Medical myths

朝日新聞が伝えたBMJの記事です。

• 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 

• Mobile phones create considerable electromagnetic interference in hospitals. 

^{は、疑わしい、というものです。}

^全文は、

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/335/7633/1288