This week on the TEDMED Great Challenges series, guests discussed popular health myths, ways these myths spread. and how doctors and patients can better evaluate medical information. In the video above, Rusty Hoffman, MD, chief of interventional radiology at Stanford, addresses a variety of topics, including misconceptions related to heart disease and uncertainty around new mammogram guidelines, and discusses building trust between doctors and patients to dispel myths using evidence-based medicine.
Previously: European experts debunk six myths about flu shot, Four common myths about U.S. health care, Exploring popular sleep myths and MythBusters looks at pain myths with Stanford doctor on April 28
