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PDF Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them

LINK TO DOWNLOAD : https://slideservehome.blogspot.com/?vivi=1421440407 | PDF_ Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them | 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&#8213and misinformation&#8213is all around us, and it can

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PDF Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them

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  1. Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them

  2. Description 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&#8213an misinformation&#8213isall 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&#8226Do cell phones, Nutella, or bacon cause cancer?&#8226Are we running out of antibiotics?&#8226Does playing football cause brain disease?&#8226Is the CDC banned from studying guns?&#8226Do patients cared for by female doctors live longer? &#8226Is trauma inherited?&#8226Is 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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