The human body is a strange and wonderful thing. It's also soft and squishy and vulnerable to all manner of threats, both from outside the body and within. One extremely rare protection strategy ...

Pregnancy is often a time of joy and anticipation, but what if symptoms like loose stools, abdominal pain, and dizziness signal something far more dangerous? While morning sickness and fatigue are ...

Suze Lopez went to the doctor for one thing - but came out of it with the surprise of a lifetime. The 41-year-old nurse from Bakersfield, California had been living with a 22-pound ovarian cyst for ...

Tracy came to the emergency department complaining of abdominal pain, which is a common complaint. While there are many causes of abdominal pain, not all require emergent treatment, and many are not ...

Especially in women who have had multiple pregnancies, widening and thinning of the abdominal muscles may contribute to problems with the outcomes of abdominoplasty ("tummy tuck") surgery, reports a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children born to mothers who consumed at least 360 mg caffeine per day during pregnancy are more likely to have ...

Suze Lopez holds her baby boy on her lap and marvels at the remarkable way he came into the world. Before little Ryu was born, he developed outside his mom’s womb, hidden by a basketball-sized ovarian ...

A Bakersfield family received the shock of a lifetime in the form of a bundle of joy after a woman learned she was pregnant with her baby growing inside of her abdomen instead of her uterus. Suze ...

Leigh Weingus is a New York-based freelance writer and former senior editor at HuffPost, Elite Daily and Mindbodygreen. Her work has been featured in Well+Good, Glamour, Parade, Bustle, NBC News and ...