That's why they're called medical myths

That's why they're called medical myths: "That's why they're called medical myths
Saturday, February 25, 2006
JOE ROJAS-BURKE

More than 800 years ago, the philosopher-physician Maimonides asserted that drinking milk stimulates mucous production.

He was wrong. But the words of sages, repeated by generations of parents, never die. Here's what scientific research, which has advanced a fair amount since the Middle Ages, has to say about some of the most tenacious medical myths:"