Countdown - Top 10 Most Overblown Health Stories of the Decade: #10

The decade now drawing to a close has featured more than a few health-related news stories that have seemed just a tad overblown. As a public service, DrRich has carefully selected the Top 10 Most Overblown Health Stories of the Past Decade, and now presents them for your consideration.

The countdown begins:

#10: Mad Cow Disease

For a while there, mad cow disease was going to kill us all (all of us beef-eaters, anyway), and McDonald's corporate net worth had plummeted by over $1 billion - and then the story just went away. What the heck happened? Read the sad story here.