Living with Disease and Disability Archive

5 famous Wrestlers with Acromegaly and Gigantism

Editor Living with Disease and Disability March 21, 2015

List of Wrestlers or Celebrities who suffered from the pituitary problem, Endocrine disorder, where there is over secretion of Growth Hormones leading to Gigantism initally ( Tall stature ) followed by Acromeglay ( Coarsening of features ) after the growth plate fuses. They were ...Read More

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Proteus Syndrome or Giant Head: A Pakistani man’s Story

Editor Living with Disease and Disability February 20, 2015

How many of you have heard about the Elephant man? and How many have you that what defect might have caused such a problem? How common is the problem in the world population? The Historical Elephant man was Joseph Merrick who suffered from a ...Read More

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A Ventilated patient’s State of Mind ” Illusion and Sedation”

Editor Extras, Living with Disease and Disability September 19, 2014

A patient on Mechanical ventilator struggling for life, dreams of the lands beyond the bound of the restriction of life. Was it his travel and back from the body? Was is the morphine effect? Laying down on the cool green grass, eyes fixed at ...Read More

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Adolf Hitler had Parkinson’s Disease?

Editor Living with Disease and Disability June 24, 2013

Adolf Hitler, (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945 born in Braunau am Inn, Austria,) was the most well-known German Dictator, who became the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party . He was soon appointed as the Chancellor of Germany in 1933. ...Read More

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Rick Allen: One armed drummer

Sulabh Shrestha Living with Disease and Disability, Music May 9, 2012

It is pretty difficult to imagine a drummer without a hand and that too a metal/hard rock drummer. Rick Allen is one inspirational musician living with disability who can challenge your imagination. Richard John Cryil Allen (born on Novemember 1, 1963) is the drummer ...Read More

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John F. Nash has Schizophrenia : A Beautiful Mind

Editor Living with Disease and Disability August 7, 2010

A Beautiful Mind is one of the all time best movie based on lifestory of Famous Novel Prize winning Economist John F. Nash. It was released in 2001 . John Forbes Nash, Jr.,(born June 13, 1928) was a Nobel Laureate in Economics. Directed by ...Read More

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Front of the class – Hallmark Hall of Fame

Sulabh Shrestha Living with Disease and Disability, Movies/serials July 3, 2010

This movie is based on Brad Cohen’s best-selling and award-winning autobiographical book, “Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had“, co-authored with Lisa Wysocky which describes Cohen’s experiences of growing up with tourette syndrome (TS). About the movie ...Read More

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Stephen Hawkings has ALS

Editor Living with Disease and Disability June 22, 2010

Disease is no bar for Intelligent minds: Hawkings ALS story Stephen William Hawking who once said “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”, was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England. With degrees like CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA Hawking is a British ...Read More

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Celebrity With Disease: Michael Berryman has Ectodermal Dysplasia

Editor Living with Disease and Disability June 13, 2010

Michael John Berryman (born September 4, 1948) is an American actor. He is famous for having a distinctive physical appearance, the result of Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare genetic condition which prevents him from developing hair, sweat glands or fingernails. By his own admission, ...Read More

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