Foreign

Rocks, insects, plastic and other foreign objects often end up in our food. Here’s how it happens

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Rocks, insects, plastic and other foreign objects often end up in our food. Here’s how it happens

Rocks in Trader Joe’s cookies.  Insects in its broccoli-cheese soup. Pieces of plastic in Banquet frozen chicken strips. In recent weeks, US consumers have seen high-profile food recalls for an unappetizing reason: They’re contaminated with foreign objects that have no place on a dinner plate. And while no one wants to bite down on stainless steel in peanut butter or bone fragments in … Read more

Party poopers: Hospitalizations for foreign objects in rectums on the rise

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Party poopers: Hospitalizations for foreign objects in rectums on the rise

Bummer. Nearly 4,000 people are hospitalized with foreign objects in their rectum each year, according to a new study published last month in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine — with many of the stuck items sexual objects. Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York were stumped by the “little epidemiologic information on … Read more

Man rescued after deodorant gets lost in his rectum: ‘Foreign body’ fetish

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Man rescued after deodorant gets lost in his rectum: ‘Foreign body’ fetish

A grown man had to be rushed into emergency surgery — after he got a can stuck in his can. No, this is not sophomoric potty humor: An unidentified 30-year-old man required medical assistance “two hours after inserting a deodorant canister into his rectum,” according to a cringey case study published in the Visual Journal … Read more

Frontier Airlines accidentally flies Florida-bound passenger to foreign country without a passport

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Frontier Airlines accidentally flies Florida-bound passenger to foreign country without a passport

A New Jersey woman who intended to visit Florida claims that a gate change caused her to go to Jamaica instead of Jacksonville. Gloucester County resident Beverly Ellis-Hebard told WPVI that she regularly flies from Philadelphia to her second home in Jacksonville. She arrived at a gate for her November 6 flight that read “PHL to JAX”. “I fly … Read more

Fibrous Clots, Foreign Matter in Blood After COVID Jabs: Is There a Way to Detox?

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Fibrous Clots, Foreign Matter in Blood After COVID Jabs: Is There a Way to Detox?

Recently unusual blood clots as well as metal-like foreign objects found in the vessels of COVID-19 jab recipients have been reported across the country. Both types of substances are unusual and are likely to be harmful to our bodies. What are the potential causes and ramifications of these substances, and is there any chance of … Read more