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Girl, 15, who was scared of taking selfies due to a rare condition enjoys filming her new face

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A 15-year-old girl in China who looked decades older due to a rare condition is now enjoying taking selfie videos after receiving life-changing plastic surgery. The teenager, known by a pseudonym Xiao Feng, told MailOnline she was ‘extremely surprised’ and ‘very happy’ when she saw her new looks for the first time following the £56,000 … Read more

Woman who suffered with severe anxiety claims drinking CBD-infused water has CURED her condition

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A woman who suffered from such severe anxiety she used to throw up at work claims drinking water infused with CBD has ‘cured’ her condition. Victoria Stuart, 43, of Frome, Somerset, would lie awake at night gripped by bouts of worry while working in a ‘stressful’ job as a goods safety manager at a local … Read more

Meghan Trainor’s father Gary is in ‘stable condition’ after alleged hit-and-run accident

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Meghan Trainor’s father Gary is in ‘stable condition’ after alleged hit-and-run accident in Southern California By Carly Johnson and Kelby Vera At Dailymail.com Published: 21:55 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 23:42 GMT, 22 February 2020 Meghan Trainor’s father Gary has been the victim of an alleged hit-and-run accident. The pop star’s father is currently … Read more

Baby’s bladder ballooned in size and ‘crushed’ his kidney because of rare condition

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A baby’s bladder ballooned so big that it ‘crushed his own kidney’ due to a rare condition that triggered a build-up of urine in the organ.  Six-month-old Oliver Smith suffers from Eagle-Barrett syndrome, or Prune Belly, which prevented his urethra from forming properly in the womb. It meant his body was unable to remove urine which … Read more

Heart condition can be cured with a quick blast of lung cancer therapy

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Doctors are tackling one of the deadliest heart conditions by using a 100-year-old cancer treatment. The unlikely remedy involves beaming radiotherapy, used for nearly a century to kill tumours, into the chest to banish a potentially fatal ailment which makes the heart beat up to three times faster than normal. Tests show the abnormal rhythm … Read more

Girl, 17, suffers from a rare brain condition that causes her to collapse when she laughs

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A teenager with an unusual brain disorder that causes her to collapse when she laughs has revealed she spends less time with her funny friends. Billie Hodgson, 17, suffers from cataplexy, which triggers sudden muscle paralysis and can strike whenever she giggles. Her unusual ailment is a complication of narcolepsy, which affects around 22,500 Britons. As … Read more

Finally a drug for lupus – the crippling and incurable condition that can scar sufferers for life

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Imagine having an illness that makes your face erupt in a rash, your hair fall out and your joints so sore you cannot hold a mug of tea. While the drugs prescribed to treat it might ease the symptoms, the relief is temporary and short-lived. One of the main treatments – oral steroids – will … Read more

Woman, 32, was expected to DIE as a newborn from a rare condition that causes pus-filled blisters

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A woman claims she wakes up every morning stuck to her bed sheets due to a rare condition which causes pus-filled blisters all over her body. Assya Shabir, 32, was diagnosed with junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) when she was born, the most severe type of epidermolysis bullosa.  The incurable condition means her skin and internal … Read more

Boy whose rare condition leaves him blistered after minutes in the sun gets to play outside

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Brody Osga has watched the sun longingly for all four years of his young life.  But Brody’s rare condition makes him so sensitive to the sun that even a short drive in a windowed car can leave the toddler covered in painful blisters.  He was born premature, weighing only a little over two pounds and … Read more

Taylor Swift’s sleep eating condition, explained

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Taylor Swift doesn’t want to eat in the middle of the night – but she does while she’s asleep, the singer revealed Wednesday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.  She seems to suffer from a sleep-related eating disorder, an unusual condition that rouses her from bed and steers her involuntarily to the fridge where she is … Read more