Consumer Health: A Guide To Intelligent Decisions » (8th Edition)

Stephen Barrett, M.D., a retired psychiatrist who resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has achieved national renown as an author, editor, and consumer advocate. In addition to heading Quackwatch, Inc., he is Vice-President and Director of Internet Operations of the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF); a scientific advisor to the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH); and a Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). IN 1984, he received an FDA Commissioner's Special Citation Award for Public Service in fighting nutrition quackery. In 1986, he was awarded honorary membership in the American Diabetic Association. From 1987 through 1989, he taught health education at The Pennsylvania State University. In 2001 he received the Distinguished Service to Health Education Award from the American Association for Health Education. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, and Who's Who in the World.

William M. London, Ed.D., M.P.H., is Associate

Professor in the College of Science and Health and current Chair of the Dept. of General Studies at

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. He

is also the Associate Editor of Consumer Health Digest,

cohost of the Credential Watch Web site, a CSICOP

consultant, a Quackwatch advisor, and a contributing

editor to The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

and Aberrant Medical Practices. He was an associate

professor at Kent State University where, for 10 years,

he taught health-education courses, including consumer

health. During this period he co-founded and served as

the first President of the National Council Against Health

Fraud’s Ohio Division. He has also been: President of

NCAHF;Faculty Mentor in the School of Health and Human

Services of Walden University;Professor of Health

Sciences at Touro University International; Associate

Professor of Health Care Management and Director

of the Graduate Program in Health Care Management,

College of St. Elizabeth; Director of Public Health of

the American Council on Science and Health; Director

of Communications at Columbia University’s Mailman

School of Public Health;and Executive Director of RAP,

Inc., a private nonprofit mental health and senior citizens

service agency in Genesee County, New York.

Robert S. Maratz, M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D., is an internist, dentist, and researcher who resides in Newton, Massachusetts. The founder of four companies, he has also served as medical director for two others in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry. He has been involved with issues regarding the safety and proper use of drugs and biomaterials since 1980. He has served on the medical and dental faculties of Northwestern and Tufts universities. Currently, he serves on the faculty of Boston University School of Medicine, having initially been appointed in 1976. His broad knowledge of interactions of materials and the body has been sought by numerous licensing boards, regulatory agencies, universities, government agencies, insurance companies, and professional associations. He is also an expert in medical database application and analyses.

Dr. Baratz has worked for more than 20 years in dental and medical practice for private, public, and government entities, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, The Daughters of Charity, and the Harvard Community Health Plan. He has also worked for the Agency for International Development. Currently he is President and Medical Director of South Shore Health Center in Braintree, Massachusetts, where he practices general and occupational medicine. He also serves as NCAHF President; a scientific advisor to ACSH; President of International Medical Consultation Services, Inc., of Newton, Massachusetts; and Medical Director of Skin Systems, Inc., of Peabody, Massachusetts. In 1992, the American Dental Association gave him a Presidential Citation for his work in advancing oral public health. He has been listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering.

Manfred Kroger, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society at The Pennsylvania State University, where he has won several teaching awards. He also serves as associate editor of the Journal of Food Science, an ACSH scientific advisor, a technical editor for Prometheus Books, and a science communicator for the Institute of Food Technologists. He has conducted research in analytical chemistry (pesticide residues), food composition, fermented milk products, and dairy processing technology. Even though retired, he remains professionally active at Penn State and nationally and internationally. His university courses included food laws and regulations, toxicology, introductory food science, dairy technology, and a very popular university-wide general education course entitled "Food Facts and Fads". His other professional activities include lecturing at public and professional meetings, expert testimony in court and at government hearings, and translation of German writings. In 1999 he was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists. In 2003, he served as the editor of the Proceedings of the 12th World Congress of Food Science and Technology.

The most comprehensive text in Consumer Health,this edition continues to provide a vast amount of information to enable consumers to choose health products and services intelligently. New texts now come packaged with Health and Human Performance PowerWeb!

Part I Dynamics of the Health Marketplace

1 Consumer Health Issues

2 Separating Fact from Fiction

3 Frauds and Quackery

4 Advertising and Other Promotional Activities
Part II Health-Care Approaches

5 Science-Based Health Care

6 Mental and Behavioral Help

7 Dental Care

8 The "CAM" Movement

9 Self-Care

10 Health-Care Facilities
Part III Nutrition and Fitness

11 Basic Nutrition Concepts

12 Nutrition Fads, Fallacies, and Scams

13 Weight Control

14 Fitness Concepts, Products, and Services
Part IV Major Health Problems

15 Cardiovascular Diseases

16 Cancer

17 HIV / AIDS
Part V Other Products and Services

18 Drug Products

19 Skin Care and Image Enhancement

20 Sexual and Reproductive Health

21 Health Devices

22 Coping with Death
Part VI Protection of the Consumer

23 Health Insurance

24 Health-Care Economics

25 Consumer Laws, Agencies, and Strategies