The landscape of rare diseases is constantly changing as new ailments and conditions are identified and reported regularly.

A doctor operating on a cancer patient accidentally 'transplanted' the disease into himself, in what is believed to be a one-of-a-kind event. A 32-year-old man from Germany had been diagnosed with ...

In nearly seven years as Quebec City's only patient navigator for Anglophones, he's met over 500 patients just like her. "It's a godsend that Steve and the services are here to help us," said ...

Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester allege that cost-saving measures are causing pervasive lapses in care, including two patients dying after failing to receive potentially life-saving ...

Israeli forces raided a hospital in northern Gaza, ordering dozens of patients and hundreds of other people to evacuate, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry. On Friday ...

By Adam Rasgon and Abu Bakr Bashir Reporting from Jerusalem The Israeli military forced patients and staff members to leave one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza on Friday ...

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And according to some doctors, some of their patients have said they want to fully delight in their favorite foods or just save some money during a season of high spending. “People are bound to ...

The hospital remains one of the few still operational in the area, where only a handful of doctors remain to treat patients amid a severe shortage or complete depletion of essential medical supplies.