Good TED video. She is 56 years, I wonder if she is secretly testing her findings on herself, or if it's just her genes or diet that ...

Placebo and nocebo @ wiki.

While we're on the topic of saving lives I thought I'd post this too: The Instinctive Drowning Response – so named by Francesco A. ...

Sure the US is a developed and rich(for now) country, but it's only very few people who are rich. However, America is not a civilized co...

Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows foot...

A car crash victim has spoken of the horror he endured for 23 years after he was misdiagnosed as being in a coma when he was conscious the w...

You can buy these bottles here . Quite pricey, but it might come in handy when the zombie apocalypse is upon us. No need to stack our shelte...

It seems that war often drives medical innovation. Amazing to see the interface between technology and the human body improving. The Singul...

wiki Irukandji syndrome is a condition induced by envenomization through the sting of Carukia barnesi, the Irukandji jellyfish, and other c...

This list includes such gems as music-induced seizures, cold allergy, foreign accent syndrome and persistent arousal syndrome.

Warning , very shocking and sad. Treacher Collins Syndrome @ wiki . I wouldn't know if I'd want my daughter to live like this. Ma...

Another one for our bizarre medicine collection. Doctors can’t tell Mandy Sellars why her legs keep expanding – all they say is that her on...

A four-year-old Chinese boy born with a protruding heart has undergone five hours of surgery as doctors try to correct the defect. Zhang ...

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"She has even undergone transfusions after pints of it seeped through her eyes, nose, hairline, neck and the soles of her feet. Someti...