Dee in Atlanta wants to know if this is true or just another medical myth.

In so doing, he shattered the medical myth of the heart as a organ so complex and vital that it was sacrosanct from surgical intervention.

A careful reading of the article, allegedly on the debunking of medical myths through the ages, reveals that midwives are never mentioned.

On the next page, get started with the first medical myth and learn the truth about acne, knuckle-cracking and more.

The belief, like so many other medical myths, arises from the human tendency to look for patterns in random events.

This is not the first medical myth to crumble under the scrutiny of science.

Acne and Chocoholics Some medical myths, however, may die when they are refuted with evidence that actually leads to a cure.

Some medical myths have been passed on through so many generations that quashing them can seem next to impossible.

"The danger of addiction among hospital patients is a medical myth."

Read our list of 9 medical myths.