Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths: What We Think We Know May Be Hurting Us

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

<p>Strengthen your skills at assessing the truth behind medical information and discover evidence-based guidelines for good health, led by a Yale University School professor.</p>

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.

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