http://goldbamboo.com/ Filariasis News from GoldBamboo.com en-us © 2005, Gold Bamboo LLC, All Rights Reserved http://goldbamboo.com/news-a223959.html Though little known outside the developing world, the disease called lymphatic filariasis wreaks havoc on millions of people by causing their limbs and genitals to fill with fluid and swell monstrously the symptom commonly known as elephantiasis. [click link for full article] Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a223769.html Researchers in India say lymphatic filariasis, which causes limbs and genitals to fill with fluid and swell, could be treated by treating salt with a drug. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:53 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a180968.html The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that The Carter Center has been selected to receive the 2006 Gates Award for Global Health, in recognition of its pioneering work to fight neglected diseases such as Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis. [click link for full article] Wed, 17 May 2006 06:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a172937.html Clear evidence that Lymphatic Filariasis (LF, commonly known as elephantiasis) can be eliminated is reported in the March 25 issue of The Lancet. LF is one of the world''s most disfiguring and disabling parasitic diseases, and the target of one of the largest global public health programmes using mass drug administration (MDA)... click link for more info. Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:00 EST http://goldbamboo.com/news-a175113.html Lymphatic filariasis, which causes lymph nodes to swell, is not curable, but health experts hope to eliminate the disease within a generation. Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:00 EST