Amazing Medical Stories

A birthmark-turned-tumor costs Ricardo his nose, but doctors plan to install a prosthetic replacement; an electrocution survivor gains a bionic arm.

Jeff Cross, 28, is living on borrowed time because of a rare genetic illness that prevents the liver from breaking down a crucial protein.

Skin grafts and an unconventional body-pouch save the life of a firefighter; regaining the use of one's legs.

Multiple surgeries for gunshot wounds; autoimmune disease; birth defects challenge development of a young man's legs.

A new procedure helps a man with Tourette's syndrome.