In a little more than a week, on June 21, the summer solstice will occur. That’s the day when the Earth's axis is tilted at ...

Doctors at SMS Hospital, Jaipur, removed a record-breaking 210 cm hairball from a 14-year-old girl, revealing an extreme case of the disorder Pica.

Doctors in Jaipur recently removed what is believed to be the world's longest trichobezoar, ball of hair, from a teenager's stomach. Know what is Pica, its causes and signs.

People with this eating disorder are so obsessed with healthy eating that they severely restrict what they eat. Their limited diet may lead to nutrient deficiencies. Pica. This is when someone ...

Some countries where there is food insecurity — people don’t know when and where they may get food — can have higher rates of pica. People with intellectual or developmental disorders may ...

Pica is a disorder characterized by cravings for non-edible substances, driven by factors such as texture or nutritional deficiencies like iron. The notion that “black women mostly eat cornstarch” isn ...

Even though pica can affect people of any age, it's categorised into three categories. Children under the age of six, pregnant women, and people with autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia can ...

Pica is an eating disorder where a person has a strong and persistent urge to eat non-edible items be it glass, clay, foam, chalk, to paint. It's not unusual for infants to put non-edible items in ...

Pica disorder is a rare but potentially serious eating disorder characterised by the persistent consumption of non-nutritive, non-food substances over a period of at least one month. According to ...

Wynter has been diagnosed with autism and is also living with unusual eating disorder pica, which sparks cravings for inedible objects. Stacey has caught Wynter eating plaster off the walls, foam from ...