Index

A

About Urban Legends, 172

advertising buzzwords and slogans, 148-152

age differences, 90

allocation of health funding

power of patient advocacy groups, 123-126

relationship between death rates and health care funding, 120-123

alternatives, comparing choices to, 50-52

Alzheimer’s, nutritional supplements and, 77

American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 16

American Chemical Society, 22

amphibian declines, 95-96

analysis, costs benefits analysis, 134-136, 181

anchoring effect, 144

ancient wisdom unknown to science, claims of, 153-155

anecdotal evidence, 80-81

anthropogenic greenhouse gases, 84

antidepressants, 128-130

Archimedes, 17

ASDs (autism spectrum disorders), 108-109

Asilomar Conference, 116

aspirin and reduction of risk for ...

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