Book description
Every week there's another food or health scare. Whether it's
British beef, the MMR vaccine or just sunshine itself, there's always
somebody to tell you that you are under threat from yet another
everyday activity; or that the food we eat, and the medicines we take
are poisoning our bodies. However, this book reveals that we are all
living longer, healthier lives, while science has advanced to the
stage where medicines and surgical procedures are safer and more
effective than ever before. So where does the truth lie? Who can we
believe? How do we know whose advice is worth listening to? Examining
the truth behind the headlines, drawing together the country's leading
experts in their field to examine these questions, this book really
does give you the excuse to "Diet Another Day". You may be
surprised to find that many 'scientific' truths that have come to be
circulated as fact would be better compared to urban myths and don't
have the backing in the scientific community that is often claimed for them...
Professor Stanley Feldman is a Professor of Anaesthetics at
London University and appointed to the Imperial College School of
Medicine. He has lectured all over the world on anaesthetics and other
related subjects. He has written and edited several books on the
subject of clinical anaesthetics and published over eighty papers in
medical journals. In addition he has published Poison Arrows, his
first popular science book. He enjoys boating and travel.
