So much in medicine and in life is done out of habit. We do stuff simply because that’s the way we always did it. Repetition leads to the belief that we are doing the right thing. In this country, we traditionally eat three meals each day. Why not four or two? We prefer soft drinks to be served iced cold. I’ve never tried a steaming hot Coke. Maybe this would be a gamechanger in the food industry? Life gets more interesting when folks question long standing beliefs and practices forcing us to ask ourselves if what we are doing makes any sense. In the medical profession, a yearly physical examination was dogma. Now, even traditionalists have backed away from this ritual that had no underlying scientific data to support it. Yet, patients would present themselves to this annual event believing that this ‘check-up’ was an important health preserver. Here were some medical routines that were never questioned. Yearly ear drum examinations with the otoscope. Alw
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