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Does shaving hair cause it to grow back faster or thicker? Does reading in dim light ruin your eyesight? Do we really use only 10 per cent of our brains?


These are just some of the common medical myths that it appears that even a lot of doctors still believe, even though none have ever been proven -- or have been proven to be completely wrong.


Researchers in the United States selected seven medical beliefs, long assumed to be true by both doctors and the general public and then searched for evidence to support or refute each of these claims.


The results show that all of the beliefs are actually myths. Here are a few from the list:

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