"Course number 9404."

As consumers of medical news, how can we know whether the article we just read is based on solid science or is just an ill-informed attempt to grab readers? Professor Roy Benaroch of Emory University School of Medicine provides just the direction we need in The Skeptic's Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media. In 24 fascinating lectures that address the most important health issues of our day--heart health, obesity, longevity, the opioid crisis, the stigma of mental illness, alternative medicine approaches, toxins in the environment, and more--Dr. Benaroch shows us how to recognize the good reporting and the bad. With his guidance, you'll create a 'Skeptic's Toolkit,' asking the questions that take you past the headlines and beyond the way health news is typically reported. You'll learn six specific questions to always keep in mind as you read any article in print or online: What's the source of the article? Is the evidence presented strong enough to be valuable? Is someone trying to sell me something? Is this study about people like me, and are the factors they're measuring in the study important to me? Does the report present a viewpoint from scientists not directly involved in the study? And is the story itself sensible, fitting in with what we already know? Armed with these questions, you'll be able to find valuable information to help inform your own health care decisions, without falling prey to snappy-sounding articles that have no basis in solid science

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Closed captioned for the hearing impaired

Contains 24 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes

Lecturer: Dr. Roy Benaroch, Emory University School of Medicine

Disc 1.

Hormone replacement therapy -- Concussions and the future of football -- New drugs on the block -- Is it time for medical marijuana? -- Media and weight loss -- Alternative medicine in the news --

Disc 2.

Media's take on mental health -- Media and the internet -- We share our world with toxins -- Are coffee and wine good for your heart? -- Life expectancy and infant mortality -- Is it really OK to stop flossing? --

Disc 3.

Does cancer screening work? -- Drug prices in the news -- Selling disease -- Opioid crisis -- Infections in the headlines -- Health risks in our environment --

Disc 4.

Bad science -- Diet, health, and the power of words -- Genetics and the media -- How to stay young -- Cures for the common cold -- Media's role in improving health