UGA PreMed Volume 2 Issue 2 | Pseudoscience

Fact vs. Fiction: Busting Common Medical Myths In this day and age, it seems like everything we do, eat, or drink is either a cure for cancer or it’s slowly killing us. We all have that friend or crazy colleague who tells us that the food we’re eating is bad for us or we should be drinking this new tea. Most of the time we ignore their claims, sometimes out of stubbornness but mostly because we don’t know if their sources are legitimate. The following are two common myths, followed by facts that might help dispel these medical myths: Ahmed Mahmood