There are several potential reasons for pain around the belly button. Learn what they are and how to treat them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the dirtiest places on the human body is not your butt or mouth. No, the honor goes to an often-forgotten hole: the belly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to body parts, the belly button doesn’t usually get much attention. Yet this often-overlooked little spot is a ...

Umbilical hernias, appendicitis, gastroenteritis, and peptic ulcers might cause belly button pain. Belly button pain can be diagnosed with imaging scans, as well as blood, stool, and urine tests. Mild ...

Your belly button might seem like nothing more than a remnant from your time in the womb, but this small area can actually provide valuable clues about your digestive health and overall wellbeing.

We know this isn't the most appealing of topics, but it's possible you don't know how to clean your belly button. And no, we don't mean with belly button piercings (which are back, FYI). We mean: how ...

Rochelle Collins, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician and assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Quinnipiac University. Discharge from your belly button might be a sign of ...

The belly button, it turns out, is one of the least-studied parts of the human body. But one of its great mysteries may now have been solved – why most people have an innie, or concave belly button.

As a kid, your belly button was probably the most interesting part of your body. Once you reach adulthood, though, the navel doesn't get as much attention, leaving room for certain health problems to ...

A UK CrossFit athlete has lived her entire life without a belly button after receiving emergency surgery to treat a life-threatening condition at birth. Despite the gastrointestinal fix that closed ...