Rumination disorder, also known as rumination syndrome, is a rare and chronic condition. It affects infants, children, and adults. People with this disorder regurgitate food after most meals.

Many of our daily thoughts are repetitive. We tend to think about the same things day after day, including ways to meet our basic needs, plans for our days, and our relationships. These types of ...

Ruminating thoughts are excessive or repetitive thoughts about negative experiences. People can use various strategies to help stop rumination, such as distraction, mindfulness, and therapy. Many ...

The phrase “chew the cud” means to further chew partly digested food — but many of us use it to mean something rather more abstract. The scientific word for this is rumination: A process of breaking ...