-trained disease detective Seema Yasmin, driven by a need to set
the record straight, dissects some of the most widely circulating
medical myths and pseudoscience. Exploring how epidemics of
misinformation can spread faster than microbes, Dr. Yasmin asks why
bad science is sometimes more believable and contagious than the
facts. Each easy-to-read chapter covers a specific myth, whether it
has endured for many years or hit the headlines more recently. Dr.
Yasmin explores such pressing questions as * Do cell phones,
Nutella, or bacon cause cancer? * Are we running out of
antibiotics? * Does playing football cause brain disease? * Is the
CDC banned from studying guns? * Do patients cared for by female
doctors live longer? * Is trauma inherited? * Is suicide
contagious? and much more. Taking a deep dive into the health and
science questions you have always wanted answered, this
authoritative and entertaining book empowers readers to reach their
own conclusions. Viral BS even comes with Dr. Yasmin's handy
Bulls*%t Detection Kit.
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