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Index
Table of Contents
Title Page
CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
ANCIENT TRADITIONS
1 VAMPIRES: ANY MEDICAL BASIS FOR THE MYTH?
2 LEPROSY: A PIECE OF HISTORY, OR STILL A THREAT?
3 DIVINE INTERVENTION: CAN PRAYER EFFECT MEDICAL OUTCOMES?
4 EPILEPSY: OLD DEMONS OR NEW UNDERSTANDINGS?
5 THE ROD OF CADUCEUS: ONE SNAKE OR TWO?
6 FEVER THROUGH THE CENTURIES
7 IS SHOCK TREATMENT STILL USED TO TREAT MENTAL ILLNESS?
MYTHS OF A GENDERED PERSUASION
8 WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN: OR ARE TIMES CHANGING?
9 SHOULD A SURGEON BE CALLED DOCTOR, MISTER, OR MS?
10 FOR WOMEN, IS 40 THE NEW 20?
11 GOUTY OLD MEN?
12 THE RIB MYTH: DO WOMEN HAVE ONE MORE THAN MEN?
13 EQUAL SEX RATIO AT BIRTH?
TERMINATING THE CANCER MYTH
14 A VITAMIN CURE FOR CANCER?
15 IS CHILDHOOD CANCER INCURABLE?
16 DOES WEARING SUNSCREEN PREVENT SKIN CANCER?
17 “FRIDAY LEUKEMIA”
WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
18 CRANBERRY JUICE PREVENTS URINARY INFECTIONS
19 DOES EATING CHOCOLATE CAUSE ACNE?
20 IS THE BEST HEART DIET AN ULTRA LOW FAT DIET?
21 SHOULD WE ALL BE ON GLUTEN-FREE DIETS?
MEDICAL CONTROVERSIES
22 PLACEBO: IS A “DUMMY PILL” ETHICAL?
23 THE HIGH COST OF DYING
24 VACCINE CONTROVERSIES
25 DIABETES AND THE INSULIN STORY: JUST TOO MUCH SUGAR?
26 SUBSTANCE ABUSE: A PROBLEM OF THE YOUNG?
27 CAN LISTENING TO CLASSICAL MUSIC MAKE US SMARTER?
A POTPOURRI OF MEDICAL MYTHOLOGY
28 HEAD LICE: SIGN OF POOR SOCIAL CONDITIONS?
29 TEETHING AND FEVER: DO THEY GO HAND IN HAND?
30 RED HAIR SKIPS GENERATIONS
31 WILL MARIJUANA HELP YOUR CHILD'S SEIZURES?
32 ARE BILINGUAL CHILDREN SMARTER CHILDREN?
33 ARE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS UNSAFE?
HANDING IN THE PAGER
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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