Twins Sydney and Lexi were conjoined at birth and separated seven months later in a risky surgery, but are now thriving at age 17 Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering ...

Doctors at AIIMS Bhopal successfully removed a parasitic twin from a three-year-old girl's skull and neck in a complex surgery. According to news reports, the toddler is now recovering well. According ...

Doctors in Dallas, Texas, separated 2-year-old conjoined Egyptian twins during a grueling 34-hour operation that ended Sunday. "We've got to just take this a step at a time, and this has been a giant ...

Conjoined twins have existed for centuries, with the first recorded pair being born in Armenia in 945. The best known conjoined twins were Eng and Chang Bunker, born in Siam in 1811 -- hence the ...

Couple Expecting Conjoined Twins Who Can’t Be Separated 'Thankful' for Time Together, 'However Short' (Exclusive) At birth, doctors presented the possibility of separating the twins. But their ...

If one baby has to be delivered prematurely, doctors can often stop the labour and delay delivery to give the other baby more ...

Conjoined twins occur roughly once in every 35,000-80,000 births. The hospital is one of only a few in the U.S. with expertise in separating them.

Recognizing that the case of conjoined twins is a rare condition where the estimated incidence can be 1 in 50,000 births, the General Assembly decided to proclaim 24 November as World Conjoined ...

Only about one in every 200,000 live births results in conjoined twins. Approximately 70% of conjoined twins are female, and most are stillborn. Abby and Brittany, however, defied the odds and ...

an age they may never have reached if it were not for the brave decision of their father Mike just moments after their birth. They quickly became famous due to their rare condition as conjoined twins, ...