Friday, May 23, 2008

7 Medical Myths That Can Kill You

we have become a nation of “cyberchondriacs” diagnosing ourselves with false information and half-truths.
In this MSNBC.com piece TODAY chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman discusses common myths that could harm your health.
  • Annual checkups are no longer necessary
  • Only kids need to be vaccinated
  • Doctors treat everyone equally
  • We can't beat cancer
  • Heart disease and stroke are conditions of the elderly
  • Natural is synonymous with safe
  • Mental illness can just "go away"
7 medical myths that can kill you

1 comment:

chasy said...

wow. scary. i believed some of those too!