People take what their doctors to be as if it was knowledge handed down from God. A new article in Newsweek debunks a few medical myths that, it appears, many doctors perpetuate. This has been demonstrated similarly with HIV and STD risk, with most doctors indicating on a quiz that the risk of HIV infection in one unprotected encounter with an HIV-positive parter was much higher than 50%. In fact, on average that risk is less than 1% (on average being an important caveat there). Doctors don't know it all!
Anywho, I enjoy reading anything that knocks doctors a bit further off their lofty pedestals. My favorite myth in the article: "Using cell phones in hospitols is dangerous." Such BS! Enjoy!
