The past 3 or 4 days I'm getting severe stomach pain after eating, not right after, but 30-45 minutes after. I tried eating light things and uncooked things to see if it would get better but it's getting worse. I don't think it's gas because I don't feel bloated. It feels like cramping, slow contractions. It's getting to the point I'm dreading eating. To make things worse, I don't have health insurance anymore so I can't go to the doctor unless I think I'm dying.

Italian scientists are testing a new diet pill that turns into a clear, gelatinous blob the size of a tennis ball that may help shrink waistlines by giving dieters a sense of satiety. The pill, currently undergoing clinical trials at Rome's Policlinico Gemelli hospital, would be downed with two glasses of water at the first sign of a stomach rumble. "The effect is like eating a nice plate of pasta," said Luigi Ambrosio, lead researcher on the project at the National Research Council's Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials in Naples. "If you sit down for a meal with a stomach