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Girl, 12, saved by miracle heart transplant after nearly dying from a rare disease

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A 12-year-old girl’s life has been saved by a heart transplant after she almost died from a rare disease. Kayleigh Llewellyn, from Seaham, County Durham, fell ill around three months ago when she woke up one morning for school struggling to breathe.  Doctors diagnosed her with cardiomyopathy and, to the shock of Kayleigh’s parents, warned a … Read more

Rare travel posters to entice US tourists to the British Isles are to fetch thousands at auction 

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Pan Am flights and railway journeys to the Malverns: Rare vintage travel posters to entice US tourists to the British Isles are set to fetch thousands at auction A sale of vintage posters will take place on November 14 at the Swann Auction Galleries in New York  The rare posters, which date back to 1914, … 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

Boy, nine months, is fighting a rare form of testicular cancer

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A nine-month-old boy is fighting a rare form of testicular cancer after his parents found a lump in his scrotum. Freddie Burgess-Shardlow has an ectomesenchymoma, a rare and fast-growing tumour of the nervous system or soft tissue. Emma Burgess, 36, said she and partner Katie Woodward, 34, first found a lump in their son’s testicles … Read more

Your pills’ nasty side effects? They’re not as rare as you think

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Everyone knows medicines can have side effects. But do you know the possible downsides of the pills you take regularly? One Briton in five over the age of 65 takes at least seven different medications, a report revealed last week. And a startling 86 per cent of this age group take at least one prescription … Read more

Supremely rare McLaren F1 LM sells for a record $19.8m

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A limited-edition McLaren road car has become the British manufacturer’s most expensive vehicle to sell at auction. The 1994 McLaren F1 LM – standing for Le Mans – went under the hammer on Friday during RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction in California – which is widely regarded as the calendar’s biggest and most expensive sale of … Read more

Mother, 31, reveals her rare condition made her dread releasing milk for her babies

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A mother has revealed a rare condition known as ‘breastfeeding dysphoria’ caused her to feel intense dread every time she released milk.  Deena Todd, from, Yeovil, Somerset, had overwhelming feelings of homesickness and anxiety which left her in tears every time she breastfed.  It led the 31-year-old to even regret having her daughter, Isla, who … Read more

Circus performer is BALD after a rare condition caused her to pull out every strand of hair

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A woman who suffers from a rare psychological disorder that caused her to pull out every single hair on her head is set to undergo a £10,000 transplant. Claire Jenna Ory, 24, developed trichotillomania at just ten years old when the stress of starting a new school left her with a bald patch from pulling … Read more