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Why Do Men Have Nipples?' answered in new book
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Posted on 08/02/2005 11:49:45 AM PDT by Millee

Have you ever wondered why your teeth chatter when you're cold, or if you could really catch a disease from sitting on a toilet seat?New York physician Billy Goldberg, pestered by unusual questions at cocktail parties and other social gatherings over the years, puts the public's mind at ease in his book "Why Do Men Have Nipples?" which hits the book stores on Tuesday.

"It's really remarkable how often you get accosted," said Goldberg, 39. "There are the medical questions from family and friends, and then there are the drunk and outrageous questions where somebody wants to drop their pants and show you a rash or something."

The book, subtitled, "Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini," (Three Rivers Press), is co-authored by humorist Mark Leyner.

"People tend to know so little about their bodies as compared to their cars or their laptops," said Leyner, 49, of Hoboken, New Jersey. "When I worked in a pharmacy in Washington, D.C., people would ask me medical questions all the time. I was just a 22-year-old cashier at Rite Aid."

Chattering teeth is one way the body tries to generate heat.

When the body gets too cold, the area of the brain called the hypothalamus alerts the rest of the body to begin warming up. Shivering, the rapid muscle movement that generates heat, then begins. Teeth chattering represents localized shivering.

During the course of their research, Goldberg and Leyner found reports of gonorrhea, pinworm and roundworm found on toilet seats -- but catching something from it isn't common.

The authors discovered that an office setting might be worse for your health than toilet seats. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, found the typical office desk harbors some 400 times more disease-causing bacteria than the average toilet seat.

Goldberg had compiled a list of nagging questions for several years before embarking on the book after meeting Leyner. The two met while working on a short-lived ABC-TV medical drama, "Wonderland," in which Leyner served as a writer, while Goldberg was its medical advisor.

BURNING QUESTIONS

Some of the burning questions answered in the humorous book include "What causes morning breath?" and "Why do beans give you gas?"

Goldberg says morning breath results from anaerobic bacteria, the xerostomia (dry mouth) or the volatile sulfur compounds (which are waste products from the bacteria). Other contributing factors to foul oral odor includes medication, alcohol, sugar, smoking, caffeine, and eating dairy products.

Beans contain high percentages of sugars that our bodies are unable to digest, Goldberg explains. When the sugars make it to the intestines, bacteria go to work and start producing large amounts of gas.

And if you're ever bitten by a poisonous snake, sucking at the bite to remove the poison, as often shown in the movies and on TV is not only ineffective, but could lead to an infection.

Instead, the bite should be washed with soap and water and immobilized. The bitten area should also be kept lower than the heart. Medical help should be sought immediately.

And why do men have nipples?

While only females have mammary glands, we all start out in a similar way in the embryo, the authors explain. The embryo follows a female template until about six weeks, when the male sex chromosome kicks in.

Men, however, have already developed nipples.


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To: BerthaDee
If a boob has boobs and nobody sees it, does it make a sound ??

The answer is yes. When teddy walks onto the senate floor he has clothes on. Underneath the clothes are the fleshy sound of sweaty, slapping breasts as he waddles back and forth.

I hpoe this answered your question, Miss D. ;)

41 posted on 08/02/2005 4:05:53 PM PDT by chapin2500
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To: Owl_Eagle
The people have spoken. Would you be so kind as to weigh in on this physiological conundrum?

There was recently an item on the tube or the radio to the effect that men can nurse. They may not be able to produce milk, but they can produce the soothing effect.

42 posted on 08/02/2005 5:16:31 PM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: The Other Harry
There was recently an item on the tube or the radio to the effect that men can nurse. They may not be able to produce milk, but they can produce the soothing effect.

Harry, I think I'm gunna puke.

43 posted on 08/02/2005 5:37:32 PM PDT by chapin2500
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To: chapin2500
"The word 'eunuch' shoul be used more often. Cracks me up every time.'

I generally refer to proponents of the European Union as EU-niks

44 posted on 08/02/2005 5:42:41 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopeckne is walking around free)
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To: Millee
During the course of their research, Goldberg and Leyner found reports of gonorrhea, pinworm and roundworm found on toilet seats -- but catching something from it isn't common.

Regarding catching gonorrhea from a toilet seat, I was once told that that particular germ dies within so many hundreds of a second upon exposure to air. You would have to be the fastest thing in the world...

45 posted on 08/02/2005 6:24:06 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: Petronski; Millee; cyborg; Miss Behave; onyx; Happygal; arasina; martin_fierro

LOL, I think there are other, better, reasons...


46 posted on 08/02/2005 6:32:18 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: fortunecookie

LOL!


47 posted on 08/02/2005 6:33:10 PM PDT by cyborg (to love,honor and obey...)
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To: Millee

The burning question my 12 year old had for months was whether Adam and Eve had a naval!!


48 posted on 08/02/2005 6:36:00 PM PDT by WeddingPlanner
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To: cyborg
And, you know, now I can't get that image out of my head!!!
49 posted on 08/02/2005 6:37:11 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: chapin2500
Harry, I think I'm gunna puke.

Feel free. I do every now and then.

50 posted on 08/02/2005 10:36:32 PM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: chapin2500
Why, thank you, sir.
51 posted on 08/03/2005 7:45:51 AM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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To: The Other Harry

There was a thread on the male nursing thing here at FR. I remember reading it.


52 posted on 08/03/2005 8:16:24 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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