Tag: Myth

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 — Face masks: Yes, they may not be the most pleasant item to wear, but they are not depriving people of needed oxygen, a new study confirms. The findings should counter a common anti-mask myth — that donning a face mask is unhealthy. Claims that masks reduce oxygen supplies, cause carbon

Save our bacon! EVE SIMMONS says we don’t need a meat tax as she exposes another diet myth Scientists at Oxford University say 6,000 Britons could be spared an early grave if red meat products including bacon, steak and sausages cost 70 per cent more.  Their analysis of evidence linking red meat to diabetes, cancer

It’s a myth that most persistent musculoskeletal pain with no obvious cause can be cured, argue experts in an editorial published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Doctors and other healthcare professionals need to be a lot more honest with patients about what they can really expect, write Professor Jeremy Lewis, of the