Offit, Paul A., <br/><br/>
Do you believe in magic? :  the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine / 
 Sense and nonsense of alternative medicine 
Paul A. Offit, M.D. 
 - First edition. 
 - x, 322 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-305) and index. 
<br/><br/>Taking a look at alternative medicine -- Saving Joey Hofbauer -- Distrust of modern medicine. Rediscovering the past : Mehmet Oz and his superstars -- The lure of all things natural. The vitamin craze : Linus Pauling's ironic legacy -- Little supplement makers versus Big Pharma. The supplement industry gets a free pass : neutering the FDA ; Fifty-one thousand new supplements : which ones work? -- When the stars shine on alternative medicine. Menopause and aging : Suzanne Somers weighs in ; Autism's Pied Piper : Jenny McCarthy's crusade ; Chronic Lyme Disease : the Blumenthal Affair -- The hope business. Curing cancer : Steve Jobs, shark cartilage, coffee enemas, and more ; Sick children, desperate parents : Stanislaw Burzynski's urine cure -- Charismatic healers are hard to resist. Magic potions in the twenty-first century : Rashid Buttar and the lure of personality -- Why some alternative therapies really do work. The remarkably powerful, highly underrated placebo response ; When alternative medicine becomes quackery -- Albert Schweitzer and the witch doctor : a parable. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062222961 :  $26.99 0062222961 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Alternative medicine.<br/>Alternative medicine--Corrupt practices.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R733  / .O38 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615/.5