You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 65 and in good health. Recently during a physical, my ...

A TikToker who flaunted her protruding belly button in her dance videos as a way of sending body-positive messages to her followers sparked concerns online that the condition could be an umbilical ...

Question: I am a 22-year-old girl, and my belly button is an “outie.” All of my friends have “innies.” One of them told me that I probably have a hernia and need to get this fixed. It has never ...

This was never a problem in the years gone by as many people often ignored its presence while others made fun of it and used it as an object of play and amusement. With the passage of years, growing ...

1. Why do I even have a belly button? Your belly button, or navel – clinically, your umbilicus – is the permanent scar left from where your umbilical cord connected your circulatory system, when you ...

Hernias most frequently develop around surgical scars (incisional), in the groin (inguinal), or around the navel (umbilical).

Belly buttons come in all shapes and sizes. There are innies and outies. Pregnant women often have their innie become an outie temporarily when their bellies grow. A few people don’t even have a belly ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – Everyone has one, but you might not know much about it. Here biologist Sarah Leupen, who teaches human and comparative animal physiology, explains the ins and outs of belly ...