The rise in melanoma has led to fears that sunscreens may actually cause this deadly cancer.
But the hunt for yield that that engenders may actually cause bubbles.
Some have argued that Toms's donations may actually cause harm, by reducing demand for locally produced goods.
Pulling something off the shelf/your computer and blindly following the writing within may actually cause harm to people.
On balance, then, the high pay that lures talent to the financial industry may actually cause harm.
How would you suggest they approach the problem that federal dollars may actually cause private-sector retrenchment?
In other words, convincing poor single moms to get married may actually cause them more financial harm than if they never married at all.
If a patient has such a view of a physician's capabilities, he added, it may actually cause problems for the doctor.
Despite its prevalence, the "feedback sandwich" seems to have little effect on performance and, one suspects, it may actually cause more harm than good.
While they point out how hard it is to get the evidence to prove that diets shorten lives, they warn of the possibility that yo-yo dieting may actually cause chronic disease.
"Over time it may actually cause atrophy of the muscle and slow down aging," said Dr. Alan Matarasso, a plastic surgeon in Manhattan and clinical associate professor of plastic surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.
