Cady becomes the sole survivor of the mansion fire in We Were Liars. During the blast, she is thrown out of Clairmont, the Sinclair family’s estate, into the sea. The force knocks her unconscious and ...

Blake was raped more than a decade ago. Held down, beaten and assaulted. The men responsible, including a prior domestic partner of his, were all aware he was a gay man. Police made no arrests. A ...

Editor's Note: This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing. Ron Blake understands trauma. He also understands what it's like to work through it. Blake was raped more ...

Dear Doctors: I keep hearing about the complications that can happen when you have the measles and how they can land you in the hospital. I just saw on the news that getting the measles can mess up ...

It typically causes an upper respiratory infection that ranges from mild to severe. Although the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is very effective at controlling the disease, dropping ...

Measles can cause “immune amnesia,” which reduces the body’s defenses against other illnesses, such as flu and tuberculosis. This reduction in immunity can happen even if a person has been vaccinated ...

Dissociative amnesia is one of several dissociative disorders in which a person forgets key elements of their life, and is therefore divorced from a full understanding of themselves and their current ...

Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...