People believed to be vampires in real life may have had a disease. Here's how people throughout history dealt with the beings famous in folklore.

She laid the foundation for the hit series "The Vampire Diaries" with her novels: Now author L. J. Smith has died at the age of 66. She had been suffering from a severe autoimmune disease.

More "disease" than "Dracula" — how the vampire myth was born Modern vampires like Nandor in "What We Do in the Shadows" are dashing, but weren't in original vampire myths. By Stanley Stepanic.

Coats’ disease is an eye condition that can eventually lead to blindness.This rare disorder was first described by George Coats in 1908. It’s characterized by problems with the blood vessels ...

L.J. Smith, the writer of “The Vampire Diaries” books that were adapted into a television series on The CW, died March 8 at the age of 66. Smith’s partner, Julie Divola, and sister, Judy ...