Six false things doctors tell their patients

on Wednesday, March 16, 2011

* People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day

* We use only 10% of our brains

* Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death

* Shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker, or coarser

* Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight

* Eating turkey makes people especially drowsy



http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7633/1288
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp
http://www.snopes.com/science/nailgrow.asp