Olivia Farnsworth: The strange girl who doesn’t feel hunger, pain or need to sleep!
Olivia Farnsworth, a cute little girl who baffled medics when they discovered she has a strange chromosome condition…
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Patient shocked surgeons with green blood like Star Trek’s Mr Spock
In October 2005, surgeons operating on a 42-year-old Canadian man at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital got a shock…
50 most interesting and bizarre medical facts you won’t believe are true
The world is full of strange and amusing history and facts, and the world of medicine is certainly…
26 strangest facts about DNA and genes that you never heard of
A Gene is a single functional unit of DNA. For example, there may be a gene or two…
Veronica Seider – the woman with super-human eye vision
We all have beautiful eyes and some of us have problems with vision and quality viewing, while some…
Grady Stiles – the ‘Lobster Boy’ who killed his family member
Since the late nineteenth century, an odd physical condition known as ectrodactyly has afflicted the Stiles family from…
Ella Harper – the untold story of the camel girl
For centuries, people around the world have been fascinated with human freaks. From medical museums to circus sideshows,…
Amina Ependieva – a Chechen girl who is admired for her unusual beauty
A girl from Chechnya is admired for her unusual beauty, but Albinism is not the only thing that…
10 of the strangest rare diseases you won’t believe are real
People with rare diseases often wait years to get a diagnosis, and every new diagnosis comes like a…
The strange story of the Blue People of Kentucky
The Blue People of Kentucky ― a family from history of Ketucky who were mostly born with a…
Alien Hand Syndrome: When your own hand becomes your enemy
When they say idle hands are the devil’s playthings, they weren’t kidding. Imagine lying in bed sleeping peacefully…