Smooth Pebbles: 6 medical myths debunked - just in time for the holidays

About

David Dobbs: Reef Madness : Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral
Oliver Sacks calls it "brilliantly written, almost unbearably poignant... The coral reef story becomes a microcosm of the conflicts -- between idealism and empiricism, God and evolution -- which were to split science and culture in the nineteenth century, and which still split them today.”
David Dobbs and Richard Ober: The Northern Forest
What's wrong with the land-use debate in the Great North Woods (and elsewhere).
Brian Greene, editor: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 (The Best American Series)
Contains my NY Times Magazine story on the decline of the autopsy
Gina Kolata, Editor: The Best American Science Writing 2007 (Best American Science Writing)
Contains my NY Times Magazine story on an experimental brain surgery for depression.
David Dobbs: The Great Gulf: Fishermen, Scientists, and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery
An epistemological argument disguised as a fish fight.

Scientificblogging, drawing on apparently credible medical expertise, deflates six common med myths.

My wife will love this. I've cited #4 to her a million times.

1. Sugar makes kids hyperactive.

2. Suicides increase over the holidays.

3. Poinsettias are toxic.

4. You lose most of your body heat through your head.

5. Eating at night makes you fat.

6. You can cure a hangover with%u2026

Great fodder for Christmas parties.

Posted on December 18, 2008 at 07:52 PM in Healthcare and science policy, Science | Permalink

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83462f58369e20105367f48c1970b

You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.

The comments to this entry are closed.