Man Is Living Underwater for 100 Days to See How It Affects His Body and Mind
A Florida University professor plans to spend 100 days 30 feet under the ocean’s surface, in an underwater lodge, as a scientific experiment to find out how the constant increased pressure affects his body and mind. The current world record for time spent living underwater was set in 2014 by two Tennessee biologists who managed […]
This Vibrating Smart Pill Could Be the Future of Constipation Tratment
Vibrant is a smart ingestible capsule that vibrates inside your intestines to mechanically stimulate the colon and increase the frequency of bowel movements without the use of drugs. No one really likes talking about it, but chronic constipation is a serious health issue of our time. Either because of age-related issues, questionable lifestyle choices, diet, […]
Tech Entrepreneur Spends $2 Million a Year to Regain His Youth
A 45-year-old American tech-mogul claims that he spends around $2 million a year bio-hacking his body into regaining its youth. First of all, if you’re younger than 35, you should know 45 isn’t that old, especially by modern standards, but Bryan Johnson, a tech entrepreneur who once sold his payment processing company Braintree Payment Solutions […]
Man Severs Neck Artery, Suffers Three Strokes After Turning Head Too Quickly
A Missouri man can consider himself lucky to be alive after he ruptured a neck artery and suffered three strokes because of turning his head too quickly during a game of pickleball. Joel Hentrich, a 35-year-old “super-fit” man from Festus, Missouri suffered the freak accident in November of last year. He and some friends were […]
Medical Center Mistakenly Notifies Thousands of Patients That They Have Cancer for Christmas
Imagine scrolling through your inbox a couple of days before Christmas, casually reading heartwarming Holiday wishes, and then seeing a message from your medical center notifying you that you have “aggressive” cancer. Forget totally ruining someone’s Holidays, this is the kind of message that could cause someone a heart attack, or at least a panic […]
Man Suffers Facial Paralysis After Staying Up to Watch World Cup Games for a Week
A 26-year-old man wound up with facial paralysis after wasting several nights watching the World Cup football games for an entire week. The World Cup is always an exciting time for football fans all over the world, but keeping up with the action is a huge challenge, especially during the group stages, and even more […]
Skinny Woman Breaks Four Ribs While Coughing
A young Chinese woman recently ended up in the hospital with multiple broken ribs after a coughing fit caused by eating spicy food. If you’ve ever eaten something spicy, you already know that it can cause a bit of coughing. What you probably didn’t know is that in extreme cases, spicy food-induced coughing can actually […]
Rough Weight Loss Massage Leaves Woman With Ruptured Kidney
A Chinese woman required emergency surgery to have half of her kidney removed after a rough weight loss massage session. The 41-year-old woman referred to only as Ms. Miao (a pseudonym) reportedly wanted to lose some weight with help of massage, so she went to a salon in Hangzhou, China’s Zhejiang province for a session. […]
Woman Undergoes Surgery on Her Uterus, Wakes Up With No Kidneys
An Indian woman who went into a private clinic to have her uterus surgically removed woke up from the procedure to find that both her kidneys had been stolen. A couple of months ago, we featured the shocking story of an Indian woman who claimed that one of her kidneys had been stolen by her […]
Man Shocked to Discover He Had Been Living With Bullet Stuck in Neck for 77 Years
A 95-year-old Chinese war veteran recently discovered he had been living for almost eight decades with a bullet lodged in his neck. After suffering a fall from the balcony of his house in Shandong, China, Zhao He didn’t report any symptoms to his worried family. He didn’t feel any pain, but after a while, the […]
Scientists (Finally!) Discover Drug That Replicates Effects of Exercise on Muscles
Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University claim to have identified a drug that replicates the benefits of exercise on muscles and bones. Many of us may not want to admit it, but modern life in developed countries is easier and more comfortable than it’s ever been. Gone are the days when humans had to […]
Man Has Been Pulling Out Own Teeth for Over a Decade Because He Can’t Get Dentist Appointment
An English man recently shocked his whole country after claiming to have been pulling off his own teeth for over 10 years because he could never book a dentist appointment. David Sergeant, a former butcher from Leeds, in the United Kingdom, claims that he has been forced to use pliers or his bare hands to […]
Man Allergic to His Own Orgasm Actively Avoids Sleeping With Girlfriend
A 27-year-old man dubbed the “unluckiest man alive” suffers from a rare disease that causes him to experience flu-like symptoms whenever he orgasms. The unnamed man’s case was recently reported in the medical journal Urology Case Reports by a team of doctors who successfully managed to treat the condition with antihistamine. Scientists described the man’s […]
Doctor Removes 23 Forgotten Contact Lenses From Patient’s Eye
A California ophthalmologist recently shocked the internet by posting a video of herself extracting 23 forgotten contact lenses from a patient’s eye. Last month, Katerina Kurteeva, an eye doctor out of Newport Beach, California, posted an Instagram video of herself carefully removing a few contact lenses from a patient’s eye. ‘A few’ maybe isn’t the […]
Man’s Skin Color Changes From White to Brown and No One Really Knows Why
A Louisiana man has been labeled a medical mystery after his skin color started changing from white to brown after taking antidepression medication. In January of 2021, Tyler Monk, a 34-year-old pest-control field inspector from Louisiana, decided to treat his anxiety and depression. He saw a psychiatrist and he was prescribed the antidepressant fluoxetine, a […]