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A rare genetic condition causes a girl in Slovakia to have skin up to 8mm thick, lose her eyelids, two fingers and four toes and cannot regulate her body temperature.
Washing your hair the wrong way is equivalent to 'damaging' your hair, moreover, it can also cause many health problems.
The new ultra-fast technique set a Guinness World Record for sequencing the genome and diagnosing genetic diseases in just a few hours.
The toxin of the disease can be deadly but works to block the sensation of pain Anthrax toxins include several molecules secreted by anthrax bacteria.
A new cleaner made of sawdust and water can remove up to 99% of disease-carrying microorganisms, including anthrax and some strains of the flu virus.
The researchers suggest that in the future, retinal scans of the eyes could be used to calculate a person's risk of death.
Replacing butter, mayonnaise, and dairy fat with regular use of olive oil could literally save your life.
Israeli researchers recently discovered that the wealthiest inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem contracted an intestinal parasite due to hygiene problems.
After the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts, the indigenous population fell from 30,000 to just 300 - within a decade.
People in this town were extremely frightened, when what fell from the sky was not rain but only mucus full of disease.
The Tuskegee project was launched because people wanted to find out what causes syphilis, how the disease progresses, and to have specific data on warning signs.
The cutest black-nosed sheep in the world were first born in Australia, after embryos were imported from the UK.
In 1528, King Henry VIII of England slept in a different bed every night, but not in the way you might think.
With the rapid development of technology, science has achieved many amazing achievements, turning what seemed only in fiction into reality.
Although it is a common disease, there is currently no effective treatment for Alzheimer's.