Man Has Rusty Knife Blade Removed From His Head 26 Years After He Was Stabbed
A 76-year-old man from rural China can consider himself lucky to be alive after he had a four-inch-long rusty knife surgically removed from his brain, 26 years after being stabbed in the head. The case of Duorijie, an old farmer from the rural county of Haiyan in China’s north-western Qinghai Province, can be considered nothing […]
Russian Jeweler Claims Coronavirus-Shaped Pendant As Talisman Against Real Coronavirus
Dr.Vorobev, a “medical jewelry” company based in Kostroma, Russia, has been getting a lot of attention for the sterling silver coronavirus-shaped pendants it has been selling since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sold online for 1,000 rubles ($13), the coronavirus pendant created by Dr. Vorobev has become a very controversial piece of jewelry on […]
Self-Described “Water Hater” Would Rather Dehydrate Than Drink Water
A New York woman who claims she hates drinking plain water has ended up in the ER several times with severe dehydration because she simply refused to put water in her mouth. Lori Cheek is what is known as a “water hater”, a person who hates both the taste of water and the “slimy” sensation […]
London Lab Offers People $4,500 to Get Voluntarily Infected with Coronavirus
As part of a global effort to find a vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus, pharmaceutical companies are offering thousands of dollars to people willing to voluntarily get infected with a form of the virus and spend two weeks in isolation. Being the first to come up with an effective vaccine for Covid-19 would undoubtedly prove […]
The Curious Case of a Double Amputee Whose Transplanted Hands Have Changed Color
Indian doctors recently reported the curious case of a young woman who underwent a double hand transplant almost three years ago and whose hands have changed color to match her skin tone. 21-year-old Shreya Siddanagowder lost both her hands in a freak road accident in 2016, when travelling from her hometown in Pune to her […]
Young Woman Goes Blind in One Eye After Getting Her Eyeballs Dyed Black
A 25-year-old woman from Poland has been left completely blind in her right eye and with eyesight complications in the left one after having her eyeballs dyed black by a tattoo artist in order to make herself stand out. Aleksandra Sadowska’s tragic story began four years ago, when the young girl from Wroclaw, in western […]
Woman Accused of Alcohol Abuse Actually Had an Alcohol-Producing Bladder
An American woman who had been removed from liver transplant waiting lists for trying to conceal an alcohol addiction recently became the first to be diagnosed with urinary auto-brewery syndrome, with alcohol being produced naturally in her bladder. When the 61-year-old unnamed woman showed up on the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s liver transplant waiting […]
Woman Allegedly Comes Back to Life 10 Hours After Being Pronounced Dead
An 83-year-old woman from Ukraine was pronounced dead at her home by both paramedics and police, last week, but 10 hours later, after her family started making preparations for her funeral, she showed signs of life and has since made a full recovery. Paramedics first consulted Ksenia Didukh, an 83-year-old retired nurse from the Ukrainian […]
Blind Man Allegedly Regains Eye Sight After Being Hit by Car
A Polish man who was allegedly blind for twenty years, miraculously recovered his vision after being hit by a car while crossing the street. Until a couple of years ago, Janusz Goraj, from the city of Gorzow Wielkopolski, was completely blind in his left eye, and could only discern shadows and light with his right […]
Rare Condition Causes Hair to Grow Out of Woman’s Gums
A recently-published study detailed the bizarre case of an Italian woman who grew eyelash-like hairs inside of her mouth multiple times. The unnamed woman reportedly visited doctors about her condition over a decade ago, when she was just 19-years-old. She visited doctors and complained of hair growing out of her gums, which had only been […]
Limb-Extending Surgery Is Apparently Becoming Popular Among Men Wanting to Be Taller
A Las Vegas limb-lengthening clinic has been getting a lot of attention online this week for offering people the chance to add a few inches to their stature through minimally invasive surgery. The LimbPlastX Institute charges up to $75,000 to add up to six inches to patients’ height, a hefty price that many are more […]
15-Year-Old Girl Undergoes Surgery to Make Herself Look Younger
It’s not every day that you hear about teenage girls turning to plastic surgery to make themselves look more youthful, but then again, not many 15-year-olds look like their grandmothers. The story of Xiaofeng, a young girl from Liaoning, China, who suffered from a rare medical condition that left her looking like a woman in […]
Man’s DNA Replaced by That of Donor Following Bone Marrow Transplant
Just three months after undergoing a bone marrow transplant to treat his acute myeloid leukemia, a Nevada man was shocked to learn that his DNA had been replaced by that of his donor. For years ago, Chris Long, who happens to be working at the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department in Nevada, was suffering from acute […]
Man Who Spent Decades with Face Stuck to His Thighs Can Finally Stand Up Straight
A 46-year-old man who reportedly spent the last three decades of his life with his face pressed against his thighs, after being diagnosed with a rare condition called ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Luckily he is now able to stand straight again after undergoing life-changing surgery to fix his hunched back. Li Hua was diagnosed with ankylosing […]
Woman Accidentally Swallows 30-Cm-Long “Vomiting Tube” Used to Lose Weight
Inserting long, plastic tubes through their oesophagus to induce vomiting has been an unhealthy trend among Chinese girls for a while now, but a 22-year-old woman recently became the first to accidentally swallow her vomiting tube. Xiao Lu, a 22-year-old girl from Guangzhou, reportedly went to a local hospital on December 3 and told doctors […]