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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 11

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

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...

Saving Advice · Aug 26