Elephantiasis
Elephantiasis is a severely disfiguring and disabling condition in which the arms, legs, or genitals swell so much that they can resemble an elephant's foreleg in size, texture, and colo...
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LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Millions of people in the
developing world suffer needlessly from the disfiguring disease
elephantiasis because they cannot afford treatment or are too
embarrassed to se...
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LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Using a cocktail of drugs may
help doctors more effectively treat three of the world's most
common parasitic diseases, researchers working in Zanzibar
reported on Wednes...
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The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet....
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The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa and tropical regions of the Americas, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to res...
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Studies paint mixed health picture of caffeine LONDON (Reuters)...
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Dangerous staph bacteria all from one group: study WASHINGTON ...
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Some years ago, Leonard Bernstein wrote that composing a symphony might have become impossible since its traditional inspiration-the idea of nobility-had all but vanished from our lives. In fact, t...
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Elephantiasis
Millions endure elephantiasis needlessly -study
