medical mishaps
Gym junkie's 'vain' quest for big booty backfires — Brazilian butt lift leaves woman 'rotting from the inside out'
Charlotte Booth's quest for a dream derriere almost left her dead.
Tapeworm pills for weight loss are being sold on the dark web as doctor recalls one patient's horrifying story
"She would have periods in time where she’d suddenly wake up in the middle of the day and she couldn’t remember anything from the last few hours."
Alleged fake doctor busted for performing illegal penis enlargement surgeries for 20 years
An alleged fake doctor who performed hundreds of penis enlargement surgeries over the past two decades — despite only having a ninth grade education— was arrested this week in Thailand, according...
What really happens to a broken penis — and which sex acts are most likely to cause it: video
The gruesome reality of penile injuries has been revealed in a new educational video.
Florida doc, 84, couldn't hear colonoscopy patient screaming in agony because he wasn't wearing his hearing aids: complaint
A Florida gastroenterologist has been disciplined after two recent colonoscopy procedures went awry on his watch, including at least one where he couldn't hear an improperly sedated patient's screams because...
I took injections to lose weight — I got a hole in my stomach instead
UK mother Julia Lanni wanted weight loss — but instead, she lost money and self-esteem.
Doctors told me I had anxiety and sent me home early — I had a deadly condition
California's Joe DuPont nearly died due to heart failure after doctors mistook his sepsis for anxiety and sent him home.
Post-surgery patient's colon falls out of his body following a 'forceful' sneeze
He was at a diner with his wife to celebrate his clean bill of health when the horrifying mishap took place.
One in 2 million 'spider twins' have 3 legs, 4 arms and 1 penis
These conjoined "spider" twins in Indonesia are connected at the pelvis in such a way that they possess three legs, four arms and one penis, a condition so rare that...
How to tell if you have 'dead butt syndrome' — and how to avoid the condition
"Dead butt syndrome" is a real and increasingly prevalent condition.
8 NYC hospitals earn poor grades for patient safety in new report card
New York placed 39th in the country with 11.8% of its hospitals earning an "A" from The Leapfrog Group.
My dental implants caused brutal bruising and left me looking like a monster
She's revealing the ugly tooth about her beautiful new teeth.
'Eggplant deformity': Man suffers shocking fractured penis from rolling while sleeping
The patient required emergency surgery to fend off long-term problems regarding urination or sexual function from the member-bending debacle.
Teen gets quarter stuck in throat during ill-advised stunt — even doctors were shocked
This illustrated the perils of putting one's money where their mouth is.
I was suddenly allergic to everything except 4 random foods — here's how I got my life back
It would take doctors years to figure out what was going on.
Law student pays $1.7K to cover X-rated tattoo inked by drunken friend — it looked like a 'hairy penis'
"Straight away after I woke up that morning I thought, 'This isn’t how I pictured it,' because I was drunk when I had them done — then the reality kicked...
I lost 140 pounds by ditching one thing from my diet: 'I felt disgusting'
"I went to a New Year party in 2021 and realized all the other women had lovely slim figures," Jo Hurley recalled. "I knew I had to do something or...
What is 'iPhone finger' — and how dangerous is it?
Here's what you need to know about the "musculoskeletal 'phenomenon.'"
Man put in coma with a 4% survival chance — thanks to an ingrown groin hair
"We never lost faith when others did," his sister, Michelle, said on TikTok this week.
Botox nearly killed me — it left me partially paralyzed and choking on spit
"My eyelids are droopy, causing a lot of pressure, blurry vision, and dizziness. The muscles in my neck are essentially paralyzed so I can’t lift my own head."