Mia, aged seven, underwent a five-hour operation in March A seven-year-old girl had to have a hairball removed from her stomach in a five-hour operation. Mia, from Redcar, was rushed to hospital ...

Hairballs are also referred to as trichobezoars, a special kind of bezoar: a firm mass found in the gastro-intestinal tract formed by a concretion of swallowed material usually plant or animal in ...

Buy fresh chilli paste from Asian stores. It should have a vibrant red colour, which will become darker and ‘muddier’ upon keeping. It should not be confused with the more commercially ...

Best for hairball control Although hairballs are common, if you find your cat gets them frequently, it's important to tell your veterinarian. Hairballs can become a medical issue, balling up in ...

Homemade Thai curry paste has tons more flavour that shop-bought versions. Make double the recipe and freeze half for later. Place all of the ingredients in a food processor and blend to a paste.

Then your cat throws up a bunch of hair. Is this okay? Yes, it’s pretty normal. Cats usually throw up hairballs sometimes. It ...

While hairballs can’t be prevented entirely, their frequency and severity can be drastically reduced with proper preventative ...

The sound of stone against stone, reducing shallots, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, and Thai chilies into a paste and releasing the pungent fragrance of shrimp paste is almost a Proustian memory ...

It was thanks to his innovations - which included the "cut", "copy" and "paste" commands - that the personal computer became simple to learn and use. Xerox, where Mr Tesler spent part of his ...

A 21-year-old woman from Kargaina, suffering from persistent stomach pain for five years, had two kilograms of hair surgically removed from her stomach. Diagnosed with a hair-eating disorder, she ...

The Tsavo man-eaters terrorized railroad workers in British East Africa in the 19th century, but their tastes went well beyond human flesh. By Jack Tamisiea In British East Africa in 1898, two ...

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best ...