The Healthy Skeptic

Author: Robert Davis
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0520249186

The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting through the Hype about Your Health

It happens every day: we pick up a newspaper or magazine or turn on the television and are bombarded with urgent advice about how to stay healthy.
The Healthy Skeptic, ISBN-13: 9780520249189, ISBN-10: 0520249186
Lose weight! Lower your cholesterol! Early detection saves lives! Sunscreen prevents cancer! But in many cases, pronouncements we rarely think to question turn out to be half-truths that are being pushed by various individuals or groups to advance their own agendas. The Healthy Skeptic explores who these health promoters are--from journalists and celebrities to industry-funded groups and consumer activists--what their motives are, and how they are spinning us in ways we often don't realize.
This treasure trove of little-known facts, written by a seasoned health reporter, provides invaluable tips

The Healthy Skeptic [ebook]

???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

The Healthy Skeptic

Categories: Health education, Quacks and quackery, Consumer education. Contributors: Robert Davis - Author. Format: Hardcover

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Lose weight! Lower your cholesterol! Early detection saves lives! Sunscreen prevents cancer! But in many cases, pronouncements we rarely think to question turn out to be half-truths that are being pushed by various individuals or groups to advance their own agendas

This treasure trove of little-known facts, written by a seasoned health reporter, provides invaluable tips