Willow was born with spina bifida, an abnormality of the spinal cord that Hembree says was diagnosed five months into her pregnancy. For now, Hembree's life is one of 24-hour care for 8-month-old Willow, who has a tracheostomy tube to help her breath

James Delorey, the Nova Scotia boy who died Tuesday after surviving two days lost in the woods, left a big impression on those who knew him as well as those who never met him.

ALBANY, N.Y. - As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists

Before he called the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department to his 50th Avenue apartment for a tenant dispute that ended with his death Tuesday, Giat Van Truong had been arrested on a mental-health hold several times

Doctors could tell the 19-year-old man now charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend had problems from an early age. His brain didn't function properly. He suffered from mental illness and needed treatment for developmental disabilities, they said

WASHINGTON - Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify

As most families are looking forward to the holidays, 22-year-old Jill Musgrove worries this Christmas may be her son's first and last. Eight-month-old Kyler Musgrove was recently diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS), a rare genetic disorder

ARCATA - Stephen Gasparas was destined for this fog-chilled, redwood-shrouded coast - America's most renowned region for legal cultivation of marijuana

Scientists have reported that a new approach to fight cancer has been found to be hugely successful on mice. In this approach biodegradable polymer implant is used to teach the immune system of the body to attack tumors.

According to a recent statement made by the medical officials from Europe, children who have received second vaccination injection against the disease of swine flu are likely to develop fever.