Rare diseases

Author overcomes decades of pain to write first book

My 17-year wait for little-known disease diagnosis

'My illness is so rare it doesn't have a name'

'Doctors told me my illness was all in my head' Video, 00:02:47'Doctors told me my illness was all in my head'

Baby's life saved by ground-breaking blood test

Dog import ban call as woman catches rare disease

Liver donation father and son to compete in games

'This disease is one of the worst in the world'

Mother's funding plea for daughter's rare disease

Friendship forged through rare disease connection. Video, 00:03:00Friendship forged through rare disease connection

Polio virus detected in London sewage samples

'Miracle' boy goes home after year in hospital

Fund to fast-track cutting-edge treatments on NHS

Genetic test changed life of man with rare disease

Parents' plea over toddler with rare disease

Girl with rare disease trials new eye treatment

Hundreds with rare diseases get genetic diagnosis

Army major completes 1,000-mile barefoot walk

Dream prom for daughter with rare bone disease

More than 200 contacts sought in US monkeypox case

Exhibition reveals people behind rare illnesses

The family who lost three children to rare disease