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After vacation, woman learns her rash is a worm under her skin

9 years 5 months ago
A Caribbean vacation sounds like a pleasant way to pass the time and catch some rays, but a Pennsylvania woman returned with more than a beachy glow: Two weeks after coming home, she developed a raised, itchy rash on her knee, which turned out to be the result of a parasite burrowing beneath her skin, according to a recent case report.
Sara G. Miller Staff Writer

'World's heaviest woman' drops 713 pounds – or has she?

9 years 5 months ago
Just a few months ago she was billed as the world's heaviest woman, but doctors in India now say Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty has dropped more than 700 pounds and will be transferred to a hospital in the United Arab Emirates to continue her medical treatment closer to her family, People reports.
Jenn Gidman

Smoking while pregnant may harm your future grandkids

9 years 5 months ago
If you're looking for another reason to just say no to cigarettes, researchers are offering up more evidence that the habit has negative repercussions—not just for the smoker, and not just for the smoker's children, but for the smoker's grandchildren, too.
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Hearing crashes, seeing light: Life with exploding head syndrome

9 years 5 months ago
The sound of an object crashing to the ground or the sight of a bright flash of light: These are some of the things that people with a condition called exploding head syndrome can sense, even though the events did not really occur, a new study finds.
Sara G. Miller Staff Writer
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