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Don't cross your eyes-- they'll get stuck that way : and 75 other health myths debunked / Aaron E. Carroll and Rachel C. Vreeman.
- Title
- Don't cross your eyes-- they'll get stuck that way : and 75 other health myths debunked / Aaron E. Carroll and Rachel C. Vreeman.
- Author
- Carroll, Aaron E.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. ; St. Martin's Griffin, 2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Vreeman, Rachel C.
- Description
- ix, 289 p.; 19 cm.
- Summary
- "In 2009, Drs. Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vreeman explored a wide range of myths and misconceptions about our bodies and health in Don't Swallow Your Gum!, the media hit. Two years later, they're delving into a whole new collection of myths, including: WD-40 heals arthritis pain A temperature above 104 degrees causes brain damage Men are more promiscuous than women Having sex during pregnancy can injure the baby With a perfect balance of authoritative research, breezy humor, and snappy, easily-understandable takeaways, Don't Cross Your Eyes ... They'll Get Stuck That Way is a must-have for physicians, parents, mythbusters, and anyone interested in quirky medical information"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Trivia and miscellanea
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-278) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Acupuncture -- ADHD -- Air -- Airborne -- Airplanes -- Aloe vera -- Antibiotics -- Apples -- Artificial sweeteners -- Bathroom -- Bubbles -- Caffeine -- Cancer -- Celery -- Cell phones -- Cheese -- Chicken soup -- Chocolate -- Cold weather -- Cough and cold medicines -- Croup -- Dairy -- Day care -- Deodorants -- Echinacea -- Eggs -- Exercise -- Eyes -- Fever -- Flu -- Garlic -- Green snot -- G-spot -- Hair dye -- Handshakes -- Homes -- Honey -- Hot peppers -- Hydrogen peroxide -- Ice -- Immune system -- Lice -- Marriage -- Masturbation -- Mercury -- Milk -- Neti pods -- Nosebleeds -- Oral sex -- Oysters -- Penises -- Poison -- Protein -- Saunas -- Seizures -- Sex -- Sit-ups -- Sneezing -- Snow -- Soap -- Solid foods -- Sponges -- Steam -- Stress -- Stretching -- Sugar -- Television -- Toilet seats -- Vaccines -- Vitamin C -- Vitamin E -- Warts -- Wet hair -- Wounds -- Zinc.
- ISBN
- 9780312681876 :
- 0312681879
- LCCN
- ^^2011000021
- OCLC
- 681499462
- SCSB-12327206
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library