If you've seen the Disney movie The Little Mermaid, you may recall the scene depicting Ariel's experience of love at first sight—in fact, we might just call it “the Little Mermaid Syndrome.” Already ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died.

PORTLAND, MAINE -- Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs and who gained a wide following on the Internet and national TV, died Oct. 23 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was 10. When ...

PORTLAND, Maine Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She ...

LIMA, Peru -- Peru's bright-eyed "little mermaid" -- a baby born with legs fused from her thighs to her ankles -- giggled and played on her hospital bed Tuesday, ahead of a delicate operation to begin ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Doctors successfully separated the fused legs of a Peruvian baby during a risky, nationally televised operation Wednesday, and said they hoped the vivacious, bright-eyed girl would ...