Here’s a chance for you to play armchair psychologist. What do you think is wrong with this mother? She is the primary caretaker of her child, whom she says has a myriad of confusing and alarming ...

TORONTO — Be suspicious if a child with a severe dermatologic condition is unresponsive to treatment, especially if their parent or caregiver exhibits deceptive behavior. These could be red flags for ...

The Texas Legislature has countless things on its plate, but one issue that arises occasionally in the headlines and in popular culture deserves attention in this session after years of foot-dragging.

April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, and it got me wondering how aware practitioners are of atypical child abuse. I recently came across the mere second clear incident of it in my 20-year ...

HENDERSON – A Rusk County woman has been exonerated after facing false felony child medical abuse charges for nearly two years. Jessica Gasser, a mother of a then 2-year-old-toddler, has begun to ...

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas -- A mother in Texas is facing nine felony charges for alleged medical abuse involving her 15-year-old daughter, KTVT reported. On Wednesday, the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office ...

Sept. 20, 2004 -- When Sandy Greenhough had to hospitalize one of her three children, the experience was distressing. But the worst was yet to come. Greenhough was accused of being a "Munchausen ...

A mother who investigators say subjected her son to more than 320 hospital visits and 13 surgeries over the first eight years of his life was sentenced to six years in prison by a judge on Friday.

I've met many network admins that consistently refer to their network -- or at least the portions under their control -- as if it was their only child. This really isn't much of a stretch, since ...