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***feel free to repost*** On my EBM page, I have a couple of nice links on this topic: http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/libraryarticles.html#Changed If you get a message saying that the number of visits have exceeded usage, please visit the site again in a couple of hours. Or, here are the direct links: http://www.moffitt.org/site.aspx?spid=2D5A365B3A4E4841A4D3DD8DAD08EE50 http://www.montana.edu/wwwebm/myths/MedicalMyths.doc http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=15014055%5Buid%5D (Thanks to Neal Maskrey) Take care, Tanya Tanya Feddern-Bekcan, MLIS, AHIP, MOT, OTR/L http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/libraryarticles.html formerly Tanya Feddern 305.243.3999 - [log in to unmask] - 305.325.9670 (fax) EBM Theme Co-Director & Reference and Education Librarian Louis Calder Memorial Library - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine "A library without a librarian is a reading room."-- Jenny Garcia of the University of Wyoming, MLS, AHIP -----Original Message----- From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Power Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:40 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Evidence that common sense can be dangerous A little while ago, Richard Lehman said in his weekly review, and in his inimitable way: "Not very long ago, I could confidently assert that the best way to manage atrial fibrillation was to stop the atrium fibrillating. Obvious, isn't it? And, like so many obvious ideas in medicine, wrong." I would like to build a list of obvious ideas in medicine that have been dangerous; for example, advice to put babies to sleep on their tummies. Suggestions (preferably with references!!) for my list would be much appreciated. Thanks very much. Michael Power Clinical Knowledge Author, Guideline Developer and Informatician Clinical Knowledge Summaries www.cks.library.nhs.uk