The medical profession is both incredibly complicated and also a miracle of human dedication. Unfortunately, as with so many things, once we get used to it, we take it for granted, leading to some folks taking a professional’s advice as a sort of vague suggestion or worse.
Someone asked “Doctors, what do you want your patients not to know?” and medical professionals from across the internet shared their answers. So get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to have some preconceptions shattered, upvote the most interesting examples and be sure to add your own thoughts to the comments down below.