Monday, December 31, 2007
Seven medical myths, exposed
Eight glasses of water a day? Myth!
Paper in the British Medical Journal referenced by Reuters says that other popular myths with no evidence in the literature include:
Reading in dim light ruins eyesight;
Shaving makes hair grow faster or coarser;
Eating turkey makes you drowsy;
We only use 10% of our brains;
Hair and fingernails grow after death (even a pathology myth!)
Mobile phones are dangerous in hospitals.
Paper in the British Medical Journal referenced by Reuters says that other popular myths with no evidence in the literature include:
Reading in dim light ruins eyesight;
Shaving makes hair grow faster or coarser;
Eating turkey makes you drowsy;
We only use 10% of our brains;
Hair and fingernails grow after death (even a pathology myth!)
Mobile phones are dangerous in hospitals.
