Illness Could Turn Young Girl To Stone...
A young English girl is battling a rare genetic condition that could turn her body into stone. Lillie Sutcliffe was just 23 months old when she was diagnosed with cystinosis.
Cystinosis is a rare genetic condition that causes the amino acid cystine to accumulate in cells forming crystals that build up....
Young Girl Risks Death If She Cries...
Two year old Tianna Lewis McHugh cannot cry. If she does, it may kill her.
At just 18 months, Tianna was diagnose with condition that causes fatal Reflex Anoxic Seizures (RAS).
In most cases, children who suffer from RAS react to pain, fear of fright, but Tianna has a form so extreme that simply crying...
Mermaid Girl Dies Aged 10...
Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called “mermaid syndrome,” has died aged 10.
At birth, doctors predicted she would only survive for matter of days, however, the young girl, described by her mother as a “tough little thing” died at Maine...
Woman With Half A Brain Stuns Doctors...
Michelle Mack from Fall Church, Virginia, was born with only half a brain. But this has not stopped her from accomplishing many of the achievements most growing children make. Mack can speak normally, graduated from high school, and has an uncanny knack with dates.
Not being diagnosed until late into her...
Rub-On Viagra...
A rub-on cream potentially as effective as Viagra but without any side effects is currently being developed by scientists. The success of this externally applied gel could help millions of men every year.
Current erectile dysfunction drugs, like Viagra, are known as phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5)...
Sleeping Less Makes You Fat...
We all know the fatigue that enshrouds a day after little sleep, and many of us power on with the help of sugary snacks and coffee. But research has shown that letting this habit become routine can contribute to weight gain, or at the very least, void your weight-loss efforts.
Lack of sleep changes your...
Sleep Apnea Leads To Increased Risk Of D...
A new study has concluded that middle-aged and elderly man with sleep apnea, are at almost double the risk of dying from chronic diseases. Even patients with a moderate sleep apnea face a 17 percent increased risk of premature death, when compared with those who do not have sleep disordered breathing...
Woman Who Keeps Growing...
Miss Angus, 30, from Nevada, keeps growing. Suffering from a rare growth condition known as Acromeglia, often referred to as gigantism, Angus is the only woman in the world whose growth cannot be halted by medication.
Over the last ten years she has grown ten inches and is now one of world’s tallest...
Beware of Cats...
An American ecologist has publish a provocative research paper that suggests a cat parasite has affected the personalities of roughly half the world’s population.
The parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, is thought to have been transmitted to approx half the people on the planet, and research has shown it...
8 Year Transgender Boy...
An Omaha couple is allowing their 8-year-old son to openly live life as a girl, wearing girls clothes, hair in a ponytail and using a female name.
The decision has caused controversy at the local Catholic school, governors of which, have said the child will not be allowed to return.
Therapists say the...
