Cyclospora had quite the summer. The parasite was linked to an outbreak involving iceberg lettuce that sickened people with a particularly miserable symptom: watery, explosive diarrhea. For anyone who got sick, the good news is that cyclospora infections can be treated. But foodborne illnesses don’t always run dry when the diarrhea does. Cyclospora was linked … Read more
Got the travel bug this summer? Just make sure you don’t pick up any other bugs when you hit the road. No matter where I go on vacation, I’ve always taken a fully-stocked mini medicine bag with the obvious essentials: painkillers, antacids, Band-aids, Lactaid and a little something for nausea. But that medicine bag has grown … Read more
It’s a position that’s tech-neck-ly exclusive to babies. Still, adults of the digital age — folks constantly staring down at their devices or hunching overtop a laptop — are now remedying their poor posture and troublesome “tech neck” with tummy time. “Instead of scrolling [on my phone], sitting in a chair and looking down, I’m just on … Read more
Feeling off more often than on? You’re not alone. Most of us are running on empty, clutching our stomachs or popping pain relievers more often than we’d care to admit — and a fresh study has the data to prove it. A new survey shows Americans feel tired an average of 12.9 days per month. … Read more
A flat tummy after 40 is possible — and 57-year-old trainer Jill Brown would know. Brown, a certified master health fitness and nutrition coach, says losing weight and even getting abs won’t look the same as it did in your 20s, but if you focus less on “fancy crunches” and more on her number one … Read more
A woman who put her stomach ache down to the “anxiety” of her break-up was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Storm Reveley, 22, had just split from her ex-partner when she started suddenly experiencing stomach pains. At first she put down her pain and loss of appetite down the “anxiety” because of the break-up before trying … Read more
Can you stomach this ink? A man has “no regrets” about this obscene tattoo stretching down his midriff, which depicts a naked woman with her legs spread wide open. It only took four hours and less than $70 for Richard Hart, 60, to get his hand-drawn design inked for his 40th birthday in South Wales … Read more
He really is a chameleon. Boy George has no shame about transforming his physique at the age of 62. The British singer opened up in his new memoir Karma about getting a tummy tuck and taking the weight loss drug Mounjaro. The Culture Clash band member said the cosmetic procedure was “the most painful thing” … Read more
A viral TikToker revealed the “devastating” impact of her tummy tuck procedure and how it felt to finally get her body restored in a revision procedure she dreamed of. Victoria Michaels is a TikTok influencer who warns her followers of the perils of what choosing the wrong plastic surgeon can do to one’s body. As part of … Read more
Butt out! TikTok influencer Stella Williams is sticking up for herself against haters who say her belly looks like a butt when she wears tight pants. The plus-size fashionista constantly defends herself in videos, including one where she explained that she did not get a callback from Khloe Kardashian’s Good American casting call. In the … Read more