Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster.
在昏暗的灯光下看书不会伤害眼睛;每天也不必喝八杯水来保持健康;剃掉腿毛也不会让它长得更快。
These well-worn theories are among seven "medical myths" exposed in a paper published in the British Medical Journal.
这些老生常谈在《英国医学杂志》的一篇论文中被列入七项“医学误区”。
Two U.S. researchers, Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vreeman, took seven common beliefs and searched the archives for evidence to support them.