You can’t wriggle your way out of obesity. Doctors on YouTube have warned viewers that tapeworm egg pills are being sold on the dark web as a quick-fix weight loss solution — putting consumers at risk of serious illness and potentially death. The parasites are known to make a home in the human gut after … Read more
A broken penis is many a man’s worst nightmare. The gruesome reality of penile injuries has been revealed in a new educational video on YouTube from the Institute of Human Anatomy, a lab specialized in human cadaver research. An estimated 1 in every 100,000 American men will suffer from a broken penis in their lifetime, … Read more
She wanted weight loss — but instead, she lost money and self-esteem. UK mother Julia Lanni, 58, says she bellied up about $155 last summer for 16 fat-dissolving Aqualyx injections in her stomach in the hopes they would boost her body confidence. What she got was a 2.75-inch hole in her stomach that required emergency … Read more
A fit 28-year-old California man nearly died due to cardiac arrest after doctors mistook his sepsis for anxiety and sent him home. “Being misdiagnosed @UCLA hospital almost cost me my life at 28,” Joe DuPont claimed in an X post describing his nearly-fatal ordeal. The saga began in late April after the Californian, who works … Read more
This bowel-saving surgery is nothing to sneeze at. Surgeons have successfully placed part of a Florida man’s colon back into his body after it fell out following a forceful sneeze. The 63-year-old was enjoying breakfast at a diner with his wife when the unusual incident occurred. His miraculous medical recovery is documented in a new … Read more
These conjoined “spider” twins in Indonesia are connected at the pelvis in such a way that they possess three legs, four arms and one penis, a condition so rare that it affects just one in two million people While the anomalously attached siblings came into the world in 2018, the case was only just detailed … Read more
You will have hit rock bottom. Does your booty feel like it’s falling asleep? You could have “dead butt syndrome,” a real and increasingly prevalent condition that causes people’s posteriors to go numb due to extended periods of sitting in one position. “The sustained flexed position of the hip and the compression of the tissues … Read more
Eight NYC hospitals earned a “D” for patient safety in a report card released Wednesday by a health care watchdog group. The Leapfrog Group bestowed poor grades upon St. Barnabas Hospital and the Montefiore Medical Center Einstein and Moses campuses in the Bronx; NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull and Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn; St. John’s … Read more
She’s revealing the ugly tooth about her beautiful new teeth. A Texas model says dental implants left her with bruising so bad that she looked like a human “Rorschach inkblot test.” Jessica Macko, 44, had all-on-4 dental implant surgery on Apr. 2, with an oral surgeon removing the mom’s real, rotting teeth before screwing 14 … Read more
This redefined a broken sleep schedule. An unfortunate soul had to undergo emergency surgery after fracturing his penis in two places while sleeping — which left him with an ” ‘eggplant’ deformity.” The unnamed 27-year-old patient, from Tunisia, had reportedly rolled over onto his erect penis while sleeping, shockingly resulting in “an audible ‘snap’ sound … Read more
This illustrated the perils of putting one’s money where their mouth is. Another day, another unlikely item ended up in a poorly chosen orifice. This time, a California teen had to be hospitalized after swallowing a quarter, which wound up getting stuck sideways inside his air passage like a coin in a slot machine. The … Read more
A woman’s rare and extensive allergies left her malnourished and able to only eat four types of food — a situation that left healthcare professionals flummoxed for years. Amy Francis-Smith, 32, found herself suddenly suffering from severe allergic reactions to the foods she normally enjoyed — and everyday smells most people don’t even notice — back … Read more
It was not a hard decision. A UK woman has spent nearly $2,000 trying to cover up tattoos a friend gave her while they were drunk — including one on her arm that looked like “a hairy penis.” One night in May 2020, Natalie Rene, 35, drunkenly thought it would be fun to bring out the … Read more
She raised the bar for herself. A 50-year-old UK woman says she lost 140 pounds by ditching her nightly bottle of white wine — she had packed on much of the weight after a septic shock scare. Jo Hurley, a quality assurance officer from Harlow, England, saw a doctor in 2018 after struggling with heavy … Read more
It’s handy to know what your iPhone is doing to your digits. Techies and smartphone users fear that their mobile devices, when pressing down on their pinky during normal phone use, are leaving a mark or indentation on the pinky — otherwise known as “iPhone finger.” The iOS-inspired conspiracy was recently discussed on “The TJ … Read more
A Texas man miraculously survived a complicated medical ordeal — beating the 4% odds doctors reportedly gave him. The tribulations of Steven Spinale, a father in his late 30s, were brought on by his attempt to remove an ingrown hair from his groin area, according to the Daily Mail. He ended up in a medically … Read more
A Texas woman says she nearly died after receiving Botox injections that left her partially paralyzed and choking on her own saliva. Alicia Hallock, 36, took to Instagram to share her harrowing story, saying she was initially administered the popular muscle-freezing drug to treat her migraines. “I ended up having a rare complication,” the mom-of-three … Read more
He needed a hambulance. A 52-year-old Florida man thought to be suffering from severe migraines was actually battling a bizarre tapeworm infestation in his brain — caused by eating undercooked bacon. The unnamed patient, whose tale of medical woe recently wriggled its way into the American Journal of Case Reports, had been complaining of week-long, aggressive … Read more
Big lips, bigger lawsuit? A Brazilian woman is considering legal action after claiming she “almost died” from a terrifying allergic reaction to lip filler. Barbara Martiniano, 27, was inspired to undergo the cosmetic procedure after seeing influencers show off their artificially enhanced lips on Instagram. “I didn’t think it was something that could cause any … Read more
Call him the Energizer dummy. A 73-year-old Australian man was positively shocked to need urgent urethra surgery after jamming three button-style batteries into his penis. The unidentified man, whose medical anomaly is now the source of a revolting medical study in March’s Urology Case Reports, had been fueling his own “sexual gratification” by intentionally shoving … Read more