Have you ever wondered what that 1 outlier would say when you see commercials and products boasting that 9 out of 10 doctors recommend something? Well here’s your answer.... Three doctors explore and explain the least recommended techniques and cures lurking in the darkest corners of medicine through the ages. Entertaining and informative, (and sometimes just plain gross), 1 Out of 10 Doctors Recommends examines the strangest and most unusual medical practices, including drinking your own urine to fight infection, using live eels to relieve constipation, and licking a patient’s head to diagnose cystic fibrosis. As licensed medical physicians who believe that humor is the best medicine, the authors decode the methods behind the seemingly mad science. Fascinating examples include: * the use of bee venom to treat herpes * infecting yourself with intestinal parasites to relieve allergies * “natural” ways to make your genitalia larger * how the insertion of a potato reportedly stops post-delivery bleeding * the effects of salt pork on a sore throat * the supposed benefits of “vampire facials” "The three coauthors entertainingly survey weird medical cases. [A] wow-inducing overview of medical bizarreness."― Booklist H. ERIC BENDER, M.D ., divides his time between his private psychiatry practice in San Francisco, lecturing, and consulting with media outlets on popular culture and mental health. DR. MURDOC KHALEGHI, M.D ., splits his time between the emergency department, working with cool companies, and trying to stay warm during youth hockey games. Dr. BOBBY SINGH, M.D. , practices in a large teaching hospital, as well as maintaining a private practice in forensic psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry. 1 Out of 10 Doctors Recommends Drinking Urine, Eating Worms, and Other Weird Cures, Cases, and Research from the Annals of Medicine By H. Eric Bender, Murdoc Khalegi, Bobby Singh St. Martin's Press Copyright © 2016 H. Eric Bender, MD, Murdoc Khalegi, MD, and Bobby Singh, MD All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-250-07057-9 Contents Title Page, Copyright Notice, Dedication, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. The Creepiest of All Treatments, 2. More Doctors Smoke Camels ... Well, What Else Would You Do to a Camel?, 3. Stuck on You, 4. Want Fries with That?, 5. Unwrinkling a Wizard's Sleeve?, 6. Placenta: It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore, 7. Does This Jersey Make Me Look Fat?, 8. A Sting to Treat a Sting, 9. You Can't Redo Everything, 10. Country Music Can Be Deadly (for White People), 11. Dark Days: Experimentation on Mentally Challenged and Mentally Ill Patients, 12. Stretch Armstrong's Got Nothing on This!, 13. Two Eyes, Two Ears, Two Noses?, 14. I Need This Like I Need a Hole in the Head!, 15. Asthma, Allergies, and Long-Term Worms, 16. The G-Spot Shot: Spot On or Spot Off?, 17. Chakra the Monkey Tonight!, 18. Moxibustion: Not Quite Smoking Banana Leaves, but Almost!, 19. Maybe They Just Passed Gas, 20. As If Birth Weren't Traumatic Enough, 21. An Eerie Enema, 22. They Say Stripes Are Slimming, 23. Ping-Pong, Anyone?, 24. Treating Hemorrhoids: A Real Pain in the Butt, 25. Sore Throat: Better or Worse After These Remedies?, 26. Facing the Facts When, in Fact, That's Not Your Face, 27. Stocks Drop, So Might the Bodies, 28. It's Just a Flesh Wound, 29. When Blood Is Green and Urine Blue, 30. Prosthetic Limbs of Today: Beyond Pegs and Hooks, 31. Want Bigger Breasts? Have a Thai Stranger Slap Them Repeatedly, 32. Truly Giving a Shit, 33. "Hands-On" Help for Hysteria, 34. Kim Kardashian's Vampire Facial (No, Not That Kind!), 35. MADW Wasn't Quite as Catchy, 36. A Load of Bully, 37. Why Didn't They Call It Uranus?, 38. Kill Your Television ... Except If Watching Modern Family, 39. Holy Mackerel!, 40. Take the Lead. It's Prescription., 41. You Won't Always Be Able to Control Everything, 42. What If They Were Lactating?, 43. Well, Who Is Going to Open the Pickle Jar?, 44. Don't Blame the Irish, 45. And It Makes You Look Cool, 46. Not Just Good for Serving Revenge, 47. Does the Carpet Match the Drapes?, 48. We Are Not Suggesting You Suck on It, 49. So That's What the Track Marks Are From, 50. Good for the Birds, Bad for the Worms, 51. You Mean It Won't Fall Off?, 52. How Many Licks Does It Take?, 53. Try Not to Bruise It, 54. The Only Time You Would Rather Deal with a Prick, 55. It's All in Your Head, 56. Forget the Eye of the Tiger, 57. They Eventually Get Their Revenge, 58. You Don't Need to Re-prove Gravity, 59. Are They Crooked?, 60. Dying for Sleep, 61. Drinking to Improve Thinking, 62. Your Mane or Your Manliness?, 63. Paging Dr. Dracula, 64. Hurling at High Speed, 65. Possibly a Posset for Parity?, 66. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme, 67. Finally, a Medical Reason to Not Exercise, 68. Poor Pooh Bear, 69. And It Burns, Burns, Burns, the Ring of Fire ..., 70. Snow in Your Nose, 71. Aspire to Respire, but Avoid to Not Expir