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Meet the family who are all born with 12 fingers and toes

This type of genetic syndrome is called Polydactyly.

13 Oct 2017 6:33 PM IST

Blood pressure variation is significantly associated with the development of all-cause dementia, vascular dementia, and Alzheimers disease (Photo: Pixabay)

Genetic cause of rare high blood pressure syndrome discovered

This inherited disease causes the adrenal gland to produce high level of aldosterone, excess of which shoots up blood...

7 Feb 2018 8:26 AM IST

The French teen is living a normal life in Canada, where he received cutting-edge treatment -- and new hope for the future. (Photo: AFP)

French boy with 'slim chance' of surviving rare disease fights all...

Melanie Ferrer helps her son Julien with one of the three injections he needs per week to treat his condition.

13 Jun 2018 4:29 PM IST

Logan was suffereing from Leukodystrophy, which affects the brain and nervous system, and told he has anywhere between three and 15 years left. (Photo: Pixabay)

Terminally ill boy 'marries' mum in fairy tale ceremony to fulfill...

Logan Mountcastle, seven, was diagnosed with an incurable genetic disorder in December.

13 Aug 2018 10:19 AM IST

A doctor performing an abortion in such a case could face a fourth-degree felony charge and physicians could lose their licenses. (Photo: Pixabay)

New Ohio law bans Down Syndrome abortions

The law has been introduced in a bid to promote the lives of people with Down syndrome as lives worth living.

25 Dec 2017 12:40 PM IST