Hairball the Size of a Grapefruit Removed from Girl's Stomach

Hairball the Size of a Grapefruit Removed from Girl's Stomach

The girl had a habit of eating her hair and nails

Watch: Why Coffee Often Sends People Running for the Loo

Watch: Why Coffee Often Sends People Running for the Loo

A scientific take on how coffee messes up the bowels

Labrador Eats 8 Pairs of His Owner's Undies, Is Rushed into Surgery

Labrador Eats 8 Pairs of His Owner's Undies, Is Rushed into Surgery

Tiki also swallowed hair bands, rubber bands and a bandage

Watch: Science Video Explains Why Stomachs Sometimes Rumble

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

2-Kilogram (4.4-Pound) Hairball Pulled from Girl's Stomach

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

Being Hungry Can Make You Buy New Shoes and a Purse to Go With Them

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

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

Tiny Motors Powered by Stomach Acid Go for a Spin Inside Lab Mice

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

Watch: What Happens When You Eat Too Much, as Explained by Science

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

19-Year-Old Girl Is Addicted to Eating Bath Sponges

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

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

Chinese Man Feasts on Iron Nails and Broken Glass

Chinese Man Feasts on Iron Nails and Broken Glass

Yunsheng Long began swallowing iron nails over three decades ago

Teenager Is Unable to Eat Because Her Stomach Is Paralyzed

Teenager Is Unable to Eat Because Her Stomach Is Paralyzed

Ayllah-Beau Foley suffers from a rare condition called gastroparesis

Stomach Bacterium Turns Off the Immune System

Stomach Bacterium Turns Off the Immune System

This allows it to set up camp in the stomach, researchers say

World's First Controllable Camera Pill

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

This Woman Had All the Abdominal Organs Removed

In a first of its kind surgery

 
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