Don't Cross Your Eyes…They'll Get Stuck That Way https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/ The ultimate myth-busting collection of quirky and curious facts about your body and health Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:58:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 USA Today – Sifting for the truth in medical myths: Fact or fiction? https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2011/07/06/usa-today-sifting-for-the-truth-in-medical-myths-fact-or-fiction/ Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:01:11 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/?p=526 Many of us have tried-and-true rules for avoiding illness. But if you subscribe to the theory that heading outside with wet hair will make you sick; bubbles in soda can make your bones brittle; or hot peppers can cause stomach ulcers, think again. Those ideas just aren’t true, says a new book that explores popular […]

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]]> 526 Don’t Cross Your Eyes! serialized in the Daily Mail https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2011/07/05/dont-cross-your-eyes-serialized-in-the-daily-mail/ Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:14:11 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/?p=516 Air travel makes you sick. Green mucus means you need antibiotics. To stop a nosebleed, tilt your head back. These are many of the things you’ve heard about your body and health that are simply not true. In many cases, they’ve been scientifically discredited, yet still these medical myths endure. In a new book, two […]

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]]> 516 Join us for a Don't Cross Your Eyes Book Signing https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2011/06/25/join-us-for-a-dont-cross-your-eyes-book-signing/ Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:01:59 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/eyes/?p=407 Join us for a book signing at the Carmel, IN Barnes and Noble on Wednesday July 13, 2011 at 7:00PM The best quality this book holds is not its breadth, or easy-to-read science fact — as great as those are — but the sheer compelling weight of the arguments Event Details: Location: Greyhound Plaza, 14709 […]

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]]> 407 Don’t Cross Your Eyes helps Bust Myths on the Simple List https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2011/06/25/dont-cross-your-eyes-helps-bust-myths-on-the-simple-list/ Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:02:29 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/eyes/?p=399 Busted myths from Don’t Cross Your Eyes…They’ll Get Stuck That Way are featured in The Simple List, from the July 2011 issue of Real Simple.

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]]> 399 Myth Busters – from Kirkus Reviews https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2011/06/24/myth-busters-from-kirkus-reviews/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:03:41 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/eyes/?p=393 Nancy Talan shares her thoughts about Don’t Cross Your Eyes…They’ll Get Stuck That Way for Kirkus Reviews. I found myself reading aloud to my husband almost every one, amazed to learn what I thought was true really wasn’t, or in some cases that I was justified in beliefs that were correct.

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]]> 393 6 Health Myths – Busted! from O, The Oprah Magazine https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2011/06/22/6-health-myths-busted-from-o-the-oprah-magazine/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:48:47 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/eyes/?p=387 You know how vitamin C protects against colds? Actually, it doesn’t. Warm milk contains no magic sleep aid. And hydrogen peroxide will do your skinned knee more harm than good. In their new book, Don’t Cross Your Eyes…They’ll Get Stuck That Way, Aaron Carroll, MD, and Rachel Vreeman, MD, both of the Indiana University School […]

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]]> 387 CNN HLN – Beyond the Surface – Brain Use (Video) https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2010/03/09/cnn-hln-beyond-the-surface-brain-use-video/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:37:16 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/eyes/?p=373 CNN Headline News does a series called “Beyond the Surface” and they taped Rachel and Aaron for a number of pieces on medical myths. Here’s the latest one:

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]]> 373 CNN HLN – Beyond the Surface – Double Dipping (Video) https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2010/02/02/cnn-hln-beyond-the-surface-double-dipping-video/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:34:07 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/eyes/?p=370 CNN Headline News does a series called “Beyond the Surface” and they taped Rachel and Aaron for a number of pieces on medical myths. Here’s the latest one:

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]]> 370 CNN HLN – Beyond the Surface – Sugar (Video) https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2009/10/28/cnn-hln-beyond-the-surface-sugar-video/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:27:47 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/eyes/?p=368 Aaron and Rachel taped a number of pieces for CNN HLN’s series “Beyond the Surface”, which will air all year.  The first was released today!

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]]> 368 Real Horror of Halloween: Pedestrian Deaths https://dontcrossyoureyes.com/2009/10/27/real-horror-of-halloween-pedestrian-deaths/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:26:19 +0000 http://dontcrossyoureyes.com/eyes/?p=366 Kids face real dangers on Halloween night, but not from ghosts. Read more about Halloween myths and DSYG in an article by Liz Szabo in USA Today!

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