Medical myths

BMJ. 2007 Dec 22;335(7633):1288-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.420370.25.

Abstract

Sometimes even doctors are duped, say Rachel C Vreeman and Aaron E Carroll

MeSH terms

  • Attitude to Health*
  • Brain / physiology
  • Cell Phone
  • Drinking Behavior
  • Folklore*
  • Hair / growth & development
  • Humans
  • Lighting
  • Medicine*
  • Nails / growth & development
  • Postmortem Changes
  • Poultry Products / adverse effects
  • Reading
  • Sleep Stages / physiology
  • Vision Disorders / etiology