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Challenging Myths of Health, Behavior, and Risk
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Barry Glassner, Professor of Sociology at USC and author of
The Gospel of Food
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The Culture of Fear
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Medical Apartheid
Helen Epstein, author of
The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa
Howard Markel, MD, author of
When Germs Travel
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Epidemics fascinate us. Look at all the ways we offer accounts of epidemics, and how often.
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