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 color. True elephantiasis is caused by a parasitic infection from...

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Elephantiasis is a disease that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals. ("Elephantitis" is a common mis-hearing or mis-remembering of the term, from confusing the ending -iasis --...

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.The discovery could force public health officials to rethink strategies for controlling river blindness,...

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 research published Friday in The Lancet.The discovery could force public health officials to...

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, the dissolution of this cornerstone of Western music was foretold 100 years ago in the anguished...