Top Seven Health Myths

Let Aaron Carroll read in dim light for continuous periods and note what happens to his vision. as for me, I like my tensor!

Wow. A whole lot of aggression towards this article. Perhaps because it's made a lot of people foolish for harbouring silly notions. I wonder if "Incredulous" advocates spreading butter on a burn? I wonder what the "Meat..." ~whatever~ guy's problem is. I mean did he actually read what was said. The problem with Americans, bub, is that they just don't listen when it's time and are way to quick to prove that they're always right. Soda isn't that problem. Paradigm is.

It appears the comment about reading in dim light came from a recent article posted by Harvard medical school. Mounting evidence indicates that vision changes under stress. The author actually concented that the eyes do strain while reading in dim light. Yes, after returning to appropriate light the "strain" may go away;but the strain has already reduced vision stamina, and its continued abuse will cause damage.

Somebody mentioned about whether or not organic food was more nutritious than nonorganic food.

It may well be more nutritious, but the reason for eating organic food is because it has lesser amounts of harmful chemicals in it, specifically, pesticides, herbicides and antibiotics and hormones. These chemicals have harmful effects on our bodies, one of which is the fact that they mimic our hormones, such as estrogen.

Gee, if only a "mere 1.2%" of cell phone calls "clinically interfere" or disrupt complex medical procedures, and cause significant complications and death, that must be ok for Sarah Klift.

Did she survey doctors to prove that "they " all believe these myths? Do all beliefe them, or just "1.2" of them believe them.

Shoddy journalism.

: kattlekween
actually hamburger is made of more than one cow
so it would be impossible to track but NAIS tracking ends at slaughter which is when many health issues arise, but you are right, our meat already comes from other countries, that is why corporate ag only gets ONE LOT NUMBER per groups of animals. but the rest of us have to mircochip and file movement reports on each animal we own.
Another myth the USDA is spreading is that NAIS will keep us safe from mad cow diseasee. If that is so, why did the USDA tell Creekstone Beef they could NOT test each carcass for mad cow when they offered to do so? The USDA told them then all the meat processors would have to do so!
see nonais dot org for more info on this ridiculous program that will put livestock owners under closer surveillance than illegals, drug dealers, convicted six offenders/child molesters. Currently in the USA,
only convicted six offenders/child molesters have to register their premises .
and file movement reports.

In a way that 10% of the brain myth is actually true. Only about 10% of the brain is composed of neurons, the cells that do the thinking. About 90% of the brain is composed of glial cells which help protect and support the neurons.

I love how the writer of this article attempts to debunk the need to drink "8 glasses of water per day" by saying "we get enough water from juice, milk, and caffeinated drinks" (aka sodas and energy drinks. I can just picture the fat-out of shape person that the writer is just by that. Instead, you should REPLACE all the juice (sugar+ empty calories), milk (hormone-laden), and soda (filled with caffeine and CARBONATED water) that Americans are used to drinking with water.

Dear esbee...I plan on giving all my calves a little bag with all their pertinet information in it, they can then give it to the next farmer who owns them. That way when some moron doesn't cook a hamburger right and it makes someone sick, their lawyer can track me down and sue me for birthing the calf in the first place. Then we can import our meat from some third world country like we do everything else. Bon Apetite!

Dear esbee, I plan on giving each and everyone of my calves a little bag with all their information in it when they leave my farm...good idea huh?!

Kattlekween

Actually, tainted Halloween candy can and is still a threat in New England. I forget the exact town in MA, but it is on the eastern coast, where 4 children had candy that was tampered with; one girl had a candy bar with a sharp object inserted into it. There may not be numerous citings of poisoned Halloween candy, but be sure that children must still be careful to avoid other forms of tampering.

Doctors are human beings. They do no know it all when it comes to their own craft that is why they call it "practicing". We can not expect them to know it all. Do you know everything about your field of work? Would you want a new attorney at law to represent President Bush or a new medical doctor in charge of your life or even a new graduate of one of the biggest and best nursing schools in the nation, in charge of your case in a local emergency room? My point is that there is alot to learn in our world. I read the other day that there are hundreds of types of frogs and that someone that had been in a wheel chair most of their life, with documented medical disability, just got up and walked in a faith healing service when a minister of the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob prayed over him. Wow!!! Not a hoax either, Checked this out. All I knpw from years, off and on, in hospital emergency rooms is that these myths can be refuted, some better than others, doctors do not know it all and we should not expect them to and that God loves us with the deepest love and all human life is precious, even the unborn, so very very precious and that we must chose because the time is short. For all of you reading this, I will pray that God reveals himself to you and you stay cautious and alert when it comes to anything. I do not believe in chance, circumstance or myths. I check it out in the Holy Bible, the inerrant word of our living God to see if it measures up to His standards. Next, I prayerfully consider my options and choices and their effects upon others and then, fully trusting our creator, God, I exercise the free will He gave me to make my choices when I come across an article like this. What do you think? I welcome your intelligent and thoughtful reply. Just take a look at a blade of grass or ask yourself this, "Who hung the stars, moon and our sun? Maybe the writer of this article is a human being, too, or knew these myths could be refuted and wanted the notariety of getting your attention.

Cell phones can and do interfere with MRI equipment, even outside of the room in close proximity. We ask our patients and employees to keep cell phones off or out of this area.

To franktiger,

Ever consider a remedial spelling class?........

I agree with the portion on the water, I have always been a big water drinker and I did experience the ill effects of too much water. living in the desert i thought the more the better and flushed a dangerous level of potassium out of my body this way and ended up in the hospital.

I agree with the portion on the water, I have always been a big water drinker and I did experience the ill effects of too much water. living in the desert i thought the more the better and flushed a dangerous level of potassium out of my body this way and ended up in the hospital.

A myth not discussed above is the notion that a dog or cat's mouth is cleaner than a human's mouth. I'm a veterinary technician and can tell you unequivocally that it's false - the bacteria content is the same, if not greater. And I can't tell you the number of times victims of animal bites are sent to the ER for treatment, told they didn't need antibiotics, and then ended up with infections in the wounds - all because the doctors were convinced that animal mouths are cleaner than human mouths!

This article is wrong about reading in dim light. Reading in dim light will strain the eyes to focus and cause a tendency towards myopia in the same manner that holding reading material too close to your eyes or doing an excessive amount of close up work will cause a tendency towards myopia.

The eyes are very adaptable and will conform to whatever their predominant usage is over time. It is even possible to reverse the situation to an extent, once it has occurred. I have done this with my own eyes simply by sitting farther away from my computer monitor.

The article says there is no proof of this. Having no proof does not invalidate it. Prehistoric people had no proof that the earth is round, but nevertheless it is true.

However, there is proof. The fact that we have beter lighting is a nonissue. The relevant issue is that we read and use electronic visual devices far more now than in the past. A study was done on a Indian tribe in Alaska. The older nonliterate generation had an extremely low incidence of myopia, while the younger literate generation had a typical incidence of myopia.

Further evidence is the fact that people who do a lot of close work like diamond cutting frequently suffer failing eyesight.

Our mothers were right all along.