Munchausen syndrome by proxy is having an unexpected moment—at least on television. The medical disorder, which manifests when a person “acts as if an individual he or she is caring for has a physical ...

Tuesday night’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was an emotional episode for Lyme disease sufferer and show co-star Yolanda Foster. In it, Foster confronted fellow cast member Lisa Rinna about gossip ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is so rare and viscerally horrifying it ...

When Lindsay* was 11 years old, she started having the same dream every night. After she fell asleep, she would envision herself suffering from fainting spells, as various people stood around her and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An elected official in Lehigh County is calling for action after he says he discovered an unusually high number of rare medical diagnoses. He says they led to multiple parents ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a woman previously known by her community as a sick child with cancer, pleaded guilty to murdering her mother — a woman she says forced her to fake disabilities, like someone ...

Munchausen by proxy is a rare mental disorder and can become a serious form of child abuse. Recently, the condition has gotten increased attention due to its connection to a major news story. Gypsy ...

Hope Ybarra during a recent interview at the Texas Deparatment of Criminal Justice Murray Unit in Gatesville, where she is serving her sentence for causing serious bodily injury to a child, her ...

Dee Dee Blanchard was a seemingly devoted mother who would do anything for her supposedly sickly child, but as the new HBO documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest reveals, Blanchard's daughter Gypsy was ...

Andrea Dunlop’s reasons for creating a podcast on Munchausen syndrome by proxy are both educational and personal. Dunlop, who lives in Seattle, wanted to “get into the humanity” of perpetrators of ...

HBO's Sharp Objects, based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn, takes viewers inside a dark world of dangerous women. The HBO version closely follows Flynn's novel as the story slowly ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link There's a wild conspiracy theory sweeping over the internet right now that Jameela Jamil has over-inflated, or even completely made up, some of ...