I. How to Evaluate Scientific Evidence
1. How Science Helps Decide What to Believe
2. Summing Up: Synthesizing the Scientific Evidence
II. Infection
3. Dodging the Draft: Does Avoiding the Cold Reducing the Risk of Catching a Cold?
4. Dietary Supplements and Common Viral Infections: "Boosting" the Immune System or the Manufacturers' Profits?
5. Common Sense or Nonsense? Non-Drug Treatments for the Common Cold
III. Skin and Eye Conditions-. 6. Duct (or Duck) Tape for Treating Warts: A Quack Remedy?
7. Aloe Vera: Does it Work? A Burning Question
8. Diet and Acne: Should Teenagers Avoid Pizza and Chocolate?
9. I Can See Clearly Now: Do Glasses Make You More Nearsighted?
10. Eye Strain and Headache: A Change in Viewpoint?
IV. Foods and Beverages
11.The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting: Detox or Redux?
12. Preventing or Treating a Hangover: Dilution or Delusion?
13. Preventing or Treating a Hangover: Dilution or Delusion?
14. Artificial sweeteners and cancer
15. Sugar and hyperactivity in children
16. Benefits of organic and non-GMO foods
17. Protein supplements to build muscle
18. Extra water to prevent jet lag
19. High-sugar diet and diabetes
V. Pregnancy and Childhood
20. Born Too Soon: What's in a Number?
21. Take Your Shots? Parents' Fear of Adverse Effects of Vaccines
22. Does Teething Cause Fever, Rash, and Other Signs of Illness?
23. No Tylenol? No Problem! Beliefs About Fever and its Treatment in Children. .