Medical

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Crowds Gather To See Two-Headed Baby

By Richard Shears
A baby boy born with two heads is attracting large crowds to a hospital in Bangladesh.


The baby boy named Kiron is
attracting curiosity-seekers

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Girl Collapses Every Time She Laughs

by Geoff Marsh
Laughter could leave her paralyzed.


Laughter is not always the best medicine

Monday, June 30, 2008

Man Sentenced For Stealing Body Parts

by Tom Hays
The mastermind behind a multimillion-dollar scheme to loot hundreds of corpses and sell bone and tissue for transplants was sentenced Friday to 18 to 54 years in prison after he apologized to the horrified families of the deceased.

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Michael Mastromarino was convicted of
body stealing and reckless endangerment

Monday, June 23, 2008

Bird Boy Chirps Instead Of Talking

by Dean Terry
A Russian boy uses only bird-like sounds and gestures to communicate.

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‘Bird-Boy’ Vanya Yudin

Werewolf Boy Wishing For A Cure

by Dean Terry
Pruthviraj Patil, from the Indian district of Sangli, suffers from ‘Werewolf Syndrome’ one of the world’s rarest genetic conditions.


Only 50 people worldwide are known to suffer from congenital hypertrichosis, which makes hair grow all over the face and body.

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