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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Author’s Note
Foreword
Introduction
1. Primum Non Nocere: The Motivations and Hazards of Overdiagnosis
2. Vignette: The Perils of Predictive Value
3. Snowball in a Blizzard
4. The Pressures of Managing Pressure
5. Lyme’s False Prophets: Chronic Fatigue, Tick-Borne Illness, and the Overselling of Certainty
6. The Origins of Knowledge and the Seeds of Uncertainty
7. The Correlation/Causation Problem, or Why Dark Chocolate May Not Lower Your Risk of Heart Failure
8. “Health Watch”: Hype, Hysteria, and the Media’s Overconfident March of Progress
9. Conclusion: The Conversation
Acknowledgments
Appendix: A Very Nonmathematical Description of Statistical Significance
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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