Millions of people in the developing world suffer needlessly from lymphatic filariasis (LF), commonly known as elephantiasis, because they cannot afford treatment or are too embarrassed to seek it, researchers said on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information
Tenet will pay $25 million to patients and visitors who died or were injured at one of its former New Orleans hospitals after Hurricane Katrina. Their class-action lawsuit accused Tenet of inadequate emergency preparedness. br / iMedscape Medical News/i
Reports of a mystery disease resurfacing in Vietnam indicate that nearly 170 people have been affected and 19 have died, with symptoms including skin ulceration and liver toxicity. Medscape Medical News
