Deciphering Truth
Healthy Skeptic
Cutting through the hype about your health
Source: AARP Radio | June 2, 2009
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The warnings and promises sound so absolute: Caffeine is bad for you! Caffeine is good for you! Eat dark chocolate! Sunscreen prevents cancer!
Health stories are a media staple, but they are often contradictory, inaccurate, or incomplete.
To help us all be better-informed health news consumers, Dr. Robert Davis has written a guide titled "The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting through the Hype about Your Health," and he shares his findings with host Mike Cuthbert on this edition of Prime Time Radio.
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