Parkinson's disease, which involves the malfunction and death of nerve cells in the brain , may originate in the gut, new research suggests, adding to a growing body of evidence supporting the idea.
A Massachusetts mom recently spoke to People magazine about the rare genetic disease that she shares with the three daughters who she adopted from China.
A California girl who was undergoing a simple dental procedure on Monday died during the operation, leaving her parents with unanswered questions in her death, her family said.
A group of motorcycle riders in South Bend, Indiana came together to fulfill a terminally ill cancer patient’s last wish: to hear a Harley one last time.
Police are investigating a claim by a Los Angeles County coroner's investigator that an anesthesiologist used a painkiller to hasten the death of a gravely injured boy to increase the likelihood his organs could be harvested without deterioration, a newspaper reported Monday.
A father in Colorado was able to recognized "dry drowning" symptoms in his son before it turned fatal after reading about a Texas toddler's death due to the rare condition, the family said.
Days after a counterfeit street version of a prescription painkiller caused dozens of overdoses in Georgia and as many as four deaths, authorities say they are still trying to identify the source of the new drug.