The Unnatural Body

Busting out the school supplies

Calculator? Check. Notebooks? Check. Backpack? Check. New breasts? Check. Wait...what?!?

Freeze face

If you're happy and you know it, you must have botox.

The magic laser

Could a special new laser treatment eliminate obesity, acne, and clogged arteries?

Botox by bike

Instead of calling out for a pizza or some Chinese food, it's now possible for British folks to order up a serving of Botox to be delivered right to their front door.

Rate your rear end

Forget newsworthy developments in quantum physics and molecular biology - Psychology professor Dr. David Holmes has finally created a mathematical equation for the perfect tush.

Breast implants linked to higher suicide risk

It just goes to show that cosmetic surgery doesn't necessarily make you feel better about life.

Obesity rates rising, except in women

Is it possible that America's beauty- and thin-obsessed media may have actually improved women's health?

Boyfriends make you fat

See? And you thought having one might make your life better.

Vanishing appetites

Could an appetite-blunting hormone be responsible for anorexia?

Need to fidget? Go right ahead.

In an effort to combat childhood obesity, Dr. James Levine, a researcher at the Mayo Clinic, is testing out a new, exercise-friendly classroom.

Reconstructing lives

Sometimes plastic surgery isn't just a disturbing Sweet 16 present.

Just like everyone else, your face will disintegrate...

And there's not a damn thing you can do about it. But that won't stop billion dollar anti-aging cosmetics companies from trying to convince you otherwise.

I want to be a Barbie doll

You know things are getting out of hand when there's an actual syndrome named after a plastic doll.

Invasion of the sleep-eaters

Ever wake up surrounded by empty ice cream cartons, candy wrappers, and potato chip bags with no recollection of what happened the night before? Well, these people have.

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

...Well actually, no, it doesn't. At least not for the members of the Yakuza, or the Japanese mafia, whose body rituals are not for the faint of heart.

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