AROUND one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health issue of some sort each year. While one in six people suffer with common issues such as anxiety or depression, many others are ...

An elderly woman believed she was possessed by ghosts when she saw her arm move on its own before doctors discovered she was actually suffering from an extremely rare condition. A 77-year-old woman ...

It's a case of, literally, one hand not knowing what the other is doing. Known as Alien Hand Syndrome (AHS), this rare medical condition causes a person's hand to involuntarily cause havoc, as if it ...

Tens of millions of people are living with a rare disease, defined as a condition suffered by fewer than 200,000 people. Global experts have identified more than 7,000 of these conditions, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare ...

While some mental disorders are comparatively well known, such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, there are other mental conditions that impact few individuals and are ...