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Health and Lifestyle Separating the Truth from the Myth with Statistics /

The main message of this book is that people should be on their guard against both scare stories about risks to health, and claims for miracle cures of medical conditions. In the 21st century hardly a day passes without another article appearing in the media about a new treatment for a particular di...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Everitt, Brian S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Copernicus, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Some Medical History, a Little Statistics and a Very Small Dose of Genetics
  • Treatments Good, Bad and Indifferent and How do we Tell? The Randomized Clinical Trial
  • Will Drinking Too Much Coffee Result in a Heart Attack? Risk Factors and Health
  • Let's Talk About Cancer
  • Food, Weight and Lifestyle: Is Eating too Much and Moving too Little Bad for Your Health?- Alternative Therapies; Magic, Miracles and Delusions
  • Epilogue.