TY - BOOK AU - Davis,Robert J. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The healthy skeptic: cutting through the hype about your health AV - RA440.5 .D38 2008eb U1 - 613 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Health education KW - Consumer education KW - Health products KW - Quacks and quackery KW - Health KW - Information services KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-230) and index; Introduction : health sellers -- Says who? how we know what (we think) we know -- The news media : eat this! -- Diet books : don't eat that! -- Advertisements : take a supplement! -- Government campaigns : watch your cholesterol! -- Celebrities : get tested! -- Health groups : wear sunscreen! -- Consumer activists : beware of chemicals! -- Anti-aging doctors : don't get sick, don't get old, don't die! -- Guaranteed! over-promising on prevention; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10676227 ER -