A rare but very real delusional disorder causes those afflicted to believe that they have died and are no longer among the living. It’s called Cotard’s Syndrome or Walking Corpse Syndrome. These are ...

Alabama, USA: Haley Smith, 17, suffered from the Cotard's Syndrome, an extremely rare disease which makes sufferers believe they are dead. The illness, also known as Walking Corpse Syndrome, was first ...

Cotard's syndrome, also known as Walking Corpse Syndrome, is a rare disorder that causes sufferers to believe they are dead. The exact cause is unknown. Doctors Thomas Linden and Andres Hellden ...

People with psychotic disorders develop dementia at more than twice the rate of those without such disorders do, a new meta-analysis finds. Different psychotic disorders mean a 2.5-fold higher risk ...

The King of France - thinking he was made of glass - was terrified he might shatter... and he wasn't alone in that belief. After the Emperor met his Waterloo, a steady stream of Napoleons turned up at ...

For an illness to be defined as rare, it must affect fewer than 5 in 10,000 people. Current estimates put the number of rare illnesses at around 7000. Some of these diseases have wide-ranging effects ...