Do You Believe in Magic - Paul A. Offit

Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine - Paul A. Offit, M.D



"Lively. . . . Informative and well-written, the book deserves a wide audience among the general public, scientists, and health care professionals." — Science

"Do You Believe in Magic? is a briskly written, entertaining, and well-researched examination of those whom Offit considers ‘unclothed emperors’: purveyors of miracle cancer cures, fountains of youth, and the theory that vaccines cause autism." — Boston Globe

In Do You Believe in Magic?, medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly.

An outspoken advocate for science-based health advocacy who is not afraid to take on media celebrities who promote alternative practices, Dr. Offit advises, “There’s no such thing as alternative medicine. There’s only medicine that works and medicine that doesn’t.”

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