Paul A. Offit

Do you believe in magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine Paul Offit, M.D.

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. Dr. Offit reveals how alternative medicine—an unregulated industry under no legal obligation to prove its claims or admit its risks—can actually be harmful to our health. Using dramatic real-life stories, Offit separates the sense from the nonsense, showing why any therapy—alternative or traditional—should be scrutinized. He also shows how some nontraditional methods can do a great deal of good, in some cases exceeding therapies offered by conventional practitioners.

The Wistar Institute 3601 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA, 19104

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Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All Paul A. Offit, M.D. For more than two centuries, vaccines have protected us against many of humankind’s deadliest diseases, prevented global epidemics, and saved countless lives. Yet in recent years a debate has sprung up on the safety of vaccination, causing some parents to forgo vaccinating their children. This has led to the return of some diseases, such as whooping cough and measles, as we begin to lose our “herd” immunity. This event brings together panelists Hildegund C.J. Ertl, M.D., director of The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center, adjunct professor Paul A. Offit, M.D., Jason Schwartz, M.B.E., A.M., associate fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics and featured author Mark Largent, Ph.D. Academy of Naural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA, 19103 This is a FREE event, but registration is required. To register, please click here

Location: Street: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Additional: 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (adicionado a partir de IndieBound)… (mais)