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Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths: What We Think We Know May Be Hurting Us
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Medical Knowledge versus Misinformation
- 02: Myths about Water and Hydration
- 03: Vitamin and Nutrition Myths
- 04: Dieting-Separating Myths from Facts
- 05: The Fallacy That Natural Is Always Better
- 06: Probiotics and Our Bacterial Friends
- 07: Sugar and Hyperactivity
- 08: Antioxidants-Hype versus Reality
- 09: The Common Cold
- 10: Vaccination Benefits-How Well Vaccines Work
- 11: Vaccination Risks-Real and Imagined
- 12: Antibiotics, Germs, and Hygiene
- 13: Vague Symptoms and Fuzzy Diagnoses
- 14: Herbalism and Herbal Medicines
- 15: Homeopathy-One Giant Myth
- 16: Facts about Toxins and Myths about Detox
- 17: Myths about Acupuncture's Past and Benefits
- 18: Myths about Magnets, Microwaves, Cell Phones
- 19: All about Hypnosis
- 20: Myths about Coma and Consciousness
- 21: What Placebos Can and Cannot Do
- 22: Myths about Pregnancy
- 23: Medical Myths from around the World
- 24: Roundup-Decluttering Our Mental Closet
Taught by
Steven Novella, M.D.
