Essay from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: keine, University of Hamburg (IAA), course: Sprachpraxis: Reading and writing, 0 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Within the last few decades, the media have increasingly reported on health threats and ways of dealing with them. On the one hand this information on medical prophylaxis might be useful, in particular if the positive medical effects of these measures are investigated and verified, but on the other hand there are unfortunately many canards, for instance, the mobile phone issue and then some aspects affecting dental care.