Everything You Know About Health Is Wrong

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010
Should you wait an hour after eating before swimming? Do you lose most of your body heat through your head? Will lifting something heavy give you a hernia? Dr. Aaron Carroll, associate professor of pediatrics and director of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism at the Indiana University School of Medicine and co-author of Don't Swallow Your Gum! Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health, takes on some persistent medical misconceptions.

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