A NEW interest in tropical diseases has been attained in American medicine because of the widespread contact with exotic diseases by troops in the worldwide conflict that terminated on V-J Day. Among ...

Wang Cheng is looking forward to running and wearing trousers for the first time in more than a decade after life-changing surgery in Taiwan to correct a rare and painful condition Wang Cheng is ...

Vascularized lymph node transfer, a highly specialized and complicated surgery requiring about 8 to 10 hours, was done in the city recently on a 52-year-old teacher from Madhya Pradesh. This was first ...

A non-governmental organisation, under the auspices of Mission to Save The Helpless, said it had executed over 1,400 mass hydrocelectomy for hydrocele cases arising from lymphatic filariasis, also ...

What you need to know: Elephantiasis remains a health concern, with two main types: a widespread parasitic form called lymphatic filariasis (LF) and a localised form of non-filarial elephantiasis ...

It sat in front of him, on top of a pillow that rested on a milk crate. He sprinkled baby powder on it -- what looked like a huge watermelon encased in a compression bandage -- but the unmistakable ...

A 40-year-old bed-ridden man who developed Elephantiasis in the left leg post a road accident a decade ago received a new lease of life after a successful 'highly specialised and superfine ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A 35-year-old woman from Jhabua, who had been suffering from lymphedema for nearly two years, has finally found relief after undergoing a rare surgical procedure at the Super ...

Chai Kivatsi a father of six from Mbaoni Village, suffering from Lymphatic Filariasis. His legs and hands are swollen. [Beldeen Waliaula, Standard] Katana Chengo, a resident of Mbaoni village, ...

A man who has been left bedridden due to his gigantic leg is pleading with doctors to amputate the limb. Muhammad Mushtaq has elephantiasis - caused by a parasitic infection that stops the lymphatic ...

Scientists have revealed the genetic secrets of the filarial parasites that cause elephantiasis. Filarial parasites have affected more than 150 million people worldwide. Filaria is a long, thread-like ...

An agonising condition has caused a man's legs to swell to almost twice their normal size. Ashraf Ali, 24, from Sheikh Darra in Pakistan, suffers from elephantiasis, which has caused his legs and feet ...