Quoted: Since he could speak, Brandon, now 8, has insisted that he was meant to be a girl. This summer, his parents decided to let him grow up as one. His case, and a rising number of others like it, illuminates a heated scientific debate about the nature of gender—and raises troubling questions about whether the limits of child indulgence have stretched too far.
"In Iran, homosexuality is punishable by death, but sex-change operations are legal—a way of normalizing aberrant attractions."

I'll try again.

Quoted: One person died and about 280 were placed in quarantine aboard a cross-Canada train on Friday after a mystery illness caused violent flu-like symptoms.

How fucking creepy.
This entire article, as well as the headline, has been changed since I posted it. WOW. Now the tone is "there is no problem here..." and there never was... jesus, do I hear black helicopters?

Quoted: One person died and several others were taken to hospital after a mystery illness hit passengers on a Canadian long-distance train, local media said on Friday.

Quoted: John R. Brinkley was much more than just a mere medical quack, and his bizarre story is told with uproarious brio in Pope Brock’s heavenly book.

Quoted: PhysOrg news: Bat and vaccine breakthrough in fight against Ebola, Marburg

Quoted: Artist and Filmmaker Virgil Wong showcases his installations, net art, films, animations, drawings, and photographs in an extensive online gallery.

Quoted: PhysOrg news: South Koreans clone cats that glow in the dark: officials

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Rare Disease, Orphan Disease, Rare Disorder or Rare illness
There are many ways to name them, and there are just as many different individual diseases – over 5,000 and growing. In Europe, a disease is declared rare or an orphan disease if it affects 1 in every 2,000 persons or less, and in the USA, 1 in every 1,500.

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Individually, rare diseases or orphan diseases have a small voice because of the nature of the diseases – they are rare.

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Complicating the problem even more, is the fact that very few physicians know how to properly diagnose and treat any given rare disease because they are so uncommon.

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Not only do rare diseases not obtain a lot of attention and have few physicians who understand them – only a small number of rare diseases have treatment options."