Always Follow the Elephants: More Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths about Our Health and the World We Live In

From The New York Timess intrepid Really? reporter and author of the bestselling Never Shower in a Thunderstorm more mind-opening health facts (and fictions). In this follow-up to the bestselling Never Shower in a Thunderstorm New York Times columnist Anahad OConnor uncovers the truth behind a hundred more old wives tales and conventional-wisdom cures. OConnor investigates nagging questions of domestic safety such as whether you can get radiation poisoning from standing too close to a microwave. (Youll 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 OConnor delivers yet another winning and irresistible collection of tips about our health.