Medical Perceptions - Fact or Fiction (Paperback)

Are colds easily spread by kissing? Is it easier to catch a cold in cold weather? Does diabetes develop from eating excessive sugar? Will repeated cracking of the knuckles cause arthritis? Can you get warts from touching frogs? Do double-jointed people have extra joints? How many times have we heard or offered the above questions as medical advice? Some people have religiously followed the above ideas for many decades and taught them among generations of families. Some medical perceptions have developed from associations that are assumed to be true. Is the prevalence and persistence of medical concepts such as these, however, based on medical research or folklore? Medical Perceptions: Fact or Fiction will discuss these and over one hundred other common medical perceptions. Each medical perception is preceded by a clinical scenario that most people can relate to and is followed by a discussion of the medical literature concerning the perception.