Health and Lifestyle Separating the Truth from the Myth with Statistics /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Everitt, Brian S. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Copernicus, 2016.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Epidemiology.; Biostatistics.; Medicine.; Health.; Statistics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Statistics.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.

The main message of this book is that people should be on their guard against both scare stories about risks to health, and claims for miracle cures of medical conditions. In the 21st century hardly a day passes without another article appearing in the media about a new treatment for a particular di...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Some Medical History, a Little Statistics and a Very Small Dose of Genetics
• Treatments Good, Bad and Indifferent and How do we Tell? The Randomized Clinical Trial
• Will Drinking Too Much Coffee Result in a Heart Attack? Risk Factors and Health
• Let’s Talk About Cancer
• Food, Weight and Lifestyle: Is Eating too Much and Moving too Little Bad for Your Health?- Alternative Therapies; Magic, Miracles and Delusions
• Epilogue.