In an article published in the British Medical Journal authors Vreeman and Carroll give their views on 7 commonly held beliefs. The topics covered are the following:

People should drink at least 8 glasses of water each day.
We only use 10% of our brains.
Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
Shaving hair causes it to grow [...]

Thanks to all those who have responded to my  blog. I have been away all week for a quick holiday in Boston so I am furiously trying to catch up with my journaling! The holiday was great, I was surprised the city of Boston was so small, it has a population of only 600,000. The [...]

Vitamins are nutrients that our bodies need in tiny amounts. Normally food that we eat is broken down and processed to create various compounds that we need in order to function properly. Vitamins however usually cannot be made in the body so we need to obtain them directly from the food we eat.

Humans need [...]