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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
  • MEDICAL / General
  • REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides
  • Medicine > Miscellanea
  • Medicine, Popular
  • Health
  • Human body
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