- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 14th, 2015
Hairball the Size of a Grapefruit Removed from Girl's Stomach
The girl had a habit of eating her hair and nails
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 11th, 2015
Watch: Why Coffee Often Sends People Running for the Loo
A scientific take on how coffee messes up the bowels
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 10th, 2015
Labrador Eats 8 Pairs of His Owner's Undies, Is Rushed into Surgery
Tiki also swallowed hair bands, rubber bands and a bandage
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 6th, 2015
Watch: Science Video Explains Why Stomachs Sometimes Rumble
Here's why your stomach sometimes makes those annoying weird noises that draw unwanted attention to yourself
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 8th, 2015
2-Kilogram (4.4-Pound) Hairball Pulled from Girl's Stomach
Because of the hairball, the 8-year-old girl had trouble eating and used to vomit after almost every meal
- Behavior/Humans
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 19th, 2015
Being Hungry Can Make You Buy New Shoes and a Purse to Go With Them
People who shop on an empty stomach are likely to buy a whole lot of things that they don't really want or need
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 30th, 2015
Quirky Gadget Blocks Hunger, Promotes Weight Loss
The device was not long ago approved by the US FDA, toys with the nerve pathway between the brain and the stomach
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 28th, 2015
Tiny Motors Powered by Stomach Acid Go for a Spin Inside Lab Mice
The researchers who developed the motors hope their microscopic devices will one day serve to deliver drugs
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 26th, 2014
Watch: What Happens When You Eat Too Much, as Explained by Science
Video explains what happens inside our bodies whenever we decide to eat a whole lot more than we should
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 26th, 2014
19-Year-Old Girl Is Addicted to Eating Bath Sponges
Rosie Skinner first developed a taste for bath sponges when she was just 5 years old, now eats two of them a week
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 30th, 2014
Teeny Tiny Human Stomachs Grown in the Lab in World First
The miniature stomachs could pave the way to the development of better treatments for a wide variety of conditions
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Ancuta Iosub
- May 19th, 2014
Chinese Man Feasts on Iron Nails and Broken Glass
Yunsheng Long began swallowing iron nails over three decades ago
- Oddiverse
- By Ancuta Iosub
- April 30th, 2014
Teenager Is Unable to Eat Because Her Stomach Is Paralyzed
Ayllah-Beau Foley suffers from a rare condition called gastroparesis
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 2nd, 2013
Stomach Bacterium Turns Off the Immune System
This allows it to set up camp in the stomach, researchers say
- Nano-Biotechnology
- By Gabriel Gache
- June 9th, 2008
World's First Controllable Camera Pill
Tiny magnetically controlled camera can take pictures inside your body
- Health
- By Stefan Anitei
- March 27th, 2008
This Woman Had All the Abdominal Organs Removed
In a first of its kind surgery