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Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica. Those affected with dermatophagia typically bite the skin around ...
Premature greying of hair (PGH), also known as canities, is the process of greying of hair occurring at an unusually early age. It can have negative effects on self-confidence, self-esteem, and social acceptance of the affected individual. Hair is said to have greyed prematurely if it occurs before the age of 20 years in Europeans, before 25 ...
A sexually transmitted infection present in a pregnant woman may be passed on to the infant before or after birth. ... Early identification and treatment results in ...
Tyreece Gilligan shared a photo of her face before and after pregnancy to illustrate "pregnancy nose." Doctors explain why it happens.
So, three years ago, after repeatedly complaining of heavy bleeding, I got an ultrasound, which revealed fibroids. In some ways, I was relieved.
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has acquired the earliest known photograph of a US first lady.
Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking.
Photos of what pregnancy tissue from early abortions at 5 to 9 weeks looks like have gone viral.