JT Mestdagh is an author and motivational speaker who was born with a rare life-threatening disability called VATER syndrome ...

For example, VACTERL. This is a combination or association of 7 diseases. Because it is a combination of diseases, it can affect many body systems. L — limb differences . VACTERL association presents ...

The condition, known as an incomplete parasitic twin happens when an underdeveloped twin attaches to the host twin and survives by feeding off their body. In a ground-breaking medical achievement ...

The new Lorraine and Bill Dodero Limb Preservation Center at Cleveland-based University Hospitals' Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute will be led by the institute's president, Mehdi Shishehbor ...

A team of doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi successfully performed a rare and intricate surgery to remove two extra lower limbs from a 17-year-old boy.

Phantom limb pain can be a debilitating and confusing experience for those who have lost a limb. Despite the absence of the limb itself, the brain still perceives pain as if it were there. In this ...

The teenager who had a fully developed extra set of limbs and a pelvis - sustained by a chest artery - underwent a two-hour surgery at Aiims hospital in Delhi. Dr Asuri Krishna, who led the team ...

An heir to a billionaire's fortune swapped the comfort of the directors box for the flailing limbs of the Leeds United away end at Bramall Lane on Monday. The YEP understands that Pete Lowy ...

Some are horribly disfigured. Others lose limbs or suffer injuries so serious they can no longer work or perform simple tasks without help. Medical bills can run into the hundreds of thousands of ...

These cases can vary widely in how they appear,” he says. In this case, only the lower limbs, the buttocks and external genitalia of his twin were formed and were attached to his abdomen. Conjoined ...