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The Skeptic's Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media

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Join Dr. Roy Benaroch to get the facts behind the headlines in today’s media coverage of health and medicine.

Syllabus

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
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Roy Benaroch

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