Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life...

Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life | Nancy L. Md Snyderman | Interesting and Useful!

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	Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life Nancy L. Md Snyderman Crown, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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Do you know what?s really good for you?

In this age of countless miracle cures, it?s vital to separate the myths that endanger your health from the medical facts you need.

FACT:
Unfiltered coffee can clog your arteries.

FACT:
Donating blood may lower your risk of heart disease.

FACT:
You don?t really need eight glasses of water a day.

FACT:
Coughing won?t help if you?re having a heart attack. (But aspirin will!)

We?ve become a nation of cyberchondriacs, diagnosing ourselves with false information and half-truths found on sketchy websites. In Medical Myths That Can Kill You, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, chief medical editor for NBC News, provides clear, practical, scientifically proven advice that can lead you to a healthier, happier life.

Discover the simple, everyday things that affect well-being, and get the information you need to revitalize your body, maintain your longevity, manage your care, and possibly even save a life?yours.

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My Opinion

Dear Nancy
Your advice is so highly regarded. What is best is that when you speak to everyone, You have such a way with comunicating. Which I belive is a gift. Thank you so much for helping so many people.
Sincerly Michael L. Chapman
Maine, 04042

Interesting and Useful!

"Medical Myths That Can Kill You" actually consists mostly of truths that can save, extend, and improve your life.

The material is organized around seven myths (Annual checkups are obsolete, vaccinations are just for kids, doctors don't play favorites, only old people get heart disease and stroke,'natural' means safe, etc. The greater value, however, consists of learning that sunglasses can prevent blindness (cataracts), vitamin C doesn't prevent colds or reduce their severity - unless you are subject to high stress (marathon runners, skiers), washing contact lenses with tap water can lead to serious eye infections, smoking increases the risk of colon cancer - and it doesn't decline after quitting, donating blood may lower the risk of hear disease (less iron), etc.

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A scientist speaks

The probability that a "street" myth is actually helpful is just about 50% and quite possibly less. Take for example to oft repeated 8-glasses-a-day-of-water thing. For many people, such as anyone over 50, this will raise their blood pressure often to dangerous levels. Try it on yourself and see. Studies say the vitamins often increase mortality rather than increase it. Take Calcium ot not take Calcium, eat garlic ot it does nothing; all goes to show that nearly anything that is pushed by the lay public and repeated in media turns out to be worth nothing. Believers make up benefits on the spot, they don't need studies. they are actually smarter than "eggheads".

Best is to ignore all these marvelous benefits, eat simple, traditional food and only take medicine/vitamins/water/calcium/garlic etc. etc. when you are sick.
Normal person needs nothing. We live in the fattest, most well-nourished country in the world. I think our bodies know this.

Ms. Snyderman has done well to speak out against these myths. Her story holds together, if occasionally mildly contradictory.

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great reading

It is refreshing to have someone in the medical community use common sense! Good book, easy reading, and great information.

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