Myth Busting: Is exercise = to other treatments to help depression? Do tattoos cause lymphoma?

5-Minute Clinical Update and Grand Rounds with Dr. Thomas McGinn

Back by popular demand, our mythbusting team takes looks at two new health topics making headlines and compares popular beliefs to the latest evidence:

1. Is exercise as effective as other treatments to help depression?
   • Meta-analysis: https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-075847
2. Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
   • Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00228-1/fulltext
   • Plus a discussion on correlation vs. causation

Guest: Dr. Ankita Sagar
System Vice President for Clinical Standards and Variation Reduction, Physician Enterprise and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Creighton University

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