Argyria, or "smurf syndrome," is a rare condition causing irreversible blue or grey skin discolouration due to prolonged silver exposure. This discolouration primarily affects sun-exposed areas and ...

From the Medical Service, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. † Assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School; physician, Peter Bent Brigham ...

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Our skin can take unexpected colours when exposed to excessive amounts of some foods and medicines. A condition known as argyria causes this to happen. In this, silver particles accumulate in the body ...

When an 84-year-old man in Hong Kong went to hospital with an enlarged prostate, doctors were startled to see that his skin – and even the whites of his eyes – had turned silver-grey. A deeper ...

When an 84-year-old man in Hong Kong went to hospital with an enlarged prostate, doctors were startled to see that his skin – and even the whites of his eyes – had turned silver-grey. A deeper ...

An 84-year old man in Hong Kong was diagnosed with a mysterious condition called Argyria which left unusual symptoms of greying of nails and skin. The man in question had consulted a hospital in Hong ...

The chemistry behind “blue-man syndrome” has finally been explained. This is a condition, called argyria, in which a sufferer’s skin turns a distressing blue color from chronic exposure to silver.

Artist John Knuth buys maggots wholesale on the Internet. He then co-opts the digestive system of thousands of flies spawned from his purchases to spatter abstract images on canvas. The paintings, ...

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