This text offers lively, clear explanations of the most widely held medical myths and misperceptions. Beginning by dispelling incorrect notions about how the bo... » 

This text offers lively, clear explanations of the most widely held medical myths and misperceptions. Beginning by dispelling incorrect notions about how the body works (for example, do we really use only ten per cent of our brains?), author Christopher Wanjek goes on to set the record straight. «