Pica is more common in pregnant women because your body has increased nutritional needs during pregnancy. It’s easier to have a deficiency if you aren’t eating the right kinds of food or have ...

People with pica compulsively eat nonfood items with no nutritional value. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Sean Pica, who killed classmate Cheryl Pierson's abusive dad in 1986, opens up to PEOPLE about his journey from prisoner to college graduate and husband. By Caitlin Keating.

The compulsion to eat what’s inedible is known in the medical world as pica (pronounced “PIE-ka”). This is the Latin word for magpie, a bird with a reputation for eating practically anything.

After 14 years in the food business and 10 years on Valencia Street in San Francisco, Venezuelan restaurant Pica Pica Arepa Kitchen is shuttering permanently at the end of August. Owner Adriana ...

The Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, better known as PICA, has been extended to continue its oversight work over Philadelphia’s finances. Governor Tom Wolf has signed legislation ...

Imagine having an irresistible urge to eat chunks of dirt. The condition known as pica actually happens to some people -- particularly pregnant women, as CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports.

Pica’s garnered national attention when Upper Darby native Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon shared its cheese-on-the-bottom, sauce-on-top pizza on The Tonight Show back in 2014. “This pizza is the ...

PICA will continue its other arts programs, including planning for the second annual TBA festival, to be held next summer. "Some people's initial reaction was, 'Oh, no, ...

Pica’s, which is Fey’s favorite pizza spot, is closing its longstanding Upper Darby location. I first heard rumors that Pica’s might be closing early this week.

Cat pica may be caused by many things, including: Dietary deficiencies: Some cats will eat their cat litter if they’re anemic , Plotnick says. "I’ve had two cases of cats with anemia , and ...

The Holleran Center's Program in Community Action (PICA) deepens students' knowledge and skills as active and responsive citizens. Students integrate classroom studies in the liberal arts with ...