Despite the availability of more new treatments and medicines than ever before, many medical professionals believe that the health of the average person has not improved substantially, and that better prevention is actually the best medicine. This is a view that most people seem willing to accept; but the current health and fitness craze has produced a proliferation of faddish "cures" and panaceas, many of them more dangerous than beneficial.
The New Handbook of Health and Preventive Medicine is the definitive guide to staying healthy. It is filled with the latest scientific information...