The Thalidomide UK charity says a disabled Kenyan boy, whose parents fought to have him treated in the UK, has died.

Born without arms or legs, one-year-old Freddie Musena-Mtile died in his hometown of Malindi from a fungal infection

Conjoined female twins, born to an October 9 earthquake survivor in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, died Sunday.

The twins were attached from the chest to their abdomen at the rib cage and shared a heart and liver

A new study reports that women can undergo a protein test that will predict whether they will go into premature labor.

BBC reports that the test, devised by Yale University scientists, can also indicate infections which lead to early birth

Doctors at Jackson Memorial Medical Center removed a 16-pound mass from the face of a 14-year-old Haitian teenager Thursday. Marlie Casseus was in intensive care after the surgery, in which doctors removed the mass from the area around her mouth and her jaw.

"I can say that this is a complete success," Dr. Jesus Gomez of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, one of the surgeons involved in the nearly nine-hour operation, told reporters. "She will be able in the future to move her jaw. She is going to recover all the capabilities to swallow and speak

Research suggests a woman's body may kill off weaker fetuses during times of stress.

It is known that fewer boys tend to be born during tough times, such as natural disasters. Male fetuses and embryos are weaker than females and less likely to survive to birth; it is not known why this is