Category: Health & Body Horrors
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Fact or Fiction: Can You Really Sweat Out Toxins?
There are plenty of good reasons to work up a sweat. Detoxifying your body isn’t one of them.
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Why You Shouldn’t Eat a Slug (In Case You Need Reasons)
Hint: A brain-infesting worm carried by gastropods is spreading around the world.
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Parasitic Worms Found in a Woman’s Eye—First Case of Its Kind
An Oregon woman’s infection marks the first time on record that an eye worm species normally found in cattle has been seen in humans.
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You Can Smell When Someone’s Sick—Here’s How
The curious case of a woman who can smell Parkinson’s reminds us our noses are our first defense against illness.
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How Dog and Cat ‘Kisses’ Can Turn Deadly
A host of potential pathogens lurks in each slobbery or scratchy lick.
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Cannibalism Study Finds People Are Not That Nutritious
While our ancient ancestors did practice cannibalism, eating other humans just couldn’t compare with taking down a mammoth.
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World’s First ‘Menstrual Cycle in a Dish’ Simulates Female Body
After decades of drug testing on mostly men, a new device may help tailor treatments for different genders.
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A Horrifying List of Creatures That Can Crawl Into Your Body
From roaches in noses to leeches in nether regions, here are the animals most likely to get under your skin.
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Inside the Creepy Collections of an Oddities Museum
Take a peek (if you dare) at weird wonders from the Morbid Anatomy Museum, which just closed its doors for the last time.
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How Do Women Deal With Having a Period … in Space?
Women astronauts face the question: to menstruate or not?