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by: Christopher Wanjek See Larger Image List Price: $16.95 Our Price: $15.25 You Save: $1.70 (10%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $1.98 Third Party New Price: $4.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 610 EAN: 9780471434993 ISBN: 047143499X Label: Wiley Manufacturer: Wiley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: October 17, 2002 Publisher: Wiley Sales Rank: 592806 Studio: Wiley Related Items: Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions see more Editorial Review: Product Description: 'Christopher Wanjek uses a take-no-prisoners approach in debunking the outrageous nonsense being heaped on a gullible public in the name of science and medicine. Wanjek writes with clarity, humor, and humanity, and simultaneously informs and entertains.' -Dr. Michael Shermer, Publisher, Skeptic magazine; monthly columnist, Scientific American; author of Why People Believe Weird Things Prehistoric humans believed cedar ashes and incantations could cure a head injury. Ancient Egyptians believed the heart was the center of thought, the liver produced blood, and the brain cooled the body. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was a big fan of bloodletting. Today, we are still plagued by countless medical myths and misconceptions. Bad Medicine sets the record straight by debunking widely held yet incorrect notions of how the body works, from cold cures to vaccination fears. Clear, accessible, and highly entertaining, Bad Medicine dispels such medical convictions as: * You only use 10% of your brain: CAT, PET, and MRI scans all prove that there are no inactive regions of the brain . . . not even during sleep. * Sitting too close to the TV causes nearsightedness: Your mother was wrong. Most likely, an already nearsighted child sits close to see better. * Eating junk food will make your face break out: Acne is caused by dead skin cells, hormones, and bacteria, not from a pizza with everything on it. * If you don't dress warmly, you'll catch a cold: Cold viruses are the true and only cause of colds. Protect yourself and the ones you love from bad medicine-the brain you save may be your own. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Better than I expected - and funny. I didn't have any particular expectations about "Bad Medicine" when I purchased it, except what the title (and the subtitle) told me. In fact, the subtitle was somewhat misleading - it had led me to expect that this book was an encycopdeia of bad ideas in medicine or healthcare (a bit like "the Skeptic's Dictionary"), but it isn't. "Bad Medicine" is a series of short chapters covering such topics as common myths about physiology and diet, and ineffective alternative medicine. The very ... Read More Rating: - interesting, readable, funny Some reviewers were a little skeptical about the author, but a quick search on google will show that he is indeed qualified to write about medicine. But about the book: I found this book to be written in a very readable and easy to understand way. Many times I chuckled outloud at the authors sarcasm. While most people know why homeopathic medicine is bunk, he goes onto explain why it is bunk. He also has an interesting chapter on diets and on milk. This book ... Read More Rating: - Bad Medicine - Good Book A spirited defence of evidence-based medicine with a wry sense of humour, this is an entertaining and informative read. The chapters break it up into easily digestible chunks for dipping into, although it is just as suited for reading straight through. The core message is eat well and exercise: you'll save a fortune. Rating: - A Good but Incomplete Book +++++ This book, by joke writer and science writer Christopher Wanjek, explains "Bad Medicine." He does not define this term but upon reading his book, it seems that it is medicine that does not have a rational cure for disease. By implication then, "Good Medicine" is medicine that does have a rational cure for disease. Wanjek implies that traditional medicine as it is practiced today with surgery, radiation, and drugs is good medicine. This book has seven parts that encompass ... Read More Rating: - bad BOOK about Medicine There's nothing worse than revealing misconceptions and misuses of medicine by adding new ones. "non-scientific-narrow-minded-orthodox-concepts-against-popular-beliefs.pdf" is a better name for this work, or "Help your doctor achieve the 600 sick patients target per year so he can cope with his bills" e-book. The 'conceptions' suggested by this e-book are for "plastic human beings" who are going to live in Mars and wait 300 years to celebrate the first alfafa sprouted in martian soil. Spend ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Amazon Upgrade - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - All Amazon Upgrade Amazon Upgrade - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Medicine Amazon Upgrade - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Professional & Technical Amazon Upgrade - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Science Internal Medicine - Medicine - Subjects - Books - General AAS