Oops, Maybe We Were Wrong

Posted on December 28, 2007 
Filed Under Life, Physical Health, Personal, Parenting

Many of us grew up hearing certain ideas espoused as truth. I’m not talking about anything big, theologically. I’m referring to those old wives tales that seem true enough, but then you learn “it ain’t so.” Nonetheless, as we become parents, we pass those things along to our own children.

You know the kind of thing to which I am referring. Take, for instance, the notion that reading in dim light ruins your eyesight. Not true.

According to a story in Rueters,

The majority of eye experts believe it is unlikely to do any permanent damage, but it may make you squint, blink more and have trouble focusing, the researchers said.

Oops, maybe Mom and Dad were wrong. Maybe WE have been wrong.

Find out more “medical myths” by reading the full report here.

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