Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted May 20, 2009
By Aditya Mattoo, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Prompted by personal experience, I thought I would explore …
Category: Myths and Realities
Clinical Correlations
From the Archives: Myths and Realities: Does the Weather Really Affect Arthritis?
March 3, 2011
Please enjoy this post from the Clinical Correlations archives first posted March 19, 2009
Aditya Mattoo MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
For our first post, I wanted to address …
Myths and Realities: Does Vitamin C Work for the Common Cold?
January 7, 2011
By Carolyn Bevan, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
It starts with a tickle in your throat. You feel a bit more tired after a day’s work, maybe your forehead feels a …
Prescription for Meditation
December 10, 2010
By Manisha Patel
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A woman in her 60s with a history of fibromyalgia presented with productive cough and fevers for one week, and also complained that she …
Myths and Realities: Heart and Wine
August 26, 2010
By Aditya Mattoo, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Not too long ago, a patient came to my clinic and said (I’m paraphrasing of course), “I never cared for alcohol, doctor, so …
Myths & Realities: Is Shiftwork Tumorgenic?
June 23, 2010
By David Ecker, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Over the last several decades, Westernized countries have become 24-hour societies. Approximately 21 million workers in the US are on non-standard work shifts, including almost …
Myths and Realities: Cell phones and the risk of brain cancer
November 27, 2009
Daria B. Crittenden
Although children today have never known a world without cell phones, the rest of us remember when these devices were created and have watched their popularity soar. The …
Myths and Realities: Ginger Ale in Treating Nausea and Vomiting
September 3, 2009
Chau Che MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Despite the numerous medications available for the treatment of nausea and vomiting, some patients and doctors insist that ginger ale will alleviate gastrointestinal symptoms. …