Das Leiden der Betroffenen ist real: Ihre Haut juckt, oft fühlt es sich an, als würden Tierchen unter ihr herumkrabbeln. Dazu scheinen ihrer Beschreibung zufolge Fasern, Fäden und andere kleine ...

Morgellons disease is a controversial and poorly understood condition in which people believe they have unusual thread-like fibers under the skin. Someone with Morgellons disease may feel like ...

Morgellons disease - a creepy illness that leaves patients with painful lesions, gives them a feeling that bugs are crawling all over their body, and has them seeing colorful, threadlike fibers poking ...

Joni Mitchell was hospitalized this week, but the songwriter has been sick for years. She has described her debilitating illness as “a slow, unpredictable killer–a terrorist disease. It will blow up ...

Morgellons disease causes black, white, red, or blue fibers to appear under the skin or protrude from it. People may also feel like something is crawling under their skin. The exact cause is unclear, ...

CDC scientists search for clues in desperate Morgellons sufferers. Jan. 25, 2012— -- A new study published today sheds light on Morgellons disease, a controversial condition marked by crawling ...

In 2012, 15 researchers from a range of medical fields tried to wipe a disease off the face of the earth with a stroke of the pen. The team, brought together by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A fascinating new paper: Morgellons Disease, or Antipsychotic-Responsive Delusional Parasitosis, in an HIV Patient: Beliefs in The Age of the Internet “Mr. A” was a 43-year-old man...His most pressing ...

One day in 2003, Mary Leitao plucked a fiber that looked like dandelion fluff from a sore under her 2-year-old son's lip. Three pediatricians, three allergists, two dermatologists, and many ...

Singer Joni Mitchell was hospitalized earlier this week after she was found unconscious in her Los Angeles-area home. The “Big Yellow Taxi” singer has kept a low profile over the past few years ...

Deanna Odom was either delusional or she was suffering from a bizarre and devastating illness that doctors cannot treat. In December 2004 the 36-year-old mother of two teenagers started developing ...