Medical rumors are everywhere. Once they get started it can be nearly impossible to stop them. Just look at the anti-vax movement: it all began with one crooked doctor falsifying test results that claimed vaccines cause autism. This is false.
In Viral BS by Dr. Seema Yasmin, we examine dozens of myths like this, along with a few truths. Diet soda's connection to Alzheimer's disease; football and it's connection to brain damage; the elevated risks of pregnancy in the US; medical test subjects in Nazi concentration camps as well as by American doctors in the US; and chemtrails.
We believe all sorts of things can harm us that really can't while ignoring lots of things that actually matter. With short chapters and concise answers to some of our most curious medical questions, this book was an enjoyable trip into medical trivia that will make you well-equipped to pull out a fun "did you know" at your next boring work get-together or to change the subject around your racist uncle.
If you get all excited when someone says the words "Fun Fact!", this is just the book for you.
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