{"id":1758,"date":"2011-08-28T16:14:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T15:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2011-08-29T19:06:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T18:06:04","slug":"we-can-all-relax-about-the-8-glasses-of-water-a-day-myth-another-example-of-selling-sickness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2011\/08\/28\/we-can-all-relax-about-the-8-glasses-of-water-a-day-myth-another-example-of-selling-sickness\/","title":{"rendered":"We can all relax about the &#8216;8 glasses of water a day&#8217; myth &#8211; another example of &#8216;selling sickness&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1760 aligncenter\" title=\"bottled-water\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2011\/08\/bottled-water.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The subheading for Margaret McCartney&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/343\/bmj.d4280.full\" target=\"_blank\">recent BMJ commentary<\/a> reads <span style=\"color: #800000\">&#8216;Medical marketing&#8217;<\/span>. Should that be a topic in health professionals&#8217; curriculum now? Anatomy, Physiology, <span style=\"color: #800000\">Marketing<\/span>, Biochemistry?<\/p>\n<p>It would make sense to have a subject to balance Pharmacology. <span style=\"color: #800000\">It could be called Unpharmacology<\/span>. The former covers the legitimate benefits of appropriate prescription of effective medication for clinical indications. The latter (not an original neologism, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmarketing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Stratten and &#8216;Unmarketing&#8217;)<\/a> teaches how Big Pharma tries to grow the market. Fits well with the teaching of evidence-based practice. Of course our good friends <a href=\"http:\/\/raymoynihan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Moynihan<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/christchurch\/research\/generalpractice\/ourpeople\/otago011177.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dee Mangin<\/a>, among others, would be fantastic course leaders &#8211; in person or via the web. By the way, while looking for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/local\/stories\/2011\/02\/21\/3144340.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Moynihan link, I came across this recent interview<\/a> with him by Australia&#8217;s ABC.<\/p>\n<p>But that is a meandering start (a bad writing trait &#8211; graduate students &#8211; DO NOT MEANDER) to this Sunday&#8217;s short blog link to the BMJ cover story about Evian&#8217;s promotion of the &#8216;8 drinks a day&#8217; myth. A nice piece by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretmccartney.com\/blog\/?page_id=443\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret McCartney<\/a> (Twitter @mgtmccartney) who has come to my attention for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/342\/bmj.d2972.extract\" target=\"_blank\">couple of different interesting articles in the BMJ.<\/a> I &#8216;Like&#8217; in Facebook language. Another reason to try to visit Glasgow in addition to Des Spence.<\/p>\n<p>BMJ Editor Fiona Godlee weighed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/343\/bmj.d4478.full?sid=bd0ded99-45b0-4119-8d62-35aa298ca1d5\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>(Free)<\/p>\n<p>You can get the gist of Margert McCartney&#8217;s article free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/PublicHealthPolicy\/PublicHealth\/27519?userid=60481\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/343\/bmj.d4280\/reply\" target=\"_blank\">It inspired a vigorous debate on the web. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you can access BMJ, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/343\/bmj.d4280.full\" target=\"_blank\">the original article is here<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"500\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"40\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/PublicHealthPolicy\/PublicHealth\/27519?userid=60481\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Drink More Water? Just Say No, Doc Says<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"40\">\n<div id=\"pageContent\">\n<table id=\"table1\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">By\u00a0Kristina  Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today<br \/>\nPublished: July 12, 2011<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/PublicHealthPolicy\/PublicHealth\/27519?userid=60481#rate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/clf2.medpagetoday.com\/images\/FEEDBACK_bttn2.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click here to provide feedback\" width=\"122\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"120\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">An excerpt from the article and its commentary on the web<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The need to drink eight glasses of water a day may be as big a myth as the fountain of youth, according to one U.K. physician.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><em>Several studies have found no evidence of benefit for recommending  such levels of hydration, although bottled water companies would have  consumers believe otherwise, argues Margaret McCartney, MD, of Glasgow,  Scotland, in a commentary in <\/em><em>BMJ.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;There are many organizations with vested interests who would like to  tell doctors and patients what to do,&#8221; McCartney wrote. &#8220;We should just  say no.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenblog.pgi.com\/2011\/why-you-shouldn%E2%80%99t-buy-bottled-water\/\" target=\"_blank\">And a link to the environmental issues as well! This blogger claims the cost of bottled water is 10,000 times that of tap water. Oops. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy what is left of your Sunday and remember that all BMJ Blogs are flagged on Twitter (@BJSM_BMJ). We try to promote other good stuff on Twitter to &#8211; so feel fre to add us to your Twitter community.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1768\" title=\"RoyM\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2011\/08\/RoyM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2011\/08\/RoyM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2011\/08\/RoyM-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> Ray Moynihan &#8211; if a Dean of Medicine doesn&#8217;t know of his work he or she should read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Selling-Sickness-Pharmaceutical-Companies-Patients\/dp\/1560256974\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Selling Sickness&#8217; <\/a>before going to another meeting. And then ask &#8211; Is my medical faculty providing balanced education to future clinicians &#8211; or is our Faculty really a vehicle for Selling Sickness? Just a question. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to Roy&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/local\/stories\/2011\/02\/21\/3144340.htm\" target=\"_blank\">podcast <\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The subheading for Margaret McCartney&#8217;s recent BMJ commentary reads &#8216;Medical marketing&#8217;. Should that be a topic in health professionals&#8217; curriculum now? Anatomy, Physiology, Marketing, Biochemistry? It would make sense to have a subject to balance Pharmacology. It could be called Unpharmacology. 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