Know Your Chances

, by Woloshin, Steven, M.D.; Schwartz, Lisa M., M.D.; Welch, H. Gilbert, M.D.

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ISBN: 9780520252226 | 0520252225
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/1/2008

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Every day we are bombarded by television ads, public service announcements, and media reports warning of dire risks to our health and offering solutions to help us lower those risks. But many of these messages are incomplete, misleading, or exaggerated, leaving the average person misinformed and confused.

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What This Book is About	p. 1
What Is My Risk?
Understanding Risk	p. 11
Putting Risk in Perspective	p. 23
Risk Charts: A Way to Get Perspective	p. 29
Can I Reduce My Risk?
Judging the Benefit of a Health Intervention	p. 37
Not All Benefits Are Equal: Understand the Outcome	p. 55
Does Risk Reduction Have Downsides?
Consider the Downsides	p. 67
Do the Benefits Outweigh the Downsides?	p. 75
Developing a Healthy Skepticism
Beware of Exaggerated Importance	p. 87
Beware of Exaggerated Certainty	p. 101
Who's Behind the Numbers?	p. 109
Extra Help
Quick Summary	p. 117
Glossary	p. 120
Number Converter and Risk Charts	p. 126
Credible Sources of Health Statistics	p. 130
Notes	p. 133
Index	p. 139
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