A pill that can prevent cancer? The food that lowers cholesterol? We hear all kinds of confusing medical claims in the media. But, what should we believe?
Join Dr Sanjiv Chopra for an illuminating presentation and discussion of his newly published book, Doctor Chopra Says: Medical Facts and Myths Everyone Should Know. Don't miss this great opportunity to hear about specific medical facts and myths, and to learn about tools which help us sort through the hype.
The event will be held at the Weston Public Library on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 7 pm. For more information, call 781.893.3312.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Sanjiv Chopra is professor of medicine and faculty dean for continuing medical education at Harvard Medical School, and a senior consultant in hepatology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He has more than one hundred publications and four books to his credit, and is the editor-in-chief of the hepatology section of UpToDate, an innovative Internet program that is subscribed to by more than three hundred thousand physicians around the world. In April 2010 he was honored with election as a master of the American College of Physicians. He lives in Weston, Massachusetts. He and Dr. Alan Lotvin (with David Fisher) are coauthors of Doctor Chopra Says.
