The form of abuse that causes a parent to subject her child to years of unnecessary medical intrusions is known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

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pain, and weight loss, more frequently. Writing in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, the scientists also warned that despite bone cancer being one of the ten most common types of ...

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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp’s estranged husband Edwin Arroyave updated Mellencamp’s fans about her health via Instagram.

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