Physicians understand that practicing good medicine requiresthe constant acquisition of new knowledge, though they oftenassume their existing medical beliefs do not need re-examination.These medical myths are a light hearted reminder that we canbe wrong and need to question what other falsehoods we unwittinglypropagate as we practice medicine. We generated a list of commonmedical or medicine related beliefs espoused by physicians andthe general public, based on statements we had heard endorsedon multiple occasions and thought were true or might be true.We selected seven for critical review:
