Doctors Remove Leech That Had Been Living in Woman’s Throat for Three Months
A 63-year-old Vietnamese woman who recently underwent a laparoscopic procedure to have a tumour from her throat removed was shocked to hear that the doctors removed a six-inch leech from her throat instead. The parasite had reportedly been living in the woman’s throat for about three months. The unnamed woman from Vietnam’s mountainous Ha Giang Province […]
Rare Condition Leaves Woman Unable to Hear Men’s Voices
A Chinese woman recently made the news after being diagnosed with a very rare form of hearing loss which leaves sufferers unable to hear low frequency sounds, like men’s voices. The woman from Xiamen, on China’s east coast, knew something was wrong when she woke up one morning and realized that she couldn’t hear anything […]
Ambrosia, the Controversial Treatment That Allows Older People to Fight the Effects of Aging with Young Blood
Blood transfusions have been used to save lives for decades, but now one startup wants to use the medical procedure to combat the effects of aging by injecting older people with young blood. The treatment is called “Ambrosia”, after the mythological food of the Greek gods, which granted whoever consumed it longevity or immortality. It […]
Wellness Guru Calls Looking Directly at the Sun a “Form of Free Medicine”
Australian celebrity chef and Instagram wellness guru Pete Evans has come under fire for saying that “sungazing”, the act of looking directly at the sun, is a one of the best forms of free medicine. “Every day I love to immerse myself in an experience within the cleansing ocean water as well as a brief […]
11-Year-Old Girl’s Inoperable Brain Tumor Miraculously Vanishes
Doctors at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin have been stunned by the unexpected recovery of an 11-year-old girl whose inoperable brain tumor miraculously disappeared. Earlier this year, Roxli Doss was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a rare and extremely aggressive brain tumor with a very low survival rate. It was well-incorporated into her brain stem, […]
Man Allegedly Develops Lung Infection by Constantly Sniffing His Dirty Socks
It turns out that smelling your own socks is not only gross but potentially deadly. A Chinese man was recently hospitalized with a severe pulmonary fungal infection, which he allegedly developed by constantly sniffing his used socks. When he was brought in to the No 909 Hospital in Zhangzhou, China’s Fujian Province, the 37-year-old man, surnamed […]
Man Endures 5 Years of Chemotherapy for Cancer He Never Had
A Colorado man claims that he was on intense chemotherapy and painkillers for five long years, after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer by multiple doctors, a cancer that he recently learned never existed. The living nightmare of James Salaz, a resident of Montrose, in Colorado, began five years ago, when he went […]
Man’s Presumed Brain Tumor Miraculously Disappears a Day Before Scheduled Surgery
A California man’s unexpected recovery has left doctor’s baffled. A day before his scheduled surgery to have a presumed brain tumor removed, a final head CT exam showed that the mass in his brain had miraculously disappeared. Paul Wood, a resident of Lodi, in California, started complaining of excruciating headaches and dizziness several months ago, […]
Woman Left with Paralyzed Fingers After Playing on Her Phone for a Week Straight
A Chinese woman recently found herself unable to use the fingers on her right hand after spending her entire week-long vacation playing video games on her smartphone. The unnamed woman from Changsha, in China’s Hunan province, reportedly took a week off from work and spent all that time playing on her smartphone. According to a […]
Unprecedented Medical Case Shows How Cancer Spread from Organ Donor to Four Recipients
An extraordinary and terrifying medical case revealed in the July issue of the American Journal of Transplantation proves that organ transplants can pass not only certain infectious diseases to recipients, but in rare cases, also cancer. Patients known to have malignant tumors are often not able to donate their organs, but that was not the case […]
Leech Larvae Hatches and Grows Inside Man’s Nostril for Three Months
A Chinese man recently had an inch-long leech yanked out of his nose after hatching and living there for at least three months. The man, surnamed Pan, went to Dongguan Chang’an Hospital, in China’s Guangdong province, after experiencing constant nose bleeds for 10 days. Liu Yuxing, an ear, nose and throat doctor at the hospital, immediately suspected […]
Vanishing Bones Disease – Mysterious Condition Causes Sufferers’ Bones to Slowly Disappear
Despite the amazing scientific advances we have made in the last century, there are still many medical cases that can’t be fully explained. Vanishing Bones Syndrome sounds like something straight out of an episode of House MD, but doctors at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Scotland encountered a case of this bizarre condition in […]
Resignation Syndrome – The Mysterious Condition Affecting Refugee Children in Sweden
In Sweden, hundreds of refugee children are reportedly suffering from a strange condition known as “resignation syndrome”. These children fall into a coma-like state; they don’t eat, speak, or even open their eyes. Sufferers of resignation syndrome are often left bedbound for years at a time. Their appearances suggest they have been involved in some […]
The Tragic Case of a 25-Year-Old Man Stuck in the Body of a 12-Year-Old Boy
25-year-old Tomasz Nadolski, from Wroclaw, Poland, suffers from a rare and cruel disease that has not only made his life a living hell, but also left him stuck in the underdeveloped body of a 12-year-old boy. Tomasz’s health problems began when he was only 7-years-old. He would throw up after every meal and experience excruciating […]
Doctors Remove Contact Lens Woman Lost 28 Years Ago, from Behind Her Eyelid
A 42-year old woman who thought her contact lens had fallen off when she was hit in the eye with a shuttlecock 28 years ago recently discovered that it had actually been lodged in her eyelid all this time. Those of us who no longer have perfect vision understand just how amazing and convenient contact […]