Faecal Transplant – A Stomach-Turning Medical Procedure
Here’s something I never thought I’d hear, let alone write an article about – faecal transplants. Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is. Taking the poop out of one person and putting it into another. It’s a lot, more disgusting that it sounds, but this medical procedure actually has the potential to save lives. […]
Woman Travels the World to Meet All Her 325 Facebook Friends
ArLynn Presser is a 51-year-old woman who lives in Winnetka, Illinois. It’s normal for ArLynn to stay indoors all the time. In fact, for most of her adult life, she hardly ever left the confines of her home, and most certainly did not venture out of her home town. Her career as a writer ensured […]
French Women Live in Cave to Escape Electro-Magnetic Rays
I’ve read a lot of reports stating that the electro-magnetic radiation from mobile phones and other Wi-Fi devices are harmful to humans. But I never really believed it until I actually heard the story of these two French women who are living in a cave to escape these evil rays. Anne Cautain and Bernadette Touloumond […]
30-Year Old Brazilian Woman Looks Like a 9-Month Baby
We bring to you the curious case of a real-life Benjamin Button, with a twist. A Brazilian woman, who has neither aged, nor is getting any younger. Born on May 7, 1981, Maria Audete do Nascimento still has the body of a baby. Maria belongs to a poor family, living in a mud house in […]
Young Vietnamese Woman Mysteriously Ages Overnight
Nguyen Thi Phuong is only 26, but judging by her wrinkled and saggy skin, you could easily mistake her for a 70-year-old. The young woman from Vietnam suffered an allergic reaction in 2008, and after taking some prescribed medication the skin her face, hands and body started to wrinkle and become saggy, giving her the […]
Turkish Doctors Use Islamic Music as Medicine
A group of doctors at the Memorial Hospital in Instanbul, Turkey, have started using traditional Islamic music as complementary treatment for various illnesses. Using music as therapy might sound strange in an age where medicine is relying more and more on science and technology, but the benefits of musical treatments have been known for almost […]
Girl Has Half of Brain Removed, Now Paints Like a Pro
The human brain is a remarkable thing, and the incredible story of Taisia Sidorova, who gained an amazing artistic talent after having the left side of her brain removed, is proof of that. Three years ago, 21-year old Taisia Sidorova, from Sankt Petersburg, Russia, suffered a severe car accident that left her with a smashed […]
Dangerous Railway Therapy Practiced in Indonesia
While it might look like they are protesting against something or staging a gruesome mass suicide, the people of Rawa Buaya are actually looking to cure their illnesses by laying on the train tracks. In western countries, most people think high levels of electric energy cause cancer, but to the inhabitants of Rawa Buaya, in […]
Destruction Club Allows Members to Let Off Some Steam by Smashing Stuff
The Destruction Company is a member only Fight Club-like organization that allows rich Americans to smash stuff to smithereens, using an arsenal of weapons. Destruction has been used as therapy to relieve stress for a few years now, and people seem willing to pay top dollar to take out their frustrations on stuff that can’t […]
Indians Swallow Raw Fish to Cure Asthma
India is known for the wide variety of folk remedies for various ailments, and one of the most popular right now is the raw-fish-swallowing therapy practiced by the Goud family, in Hyderabad. Asthma is one of the most serious respiratory conditions a person can have, and since conventional medicine doesn’t offer a permanent cure, many […]
Chinese Woman Performs Surgery on Herself
Wu Yuanbi, a 53-year-old woman, from Chongqing, China, has recently performed surgery on herself, with a common kitchen knife. Wu, who works as a migrant worker, has been suffering from a chronic condition known as Budd-Chiari syndrome, for the last 13 years. This causes her stomach to gradually fill up with large quantities of fluid, […]
Azerbaijan Clinic Uses Crude Oil Baths as Therapeutic Treatments
A clinic in the town of Naftalan, 160 miles noth-west of Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku, has found a therapeutic use for its abundant quantities of crude oil. Azerbaijan is one of the world’s leading oil exporters, and in the country’s western plains “black gold” has been seeping out of the ground for centuries. In fact, […]
Clinic Claims It Can Cure Cancer and Autism with Tobacco Smoke
Most doctors claim tobacco smoke causes serious diseases, but at the Griya Balur clinic, in Indonesia, it’s used as a cure for cancer, autism or emphysema. In most western countries, a clinic that uses tobacco as a remedy would have been closed down immediately, but in the city of Jakarta, it’s one of the busiest treatment […]
Christmas Excitement Causes Girl’s Heart To Stop
Christmas is a time for parents to be happy for their children’s excitement. But this doesn’t apply to Ray and Tina Cleveland, as their daughter Holly is suffering from a rare disease that causes her heart to stop and leaves her breathless for about 30 seconds, when she gets over excited. This is two-year-old Holly’s […]
Rare Brain Disease Makes Woman Fearless
Haunted houses, cockroaches or any kind of bugs for that matter, snakes, you name it, there’s nothing in this world that will freak this woman out. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to never experience fear, but there is someone out there who really is fearless, due to a rare disorder, called […]