Saturday, December 27, 2008

Salad du jour? How about poinsettias?

The annual Christmas (2008) issue of the British Medical Journal is out!

It turns out that:
  • Poinsettias are not poisonous after all. Reports from poison control centers do not support the warnings. Animals fed with the plant don't keel over.
  • The suicide rate in the US is actually lower during the winter than the summer. Not true that suicide rates go up during the holidays.
  • Children who consume large amounts of sugar don't get more hyper. Let's hope grandmothers don't get a hold of this study.
  • Not wearing a hat does not cause you to lose excessive amounts of body heat.
See the summary.

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