From the article:
So why do such myths persist? “If I tell it to you three times, then it must be true. And the more often you hear it, and the louder and more shrilly you hear it, the more believable it becomes,” says Richard Panush, MD, a professor in the division of rheumatology at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles.
If you suffer from arthritis, as I do, head over and read the list. You’ll save yourself some time and money.