Popular Science: Nine Overhyped and Misleading Health Headlines Debunked

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Does red wine make you live longer? Do bras cause cancer? Is sugar as addictive as cocaine and heroin? We uncover what headline-grabbing scientific studies really mean for your health

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Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Health & Medicine • Media

3 Comments
Posted August 17, 2009 at 12:00 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Pb wrote:

TEC has its own version of over-hyped science but I will not go there.

August 17, 2:10 pm | [comment link]
2. Ken Peck wrote:

Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle,
    and plants for man to cultivate,
    that he may bring forth food from the earth,
and wine to gladden the heart of man,
    oil to make his face shine,
  and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

Psalm 104:14-15

August 17, 3:47 pm | [comment link]
3. Milton wrote:

Reminds me of the Joe Jackson song from the 80s

“No caffeine, no protein,
No booze or nicotine, cause
Everything gives you cancer,
Everything gives you cancer,
There’s no cure, there’s no answer,
Everything gives you cancer”

August 18, 12:44 am | [comment link]
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