A mother has spoken about her "painful" experience over the potential end to her son's life-enhancing treatment for a rare ...

Rare diseases - a medical condition so obscure that even your doctor has to Google. Despite their name, these diseases ...

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg died from a genetic disease called PolG, but experts hope his passing could bring more ...

Ms. Arakawa, the wife of the actor Gene Hackman, died from the effects of a disease often caused by contact with droppings ...

An ex-RAF nurse has said that the detection of her rare disease was all thanks to an accidental collision with her family's ...

Most individuals diagnosed with a rare disease won’t live to become teenagers or adults. I knew what I had to do.

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg, the youngest son of Prince Robert of Luxembourg and Princess Julie of Nassau, has died after a ...

With thousands of rare diseases affecting millions of families worldwide, one Tampa Bay lawmaker is taking action to position Florida as a national leader in genetic medicine.

Prince Frederik, 22, was a founder and the creative director of a foundation that raised awareness of POLG disorder.

Here, experts explain genetics in Alzheimer’s and dementia, including if it’s hereditary, how to lower your risk, and ...

Rare Disease Day, observed on Feb. 28, brings attention to uncommon diseases affecting populations of 200,000 or fewer. In Roanoke, the Wells Fargo Tower will be illuminated in pink, green, purple, ...

Massachusetts health officials are investigating one case of healthcare-associated Legionnaires' disease involving a patient at a Boston-area hospital.