Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-299) and index.
Contents
Interventional cardiology and kindred delusions -- Fats, fads, and fate -- You and your colon -- Breast cancer and how the women's movement got it wrong -- Prostate envy -- Musculoskeletal predicaments -- Medicalization of the "Worried Well" -- Turning aging ino a disease -- Health hazards in the hateful job -- Why are alternative and complementary therapies thriving?.
