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According to a recent TODAY/AOL body image survey, when it comes to physical imperfections, adult men and women worry most about 23 specific body parts. Perhaps most surprising of all, the body ...
Nullification – the voluntary removal of body parts. Body parts that are commonly removed by those practicing body nullification include the penis, testicles, clitoris, labia and nipples. Sometimes people who desire a nullification may be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, body integrity identity disorder or apotemnophilia. [9]
The Visible Human Project is an effort to create a detailed data set of cross-sectional photographs of the human body, in order to facilitate anatomy visualization applications. It is used as a tool for the progression of medical findings, in which these findings link anatomy to its audiences. [ 1 ]
Adult polyglucosan body disease is a condition that affects the nervous system. People with this condition have problems walking due to reduced sensation in their legs ( peripheral neuropathy ) and progressive muscle weakness and stiffness ( spasticity ).
Over the past century ... are just a few of the chemicals known to imitate hormones and disrupt the body’s natural endocrine system, which is responsible for making the hormones that govern ...
Body checking is the latest in a slew of harmful body image behaviors to be called out online. Young women are subtly flaunting their abs and protruding hip bones on social media.
Storefront display of Body Worlds exhibition in Amsterdam (2016). Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exposition of dissected human bodies, animals, and other anatomical structures of the body that have been preserved through the process of plastination.
Diet and lifestyle can also play a part. "Very low levels of sodium in the body, extreme sleep deprivation, very low blood sugar or alcohol withdrawal can trigger sporadic seizures," says Shih ...