You're gnawing on something for one reason or another, and sometimes instinct takes over and -whoops- you've swallowed it! If an inedible object is small enough and somewhat round (coins and stones), it will often pass through the digestive system on its own. Others need surgical intervention. 1.... READ ON

There are only a certain number of ways to go crazy, and you can find most of them listed in the psychologist's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, currently in its fourth edition and commonly referred to as DSM-IV. But along with psych-ward greatest hits like schizophrenia and depression, the DSM lists some less-than-common conditions. 1.... READ ON

How far can cameras go to make the personal into the public? Pretty far, considering how many news stories I've seen in the past year illustrated with x-rays, MRIs, and medical tomography. The idea of seeing inside the human body is strange enough, without seeing the weird things that can happen inside the body of someone on the other side of the world. Some of the images in this story may be disturbing to some... READ ON

I know, I know. I promise I won't be posting any more pics of animals in water today, but TheCellar had these terrific photos on their site, and I just couldn't resist. The snaps are of a day spa in China where people come to have their dead skin cells gobbled off by "nibble fish." Thoroughly skeptical, I looked it up and was stunned to see how popular the treatment is worldwide. The Garra rufa, alternately known as the doctor fish, the kangal fish and the reddish log sucker, only... READ ON