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A Man Came In for Swollen Feet and a Foot Wound, and Scans Found Part of His Lung Had Twisted

A 68-year-old with COPD came in with swollen feet and a foot wound. Scans showed that part of his right lung had twisted, and he needed urgent surgery.

Medical Daily · Sep 28

Blue Sweat Stained an 88-Year-Old's Skin and Nails Until Doctors Found a Soil Bacterium in His Leg Wound

An 88-year-old man's blue sweat stained his skin and nails after a leg wound. Doctors found a bacterium not previously linked to colored sweat.

Medical Daily · Sep 25

A Tall 22-Year-Old Smoker's Lung Collapsed Right After One Hard Sneeze, a Year After a Normal Chest X-Ray

A tall, thin 22-year-old smoker's lung collapsed right after a forceful sneeze. Why pressure spikes matter and which symptoms need urgent care.

Medical Daily · Sep 24

Needle Treatments Rarely Puncture the Lung, but the Warning Signs Can Take Days to Appear

Dry needling, injections, and breast aspirations rarely cause a collapsed lung, but case reports show symptoms can appear hours or days later.

Medical Daily · Sep 15

A Baby Started Smelling Like Rotting Fish After Eating Swordfish, and by 19 Months the Odor Was Gone

A Portuguese baby smelled of rotting fish after eating swordfish. Tests pointed to fish odor syndrome, yet the smell faded, and the fish returned.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

A Teen Home Alone with Sudden Testicular Pain Asked ChatGPT What to Do and Kept His Testicle

A 15-year-old alone at home typed his symptoms into ChatGPT. He reached the ER in two hours, and surgeons saved the twisted testicle.

Medical Daily · Sep 9

Two Liters of Classic Coca-Cola Dissolved a 12-Centimeter Blockage That Laxatives Could Not Budge

An 82-year-old woman's 12-centimeter fecaloma halved a day after doctors tried a one-liter Coca-Cola enema, a new Cureus case report says.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

The Gallbladder Can Twist Itself into a Corkscrew and Surgeons Catch It Beforehand Only 17 Percent of the Time

Gallbladder volvulus strangles the organ's own blood supply. In a pooled review of 477 cases, only 17 percent were diagnosed before surgery.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

His Appendix Sat on the Left Side, and 36 Days Passed Before Anyone Found the Rupture

A man with mirror-image organs had left-sided appendicitis missed for weeks, ending in a liver abscess and major bowel surgery, doctors report.

Medical Daily · Aug 13

7 Science-Backed Ashwagandha Benefits That Go Well Beyond Stress and Anxiety Relief

It Cuts Cortisol, and the Research Is SpecificA 2012 double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in the Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine gave 300 mg of ashwagandha root extract twice daily to 64 adults with chronic stress. After 60 days, the group taking the extract showed a 27.9% reduction in serum cortisol…

Times Life · Jul 17