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A Metal Snap Button Hid in a Teen's Nose for Over a Decade Until Orthodontic Scans Spotted It

A metal snap button sat in a teen's nose for over 10 years without symptoms until dental imaging for orthodontic planning revealed it.

Medical Daily · 2h ago

A Man's Halloween Hospital Visit Revealed a Ghost-Shaped Infection Clinging to His Heart Valve

A heart scan showed a ghost-shaped infected growth on a man's valve after a Halloween hospital visit. Surgeons had to rebuild two heart valves.

Medical Daily · 15h ago

Texas Medicare Patient with COPD Waited on a Stalled Nebulizer Prescription in His Final Days, His Wife Says

A Texas man with COPD died while a nebulizer drug was stalled by an insurance issue. What Medicare patients can do when a pharmacy flags coverage.

Medical Daily · Oct 4

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Five Balloons of Laughing Gas Later, an 18-Year-Old's Chest Pain Turned Out to Be Air Leaking Into His Chest and Neck

An 18-year-old's chest pain came from air leaking into his chest and neck. Hours earlier, he had inhaled five balloons of laughing gas.

Medical Daily · Oct 3

An Otherwise Healthy 39-Year-Old's Heart Stopped During a Blood Draw, and an Old Fainting Spell Was the Clue

A 39-year-old's heart paused for 15 seconds during a blood draw, and he needed chest compressions. He had fainted during a blood draw once before.

Medical Daily · Sep 28

A Pen Cap, a Metal Spring and a Chicken Bone Turned Up in 8 Patients' Airways When Doctors Were Looking for Something Else

Doctors scoping 8 patients for cough, stubborn pneumonia or a lung nodule found forgotten objects in their airways. Most never recalled choking.

Medical Daily · Sep 28

A Man Swallowed a Third of a Meat Bun Without Chewing, and Air Leaked Into His Chest and Neck

A man in his 20s swallowed a big bite of steamed bun whole and got air around his heart and in his neck. Doctors in Japan suspect a pressure spike.

Medical Daily · Sep 28

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Over 1 in 5 Older Americans Take Medicine Combinations with Potential Major Interactions as Antidepressants Lead the List

A JAMA study found that 22.3% of U.S. adults aged 62 to 85 used drug combinations with potentially major interactions. See the drugs involved and what to ask.

Medical Daily · Sep 28

A Man's Ingrown Toenail Wound Grew into a Tumor-Like Mass Bigger Than a Golf Ball, and It Wasn't Cancer

A 44-year-old's ingrown toenail wound grew into a tumor-like mass over 3 inches long. A biopsy found an overgrown scar, not cancer.

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

Black Stool Looked Like a Dangerous Bleed, but Doctors Traced It to Four Packets of Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

A man's black, tarry colostomy output looked like internal bleeding. Doctors traced it to chocolate cookies, then proved it with a rerun.

Medical Daily · Sep 21

Surgeons Pulled 6.6 Pounds of Plastic and Hair from a Woman's Stomach, Then Found a Hidden Second Mass

Surgeons removed 6.6 pounds of plastic and hair from a young woman's stomach, then found a second bezoar in her intestine that scans missed.

Medical Daily · Sep 17

After One Girl's Teeth Turned Orange from Pizza, a Gentler Fix for the Same Rare Enamel Disorder Held Up for 3 Years

A girl's treated teeth turned orange after pizza in 2016. A resin fix for the same rare enamel disorder has now held up for 3 years in another girl.

Medical Daily · Sep 16

A 37-Year-Old's Complex Ovarian Mass Turned Out to Be Rare Destructive Inflammation, and Her Other Ovary Contained Bone

A complex ovarian mass and high CA-125 in a 37-year-old raised concern. Pathology found rare destructive inflammation and bone in her other ovary.

Medical Daily · Sep 11

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Medical Daily · Sep 11

Painful Lumps Strung Like Rosary Beads Beside a Man's Testicle Were Clotted, Calcified Blood Vessels, Not a Tumor

A 53-year-old man's beadlike scrotal lumps mimicked a mass beside the testicle. Surgery found clotted, calcified vessels along the vas deferens.

Medical Daily · Sep 10

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.

Saving Advice · Aug 26

Why You Keep Waking Up With a Numb Arm — And When to Get It Checked

You wake up at 3 a.m., and one arm feels like it belongs to someone else: numb, heavy, or buzzing with pins and needles until...

Medical Daily · Nov 21, 2025

Is Your Chest Pain Not a Heart Attack? Understanding Costochondritis and Other Non-Cardiac Pain

Chest pain isn't always a heart attack. Learn the alternative chest pain causes, how to recognize costochondritis, and other non‑cardiac conditions.

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LiveScience · Dec 28, 2023

What causes bruising?

Bruises are essentially pooled blood under the skin that changes color as its components break down.

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