October 27, 2015 Chilean Siamese twins born with single heart can’t be separated, surgeon says Surgeons in Chile have determined that 5-month-old Siamese twin girls cannot be separated because they share a single heart, Central European News (CEN) reported.
October 27, 2015 Why a family has quarantined itself for 5 months Talk these days of quarantines revolves around Ebola, but one South Carolina family has voluntarily blocked themselves off from the outside world—not to protect others, but to protect their 4-year-old daughter, Eliza, who suffers from the most severe form of a rare genetic disorder called Sanfilippo syndrome.
October 27, 2015 Man dies from brain-eating amoeba in Oklahoma lake An Oklahoma man has died after contracting a waterborne disease while swimming in a local lake, the Oklahoma State Department of Health told OKCFox.com.Â
October 27, 2015 Doctors remove 8 tapeworm eggs from woman’s brain A Texas woman suffering from debilitating headaches after a trip to Mexico was stunned when she learned the source of her pain: tapeworms that had burrowed into her brain.
October 27, 2015 Life-saving donation connects strangers living 3,000 miles apart Two strangers who live on opposite sides of the country will forever be connected after being matched for a bone marrow transplant.
October 27, 2015 6 celebrities whose charities have aided medical research This past summer, the success of the Ice Bucket Challenge once again proved the huge influence that celebrities can have on others.
October 27, 2015 Surgeons remove 80 teeth from boy’s jaw A team of surgeons in India removed 80 teeth from the upper jaw of a 7-year-old boy on Friday, TimesOfIndia.com reported.
October 27, 2015 Rare form of amnesia causes woman, 32, to wake up thinking she’s 15 One morning in 2008, 32-year-old Naomi Jacobs woke up in a home she didn’t recognize, to a son she didn’t know, thinking she was 15 years old.Â
October 27, 2015 Longtime ABC11 anchor raises awareness, funds for ALS research following diagnosis Longtime news anchor Larry Stogner always made a point to raise money for difficult medical conditions, but little did he know he would one day be diagnosed with one.Â
October 27, 2015 Mystery illness robbing 4 siblings of ability to walk In elementary school, Rivka Herzfeld usually placed last during races in gym class, but she never thought much about her physical ability until her senior year of high school, when she was at a dance and fell while wearing high heels.