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Contents Foreword Introduction Chapter 1. You are what you eat Does it really take seven years to digest chewing gum? Why does your pee smell when you eat asparagus? Does sugar really make kids hyperactive? What causes an ice cream headache? Does eating chocolate cause acne? Why do you cry when you cut onions? Do cucumbers help relieve puffy eyes? Why are you served juice and cookies after you give blood? Why do women crave chocolate during their period? Why do you get bloated when you eat salty food? What is a food coma? Why are you hungry an hour after eating Chinese food? What is MSG and does it cause headaches? Can carrots help improve your vision? Does coffee stunt your growth? Why does skipping your morning coffee cause a headache? Why does spicy food make your nose run? Does spicy food cause ulcers? Does artificial sweetener cause headaches? Does licorice cause high blood pressure? Chapter 2. Body Oddities Is it bad to crack your knuckles? Why do some folks have an "outie" belly button and some folks have an "innie"? What causes morning breath? Why are yawns contagious? Why do men have nipples? Can you lose a contact lens in the back of your head? Is it true that the tongue is the strongest muscle relative to its size in the body? Why do your teeth chatter when you are cold? Why do you have an appendix if you can just take it out? Are canker sores contagious? What are goose bumps? What really is happening when my foot falls asleep? Why do you get bags under your eyes when you are tired? Why do you laugh when tickled? Why does sweat stink and stain? What is snot? What are eye boogers? What are those little half moons in your nails? Chapter 3. All you ever wanted to know about sex Is sperm nutritious? Or fattening? Can you get pregnant while you are having your period? Do oysters really make you horny? Big hands, big _____? Why do men wake up with an erection in the morning? Can people in wheelchairs still have sex? Is it true that you can break your Penis? Can you lose a tampon inside if the string falls off? Does masturbation cause stuttering, blindness or hairy palms? If you use tampons does that make you lose your virginity? Why do my nipples get erect? What causes shrinkage? Does circumcision lessen the fun of sex? Does the kind of underwear men wear affect their fertility? Is there really a g-spot? Do Kegel exercises really work? Can hot tubs make you infertile? Do men need sex more often than women? Can a man ever run out of sperm? Is it true that in the south some people use potatoes for birth control? Are there any specific things that affect the scent of a woman? Can a woman ejaculate? What is a hickey? Chapter 4. Can I treat this myself? Can you take the Tetracycline meant for fish tanks? Does cranberry juice really cure urinary tract infections? If you put yogurt inside of you will it cure a yeast infection? Do candles help clean ear wax? Is it good to put butter on a burn? Does melatonin work for jet lag? Should you put a steak on a black eye? Does it work to put toothpaste on zits? If someone is choking at a dinner party and all else fails, can you do a tracheostomy with an oyster knife? Does urinating on a jellyfish sting stop the sting? Why is it bad to insert Q-tips into your ears? Is it dangerous to give yourself a colonic? Does breast milk cure warts? Is it dangerous to pop zits? If you get bitten by a snake should you suck the venom out? What are hiccups and how do you get rid of them? Does bathing in tomato juice remove the smell of a skunk? Does eating fresh parsley cure bad breath? Does warm milk really help you sleep? Chapter 5. Drugs and Alcohol "Beer before liquor, never sicker; Liquor before beer, never fear"? Can poppy seeds make you test positive for heroin? Why do you get the munchies when you are stoned? Can they really do a drug test from a hair sample? Will a shot of alcohol cure a cold? Does putting someone in a shower or giving coffee help in a drug overdose? Why do you throw up when you drink too much? Does taking ecstasy cause you to lose your memory? Does drinking kill brain cells? Why does the bed spin after a long night at the bar? Why do you snore more when you are drunk? Is red wine really good for your health? Is marijuana really good for Glaucoma? Should you drink Brandy when you have frostbite? Why do cigarettes have a laxative effect? Can you get high from licking a toad? Why do people seem more attractive to you when you are drunk? Chapter 6. Bathroom Humor Can you drink your own urine? How come you can light a fart? Why do I get all "pruney" like an old lady after a long bath? Is it cleaner to be spit on or peed on? Why do beans give you gas? Would you die if you ate your own feces? Will you get hemorrhoids from sitting on the toilet too long? Why does shit stink if food doesn't? Why does poo float? Why is poo brown? Where do farts go when you hold them in? If you were stranded on a desert island, should you drink seawater or your own urine? Can you catch diseases from a toilet seat? Why do I have to go immediately after a cup of coffee? Why do I have to pee when I hear water dripping? If you stick a sleeping persons hand in warm water will they wet the bed? Is it dangerous to hold it in when you have to pee? What causes the rumbling in your stomach when you have to go? Chapter 7. Medicine from the movies and TV Is the show "ER" accurate? Does the kind of amnesia you see in the movies really exist? Do you ever stick someone with a needle in the heart like in Pulp Fiction? Why does everyone always go into shock in the movies? Can people really wake up after being in a coma for years? Do you really need to remove a bullet like they do in the old westerns? Is there really a medication that acts like a truth serum? What is on the rags that villains put on victim's mouths to make them pass out? Can you die from choking on your own vomit like the drummer in Spinal Tap? Do people really have multiple personalities, like in Sybil? Can you get scared to death? Can you drink yourself to death like Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas? Does hysterical blindness really exist? What would really happen if a Junior Mint fell inside someone during surgery, like in the Seinfeld episode? Is it dangerous to eat another human being? How many times can you be shot and still survive? Is there such a thing as a Werewolf? Can you really explode from eating too much? Do people ever have webbed hands and feet like The Man from Atlantis? Why do you see stars when you are hit in the head? What was wrong with The Boy in the Plastic Bubble? Chapter 8. Old wives tales Is it true that you have to wait a half hour after eating to go swimming? Will staring at an eclipse make you go blind? Should you starve a fever and feed a cold? Does wet or cold weather really cause a cold? Can you really die from eating Pop Rocks and Coke together? Can lip balm be addictive? Is it true that left-handed people are smarter than right-handed people? Will sleeping in front of a fan or an open window cause a stiff neck? Do microwaves cause cancer? Will using a cell phone give you a brain tumor? Will a plate in your head set off a metal detector in the airport? Is it dangerous to hold in a sneeze? Can you swallow your tongue? Will the microwave at 7- Eleven affect a pacemaker? Chapter 9. Getting older Is it true that you lose tastebuds as you get older? Why does hair turn gray? Why do you shrink as you get older? Why do old ladies grow beards? Do your ears continue to grow after the rest of your body stops growing? Why do you need less sleep when you get older? What's up with the ear hair? Do your nails or hair grow after you die? What are age spots? Is life span genetically determined? Can taking Vitamin C help you live longer? Is there such a thing as male menopause? Why are older people such bad drivers? Is there really a wrinkle cure? Can aluminum cause Alzheimer's? Conclusion
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Medicine -- Miscellanea.