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  2. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Unusual names have caused issues for scientists explaining genetic diseases to lay-people, such as when an individual is affected by a gene with an offensive or insensitive name. [13] This has particularly been noted in patients with a defect in the sonic hedgehog gene pathway and the disease formerly named CATCH22 for "cardiac anomaly, T-cell ...

  3. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    Its name is a reference to prion diseases like bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Infected snails show rabies like symptoms, including irritability, foaming at the mouth and aggression, which in reality was caused by a splinter Gary had after Squidward tried to make the area around his house snail proof.

  4. List of diagnoses characterized as pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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    Pseudoscientific diseases are not defined using objective criteria. Such diseases cannot achieve, and perhaps do not seek, medical recognition. Pseudoscience rejects empirical methodology. [1] Other conditions may be rejected or contested by orthodox medicine, but are not necessarily associated with pseudoscience.

  5. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    Contagious disease, a subset of infectious diseases. Cryptogenic disease, a disease whose cause is currently unknown. Disseminated disease, a disease that is spread throughout the body. Environmental disease; Lifestyle disease, a disease caused largely by lifestyle choices. Localized disease, a disease affecting one body part or area.

  6. 21-year-old with 'Benjamin Button' disorder has the body of a ...

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    The world's oldest real-life "Benjamin Button" is barely older than a teenager, but he has the body of a 160-year-old. Rupesh Kumar, 21, lives in India and weighs under 45 pounds, Express reports .

  7. Category:Rare diseases - Wikipedia

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    A rare disease is technically defined (in the European Union) as a disease that is found in fewer than 5 people per every 10,000 people. ...

  8. In Netflix’s ‘No Good Deed,’ This Rare Disease Scare Reveals ...

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    The dark comedy stars a bunch of big names, including Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano, and dives into several different storylines. Starting in episode three, we learn that Dennis (O-T Fagbenle) has ...

  9. 2. Cornicione. Many people don’t eat pizza crust, preferring to dine on the triangular part with the cheese and tomato sauce and then eschew the carbo-load found in the outer crust.