A teen copes with a rare "vanishing bone" disease

"There's more to you than this disease" says Natalia Villegas. Meet a teen with an incredibly rare condition, whereby bones are quite literally vanishing. Natalia's body slowly absorbs the calcium designated for her bones. Natalia was diagnosed with Idiopathic Multicentric Osteolysis (IMO) when she was a two-year-old. There are only 100 known cases in the world; there is currently no cure.

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