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

<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>

• 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