Medical Myths Revealed, in Time for the Holiday Season
Friday, December 19, 2008 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
Commonly held medical myths that many people—doctors included—take for granted are actually scientifically inaccurate. In the spirit of science, the cold winter weather and the upcoming holidays, researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine have compiled a list of six common medical myths and proven them wrong, using data culled from medical literature on Medline and Google. read more
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