Doctor Chopra Says: Medical Facts & Myths Everyone Should Know - Hardcover

"With wisdom and wit, Sanjiv Chopra and Alan Lotvinshow how to navigate the vast sea of health information, from vaccines to vitamins, cold remedies to colonoscopies, marijuana to mammograms. The reader will benefit from this prescription of a healthy dose of skepticism and common sense."--Jerome Groopman, MD, Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School and author of "How Doctors Think"""Doctor Chopra Says" is a tremendously useful book. It will help people who want to improve their health or avoid risks cut through the blizzard of claims in the popular media and understand the actual scientific evidence, or lack of it in many cases. Even physicians may find it helpful, since it's not easy for us to track down the basis for all of the tantalizing remedies or worrying hazards our patients ask us about.""--"Nicholas H. Fiebach, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University"Helpful, accessible information about a broad variety of health concerns."--"Kirkus Reviews" "With wisdom and wit, Sanjiv Chopra and Alan Lotvin show how to navigate the vast sea of health information, from vaccines to vitamins, cold remedies to colonoscopies, marijuana to mammograms. The reader will benefit from this prescription of a healthy dose of skepticism and common sense."--Jerome Groopman, MD, Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School and author of "How Doctors Think"""Doctor Chopra Says" is a tremendously useful book. It will help people who want to improve their health or avoid risks cut through the blizzard of claims in the popular media and understand the actual scientific evidence, or lack of it in many cases. Even physicians may find it helpful, since it's not easy for us to track down the basis for all of the tantalizing remedies or worrying hazards our patients ask us about.""--"Nicholas H. Fiebach, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University

Each year, every doctor in the United States is required to attend lectures or courses in order to renew their license and keep abreast of the latest advances in medicine. As Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra provides ground breaking new information to thousands of doctors in the United States and abroad. Now Dr. Chopra and renowned cardiologist Dr. Alan Lotvin bring that cutting edge medical knowledge to you at home and explain how you can tell the difference between true medical news and irrelevant media hype. This book is filled with authoritative advice from many of the top medical experts in their respective fields. Doctor Chopra Says gives readers the tools they need to lead a healthier, happier, and longer life.