Jacob Nufer, the man who defied the impossible
In the heart of 16th-century Switzerland, when medicine was still dominated by superstition and uncertain attempts, an episode took place
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Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard
Gypsy Rose, a seriously ill girl, and Dee Dee, an overprotective mom who wants the best for her little girl.
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Gloria Ramirez – the toxic woman
We often hear about toxic people, with the adjective referring to the negative influence that their personality can have on
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Jessica Leonard, the (former) world’s fattest girl
I’m sure you’ve happened to see a gif with this kid somewhere on the web. What you may not know
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Organ trafficking in Brazil
In addition to increasing violence and corruption, Brazil is experiencing some silent tragedies. One of them is directly related to
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Jewel Shuping – Corrosive in the eyes to go blind
Jewel Shuping is a woman who has decided to go blind and in order to do so she has had
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Lina Medina, 5 Years Old: The Youngest Mother in the World
There is plenty of strange medical cases in human history: some of them have very well documented evidence, while some
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Marnie-Rae Harvey: the girl crying blood
Marnie-Rae Harvey is an English girl suffering from an unknown syndrome. She not only cries blood, but suffers from blood
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Self- inflicting skull drilling as a way to feel better
Medicine over the years has used many methods we today would call savage. Think, for example, of electroshock or lobotomy. There
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Abby and Brittany: the twins with one body
I read about twins for the first time when I was 11 years old. I was at the doctor’s and in
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Face transplant to a fire fighter
Patrick Hardison was a fireman who remained disfigured in an attempt to save a woman from a fire. The roof, however,
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