Item Details
ISBN: 9780312376925
Edition: First edition.
Description: xl, 456 pages ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- Food and drink
- Is coffee truly a lifesaver
- Can green tea-or any tea-prevent or cure disease?
- Does pizza prevent prostrate cancer?
- Is wine the best medicine?
- Go nuts for a healthy heart
- Is fish healthy or does mercury make it too dangerous?
- Are spices medically beneficial?
- Is there really a 'best' diet for you?
- Drugs, vitamins, and supplements
- Does vitamin d3 prevent cancer and other diseases?
- Does aspirin prevent cancer?
- Does marijuana have legitimate medical benefits?
- Are statins the new miracle drug?
- Are nutritional supplements a multi-billion dollar hope or hype?
- Do human growth hormones really make you younger?
- Medicine
- Does circumcision prevent the spread of hiv?
- Can you prevent or cure alzheimer's?
- Is moderate exercise really better than medication?
- What are the actual benefits of breast feeding?
- What you can do to protect yourself from cancer
- What cancer screening methods are effective?
- Can you prevent - or cure - the common cold?
- Is restless legs syndrome really a billion dollar disease?
- The truth about stem cells
- Alternative medicine
- Does yoga have any proven medical benefits?
- Does acupuncture work?
- Can meditating make you healthy?
- Does chelation therapy work?
- Does intercessory prayer work?
- Does colonic irrigation have any medical value?
- Health risks
- Does exposure to aluminum cause Alzheimer's disease?
- Can you reduce your risk of stroke without medication?
- Is it dangerous to drink out of plastic bottles?
- Do x-rays or cell phones cause cancer?
- Should children be immunized?
- Are dental fillings with amalgam dangerous?
- How dangerous is the media to children?
- Can sleep be dangerous?
- Can you prevent baldness?.
LCCN: 2010038890
Control Number: 715538
Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2011.