Nancy L. Snyderman
Författare till Medical Myths That Can Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life
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Nancy L. Snyderman was born in 1952 and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She received a B.A. in microbiology from Indiana University in 1974 and received a M.D. from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1977. She initially planned a career in pediatrics, but switched to otolaryngology in her visa mer second year of residency at the University of Pittsburgh. It was during her residency that she began to work in broadcasting, which she continued after becoming a staff surgeon in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1983. She is the chief medical editor for NBC News and reports for Nightly News with Brian Williams, Today, and MSNBC. Prior to joining NBC News, she served as a medical correspondent for ABC News. She has received numerous broadcasting awards and grants from the American Cancer Society and the Kellogg Foundation. She has received numerous awards for her medical broadcast reporting, including an Associated Press award for best documentary for her work on sex education in Arkansas in 1987, the Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology's Head and Neck Surgery Foundation in 1998, and the Trailblazer Award from the American Women in Radio and Television for furthering the knowledge of women's health on a national level in 2001. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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- Födelsedag
- 1952
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Bostadsorter
- San Francisco, California, USA
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA (child)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA (birth)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA - Utbildning
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (MD - 1977)
Indiana University (BA - 1974, microbiology) - Yrken
- surgeon
Chief Medical Editor, NBC News - Organisationer
- American Academy of Otolaryngology
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
NBC - Priser och utmärkelser
- Associated Press award for "best documentary" (sex education - Arkansas)
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By Nancy L Snyderman, M.D.
This book is sensible, and easy read, and easy to understand. The ending wrapped it all up, and made it clear that the author has good common sense. You won’t find the “secret” to success in here. It is not a secret, we have known for decades what we should and should not do. Gradually the evidence accumulates and we learn more details about exactly what causes and what prevents specific problems.
Homeopathy is controversial. ... But in a more recent review study, published in 2005 in The Lancet, researchers compared the results of 110 trials of homeopathy with the same number of trials of conventional medicine. The conclusion: benefits credited to homeopathy where, at best, placebo effect. (Page 193)
That's where the vicious cycle begins. People with chronic illnesses are more likely to be depressed, and depressed people are more likely to succumb to chronic illnesses. It's natural to feel depressed when dealing with a chronic, potentially fatal illness, but that alone does not explain depressions damaging effects. Mental illness adversely alters the chemical balance of the body. In patients with diabetes, for example, depression makes the body even less sensitive to insulin the hormone the processes blood sugar, and best further activates the disease. Fixing a problem in one place, thankfully, can often help in the other. (Page 217 – 218)
Sex is pleasurable, and great sex is even more pleasurable. Sex is a way of sharing intimacy. Safe sex is also good for your mental health. Sex releases an assortment of beneficial chemicals in the body to produce a natural euphoria in addition, satisfying sex leads to better communication and strengthens the bonds between two people, and these can be Hedges against depression triggered by relationship issues. So go on and do it. (Page 234) This was just a little sidebar; the book did not make a big deal of it.
"Myths, whether ancient or modern day, are instructive and meant to guide us and open our eyes to truth. (Page 239)
Although the big picture is not new in this book, yet there are a lot of interesting details that will flesh your your knowledge, and make clear the path to fuller health.… (mer)