CLOZE TEST: MEDICAL MYTHS

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MEDICAL MYTHS

ACTUALLY	EXCESSIVE	LITTLE	HOWEVER	SHAVING
EVIDENTIAL	TO BE	BEING	RISK	ANY
SOME	HUNTED	CAUSED	FEW	ALSO
TOO	DESPITE	FROM	WHERE	BY
WHILE	NEED	TO	DISPROVE	SHAVE

(1) _______ claim drinking eight glasses of water a day leads to good health, (2) _______ reading in dim light damages eyesight. Others believe we only use 10% of our brains or that (3) _______ legs causes hair to grow back thicker. But a review of evidence by US researchers surrounding seven commonly-held beliefs suggests they are (4) _______ "medical myths". Some are utterly untrue, while others have no (5) _______ proof, the British Medical Journal reports.

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis (6) _______ medical literature for evidence on each claim. They found no evidence supporting the (7) _______ to drink eight glasses of water a day.

In fact, studies suggest that adequate fluid intake is often met (8) _______ drinking juice, milk, and even caffeine-rich tea and coffee. Data also suggests drinking (9) _______ amounts of water can be dangerous.

The belief that we only use 10% of our brains appears (10) _______ completely untrue. Studies of patients with brain damage suggest that damage to almost any area of the brain has specific and lasting effects on mental, vegetative and behavioural capabilities. Brain imaging studies also show that no area of the brain is completely silent or inactive.

And the belief that hair and fingernails continue to grow after death may be an optical illusion (11) _______ by retraction of the skin after death. The actual growth of hair and nails requires a complex interplay of hormonal regulation not present after death.

Again, illusion may be (12) _______ blame for the belief that shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker, and coarser, report author Rachel Vreeman told the BMJ. The stubble resulting (13) _______ shaving grows out without the finer taper seen at the ends of unshaven hair, giving the impression of thickness and coarseness.

Again, expert opinion is that reading in dim light does not damage your eyes.  And there is (14) _______ evidence to support the banning of mobile phones from hospitals on the basis of electromagnetic interference.

Finally, eating turkey - and the tryptophan amino acid it contains - does not make people especially drowsy. Indeed, turkey, chicken and minced beef contain similar amounts of tryptophan.

The researchers explained: "(15) _______ large meal can induce sleepiness because blood flow and oxygenation to the brain decrease, and meals rich in protein or carbohydrate may cause drowsiness. Wine may (16) _______ play a role." Dr David Tovey, editor of Clinical Evidence journal, said: "The difficulty is it is often hard to (17) _______ a theory. On the flip-side, absence of evidence does not necessarily mean absence of effect. (18) _______ reliable evidence becomes really important is in helping people make serious decisions about harms and risks. Many of these 'myths' are innocuous. (19) _______, we are still finding evidence that runs contrary to current practice and what we expect."

He gave the example of the relatively recent U-turn in advice over sleeping positions for babies to cut cot deaths. Experts now recommend babies are positioned on their backs when sleeping to reduce the (20) _______ of sudden infant death.

KEY

1. SOME	2. WHILE	3. SHAVING	4. ACTUALLY	5. EVIDENTIAL
6. HUNTED	7. NEED	8. BY	9. EXCESSIVE	10. TO BE
11. CAUSED	12. TO	13. FROM	14. LITTLE	15. ANY
16. ALSO	17. DISPROVE	18. WHERE	19. HOWEVER	20. RISK