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(WIDK By Bob Bachelder) - Two sisters have been diagnosed with an extremely rare condition which turns their cells into crystals.

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Emily, 3, and Poppy-Mae, 22-months, are suffering from a one in 3.5 million condition, cystinosis, which is a genetic disorder that causes a buildup of amino-acid cystine in cells in the body.

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(WIDK by Patrick Heywood) - Children in Africa are being turned into the walking dead by a mysterious disease. 

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In East Africa, a mysterious disease, referring to as the ‘nodding disease’ by locals, is turning an increased number of children into ‘zombies’. Click to read more…

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(WIDK by Colleen Bjornholm) For one little boy the simple pleasure of eating ice cream could be life threatening. 

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He Since Joshua, 9, of New York is allergic to most foods and could die if he eats or even smells them, his family cooks meals on their patio deck.

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 (WIDK by Colleen Bjornholm) - This was one lucky baby.

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When it was discoved in a routine sonogram that baby Alaitz needed surgery on her lungs, doctors decide to operate on her while she was still in the womb, a world’s first which was announced Tuesday in a press conference in Barcelona.

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 (WIDK by Max McKeon) -The woman hopes her story will provide inspiration to others.

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Harriet Smith, 26, struggled with an eating disorder since the age of 14.

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(WIDK By Bob Bachelder) - One woman is using gasoline as fuel for her body rather than her vehicle.

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TLC’s television program, My Strange Addiction, has introduced the public to Shannon, a 20-year-old London citizen who is addicted to drinking gasoline, and claims to ingest about 12 teaspoons per day.

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Good guy boyfriend.

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rejection letter from health insurance company

Insurance exists to make money, not to assist with people’s healthcare.

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