Always Follow the Elephants

More Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Healthand the World We Live In

Anahad O'Connor (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2009
Henry Holt & Company Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8050-9000-0 (ISBN)

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Investigates nagging questions of domestic safety, such as whether you can get radiation poisoning from standing too close to a microwave. This title reveals first-aid 'MacGyverisms', such as the attempts by Vietnam War battlefield medics and professional sports stars to seal wounds with super glue.

In this follow-up to the bestselling "Never Shower in a Thunderstorm", "New York Times" columnist Anahad O'Connor uncovers the truth behind a hundred more old wives' tales and conventional-wisdom cures. O'Connor investigates nagging questions of domestic safety, such as whether you can get radiation poisoning from standing too close to a microwave (you'll actually be exposed to more watts from your cell phone). He unearths astounding first-aid 'MacGyverisms', such as the attempts by Vietnam War battlefield medics and professional sports stars to seal wounds with super glue (the bottom line: it works, but can irritate skin). And he looks into the claim that a pregnant mother with heartburn should expect a hairy newborn (and is as baffled as the scientists who tallied up the clearly evident infant hairdos). For anyone curious about whether to starve a fever or a cold, or whether stifling a sneeze will damage the body, O'Connor delivers yet another winning and irresistible collection of tips about our health.

Anahad O'Connor is a reporter for The New York Times covering breaking national news and contributes the weekly column "Really?"--named for his favorite word in journalism--to the paper's Science Times section. The author of Never Shower in a Thunderstorm (ISBN: 978-0-8050-8312-5), he lives in New York City.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.11.2009
Zusatzinfo	10 b/w illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 210 mm
Gewicht	253 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-8050-9000-2 / 0805090002
ISBN-13	978-0-8050-9000-0 / 9780805090000
Zustand	Neuware