Editor's Choice
Everything you know is wrong
BMJ 2008; 337 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a3027 (Published 18 December 2008) Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a3027- Tony Delamothe, deputy editor, BMJ
- tdelamothe{at}bmj.com
The hit of last year’s Christmas issue was Rachel Vreeman and Aaron Carroll’s demolition of medical myths, which garnered 21 A4 pages of media mentions within a month of publication. This year the same authors target myths with a seasonal flavour (doi:10.1136/bmj.a2769). A dispiriting message is that there are still no genuine hangover cures—other than to consume alcohol only in moderation or not at all. At this time of year, it may be a small consolation to know that you can mix alcohol with antibiotics (other than metronidazole), although most attenders at a London clinic still mistakenly believe that you shouldn’t (doi:10.1136/bmj.a2885).
The debunking of myths emerges as the …