rare disease

Mom’s race against time to find $2m to give son, 5, with terminal dementia life-changing treatment

A mother says a promising new gene therapy in the United States could offer her young son a chance at a future she believed was impossible.

Man donates sperm to over 60 families unknowing of rare cancer

Sperm donation started becoming popular in the 1970s and has advanced a great deal from then to now. As children who were a result of sperm donation grow up, they sometimes seek answers. One sperm ...

3-year-old girl crawls shocking everyone – doctors said they’ve never seen it before

When Willow Christie was only 14 months old, her parents learned their little girl would never crawl or take her first steps. Defying a prognosis of lifetime immobility, Willow – who’s mostly confined to a ...

Man expected to die at 2 is now dad of adorable twins, fires back at trolls who attack his disability

Fate had different plans for Austin Jones, who was born in 1996 with a rare disease that was expected to shorten his life span to only two years. Now, after 27 years of struggles and ...

Celine Dion returns to music for first time since medical diagnosis

Celine Dion fans got some worrisome news last year, after the chart-topping icon announced that she had been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder that was forcing her to take a break from performing. While ...

Bullies mock their daughter’s face: But look at her 25 years later when she silences all the haters

When she was born in 1989, Lizzie Velásquez from Austin, Texas, weighed only 2 pounds 11 ounces and her face looked different than the other babies in the maternity ward. Her doctors diagnosed her with ...

Unknown disease causes toddler to look like an old man

We all look different and it’s important to remember that it’s what’s on the inside that counts. But when Tripty Begum and Lavlu Sikder’s son was born in 2012, they quickly realized something wasn’t right. ...

The heartbreaking story of Abigail shows that every life is a beautiful miracle

Christina said that all her ultrasounds showed that her baby was developing normally, which is why it came as a shock when Abigail Lynn was born in January 2016. Christina and the doctors instantly noticed ...

They gave newborn girl death sentence, 1 year later, she proves everyone wrong

Faccebook/KuchBhiHoSaktaHai Charlotte was born with a disease so unusual, it didn’t even have a name. The only thing her parents knew was that she suffered from a rare form of primordial dwarfish, reports the Daily ...

Without dog George, Bella would have to use a wheelchair – watch when she returns the favor in a wonderful way

When Bella was little, she was diagnosed with a rare progressive disorder called Morquio’s syndrome. It prevents Bella’s body from breaking down long chains of sugar molecules, and the older Bella becomes, the more debilitating ...