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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman heard voices telling her she had a brain tumor — and scans confirmed she didIn a strange medical case, a woman suddenly started hearing voices, and they directed her to seek care for a brain tumor.
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Teenager's hives turned out to be caused by rare water allergyIn a rare medical case, a teenage girl suddenly began breaking out in hives whenever she was exposed to water.
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A man went to the doctor for a bad UTI and learned he had an extra kidneyA man being treated for a urinary tract infection turned out to have a rare "supernumerary kidney."
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A parasite never before seen in humans was behind a woman's lung infection, organ damage and forgetfulnessA woman developed a persistent infection, and doctors couldn't pinpoint the cause for many months.
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Giant 'stone' in a man's bladder looked like an ostrich eggA man visited a hospital because of bladder discomfort, and his doctors discovered a remarkably large bladder stone.
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A woman got a rare parasitic lung infection after eating raw frogsIn an unusual case, a woman developed a parasitic infection in her lungs, when more typically, the parasite stays just under the skin.
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Woman had her twin brother's XY chromosomes — but only in her bloodDoctors discovered a woman had "blood chimerism" after examining the chromosomes of cells from different parts of her body.
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Milk leaking from woman's armpits revealed 'ectopic breasts'After giving birth, a woman noticed that she produced milk from both her mammary glands and her armpits.
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A baby suddenly started to smell of rotting fishA boy would stink of fish after eating certain dishes, and doctors found that the noxious odor likely stemmed from a rare genetic quirk.
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Diagnostic dilemma: A brain lesion gave a woman a lifetime of joyless laughing fitsA woman had experienced sudden bursts of uncontrolled laughter her whole life. A brain scan revealed why.
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Doctors restore a man's vision by removing his tooth and implanting it in his eyeA man underwent one of the first "tooth-in-eye" surgeries ever conducted in Canada. Only a few hundred people have had the surgery, worldwide.
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Genetics: How do we inherit traits from our ancestors?Discover interesting facts about how traits are passed down over generations through DNA.
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A knife broke off in a man's chest, and he didn't notice it for 8 yearsDiagnostic dilemma A man noticed pus oozing from his chest, and it ended up revealing a knife blade in his thoracic cavity.
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Rare condition made a woman see people as dragonsA woman sought treatment for hallucinations she'd been experiencing since childhood, in which people's faces would morph into having dragon-like features.
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One of the world’s tallest trees — the centuries-old 'Doerner Fir' — is on fire in Oregon.Oregon's tallest fir tree is on fire, and firefighters are racing to save it.
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Girl's dental trouble caused a life-threatening eye infectionA girl went to her dentist complaining of a toothache and swelling around her eye. It turned out the two problems were connected.
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Aging: What happens to the body as it gets older?Discover interesting facts about what happens to the body as it ages.
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Hunter's rare allergy meant he could no longer eat red meatA man who hunted deer developed a very rare allergy that progressively worsened each time he ate red meat.
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Rare semen allergy may have caused woman's infertilityA woman and her partner had been trying to conceive for some time. It turned out that a rare allergy may have been hindering their attempts.
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Colugo: The 'flying lemur' that doesn't fly and isn't a lemurThis big-eyed rainforest mammal looks like a cross between a bat and a squirrel. It glides between treetops using a furry membrane that connects its limbs.
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Kākāpō: The chonky parrot that can live almost 100 yearsThis flightless nocturnal parrot is only found in New Zealand.
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Orgasm involving a kitchen whisk likely triggered person's fatal aneurysmDoctors report an analysis of a woman's fatal aneurysm, pinpointing its likely causes after her death.
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The human heart: Facts about the body's hardest-working muscleDiscover interesting facts about the fist-size organ that powers the circulatory system.
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A man was stabbed through the throat and the base of the skull — by a fishWhile on a fishing trip, a man sustained an unusual injury from a marlin.
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