Teen Girl’s Depression Turns Out to Be Rare Disease Causing Her Body to Attack Her Brain

Many things can lead to depression. Loss of a loved one, continued hardships, substance abuse, or physical imbalances in brain chemistry can all lead to a person losing all joy in life. We can now add a new potential cause to the list. A 15-year-old Taiwanese girl had been seeing doctors for a while because …

Stray Cat Bite Gives Man a Bacterial Infection Unknown to Science

Many inventions and scientific discoveries were made by total accident. But that was easy in the ages past when we didn’t actually know much about the ways of nature. These days, accidental scientific discoveries are becoming increasingly rare. It can still happen, though, as one unfortunate Englishman demonstrated. He received a bacterial infection from the …

Seawater Contaminated with E. Coli Gets 57 Triathlon Contestants Sick with Explosive Diarrhea

On July 29-30, the World Triathlon Championship Series brought roughly 2,000 contestants to Roker Beach in the town of Sunderland, northeastern England. They ran, biked, and swam around the beach and town to prove their mettle in this mixed sporting event. In the men’s series, Pierre Le Corre from France raced to victory, while his …

8 of the Rarest Human Diseases and Medical Conditions in the World

Yesterday, we brought you a story about a boy who was decapitated internally, an exceedingly rare medical condition. That story got us asking ourselves what other rare diseases and medical conditions there are. As it turns out, there’s a whole bunch of them. The only connecting factor between them is that they’ve been known to …

Doctors Reattach 12yo Boy’s Internally Severed Head in Hours-long Surgery

It’s not good to lose your head in any meaning of the phrase. In the best-case scenario, you’ll do something you’ll later regret. Meanwhile, in the worst case, the rest of your body can wave your precious noggin goodbye. Not always, though. Did you know it’s possible for you to be decapitated without your head …

Florida Man Catches Flesh-Eating Infection After His Relative Bites His Leg

Fights between family members can get nasty. But they rarely involve necrotic limbs caused by flesh-eating bacteria. Unless, of course, you’re in Florida. Everything’s possible in that mad Wonderland. Donnie Adams from Riverview had to step in to break up a tussle at a family gathering earlier this year. One of the fighting relatives somehow …

6 Everyday Things that Can Spiral into Bizarre Addictions

Addiction is never healthy. Whether you’re addicted to alcohol, drugs, or even exercise, it often comes with side effects that severely impact your well-being. But you can get addicted to basically anything. Outlandish addictions, such as addiction to coffee enemas, have been featured on TV shows like My Strange Addiction. We’ve written about them as …