The Skeptic's Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Join Dr. Roy Benaroch to get the facts behind the headlines in today’s media coverage of health and medicine.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Hormone Replacement Therapy
- 02: Concussions and the Future of Football
- 03: New Drugs on the Block
- 04: Is It Time for Medical Marijuana?
- 05: The Media and Weight Loss
- 06: Alternative Medicine in the News
- 07: The Media’s Take on Mental Health
- 08: The Media and the Internet
- 09: We Share Our World with Toxins
- 10: Are Coffee and Wine Good for Your Heart?
- 11: Life Expectancy and Infant Mortality
- 12: Is It Really OK to Stop Flossing?
- 13: Does Cancer Screening Work?
- 14: Drug Prices in the News
- 15: Selling Disease
- 16: The Opioid Crisis
- 17: Infections in the Headlines
- 18: Health Risks in Our Environment
- 19: Bad Science
- 20: Diet, Health, and the Power of Words
- 21: Genetics and the Media
- 22: How to Stay Young
- 23: Cures for the Common Cold
- 24: The Media’s Role in Improving Health
Taught by
Roy Benaroch
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