Please Explain: Medical Myths

Midday on WNYC | May 10, 2018

Can detoxes be toxic? Is gluten that bad? For this week's "Please Explain," we dispel myths that are upheld by popular public wisdom and perpetuated by the ubiquitous "fake news" that permeates our culture. Dr. Nina Shapiro, M.D., author of Hype: A Doctor's Gudie to Medical Myths, Exaggerated Claims and Bad Advice--How to Tell What's Real and What's Not uses evidence-based, data-driven knowledge to set the record straight for people to become savvier consumers and patients. 

This segment is guest hosted by Jonathan Capehart. 

 

 

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