A 12-year-old boy here was cured of a rare form of Parkinson's disease after taking drugs to treat the neurological and muscular disorder.

Parkinson's expert Dr. Ali Rajput in Saskatchewan province prescribed Sinemet to Andrew Carnegie after diagnosing him with hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy syndrome (HSS) in May. The drug instantly eliminated symptoms of the disease and now the boy can move normally

An Indian court on Monday refused a mother's plea to abort a 26-week fetus with a serious heart defect, saying the law does not permit such late-term abortions.

The 31-year-old mother, Niketa Mehta, and her husband Haresh found out after 24 weeks that the fetus had a complete congenital heart blockage and malpositioned arteries that could, doctors told them, require a pacemaker implantation soon after birth

Parents of young obese Britons would be up-to-date in the weight management regimen of their children under a new health program launched by the British government.

The update would be official letters from the school informing them of the status of their children's pounds, weight measurements and an idea where their child's weight is based on a sliding scale from underweight to very overweight

Virginia Department of Health officials are continuing to investigate an E. coli outbreak at a popular Boy Scouts camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains that has affected 17 people so far.

The officials began receiving reports of sick children Sunday, when boys from about 70 troops and some adults returned home after a week at the Goshen Scout Reservation near Lexington, VA. Most of the scouts are from northern Virginia, and one of the confirmed cases involves a Maryland adult

Women diagnosed with diabetes before their pregnancy are at a greater risk of giving birth to a baby with a birth defect or multiple defects than their non-diabetic counterparts, according to a new study.

The study carried out by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found diabetic women are three to four times more likely to have a child with single birth defects, while the risk for multiple defects is eightfold