The Chagas Disease Foundation - News Articles
The Kiss That Lasts: Congenital Chagas Disease in the US - AAP Grand Rounds (registration)
The Kiss That Lasts: Congenital Chagas Disease in the USAAP Grand Rounds (registration)Caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, Chagas disease is endemic throughout Latin America. Although usually acquired through the bite of a kissing bug, ...and more »
Neglected Diseases - Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without BordersNeglected DiseasesDoctors Without BordersThree of these NTDs, VL, HAT, and Chagas disease, are often fatal if left untreated and have the highest rates of death of all of the NTDs. ...White House Called On To Expand Global Health InitiativeMedical News Today (press release)all 4 news articles »
K-777: a cure for Chagas? - TropIKA
TropIKAK-777: a cure for Chagas?TropIKAHeart muscle of a patient with Chagas disease. In this stage of its development, the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi causes severe damage to cardiac tissue. ...
The Dohmen Company Foundation Donates $500000 to Map International - Earthtimes (press release)
Earthtimes (press release)The Dohmen Company Foundation Donates $500000 to Map InternationalEarthtimes (press release)Asunta Escobar has been fighting Chagas disease in her remote Bolivian village. Kouadio Fodjo Ignace is a nurse in Cote d'Ivoire where he heads the Guinea ...and more »
UCSF Lab Uses Brains & Street Smarts to Fight Deadly Parasite - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
UCSF Lab Uses Brains & Street Smarts to Fight Deadly ParasiteSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)The culprit-Trypanosoma cruzi (trip-PAN-o-soma CREW-see) -causes the potentially-fatal Chagas disease. If K777 is successful, which won't be known until it ...and more »
Rice Bowl supports farmers feeding families, communities - The Catholic Spirit
Rice Bowl supports farmers feeding families, communitiesThe Catholic SpiritBolivia is home to one of the world's largest number of people suffering from Chagas' disease, transmitted by insects that hide in the cracks of poorly ...and more »
Chromosomal imbalances are uncommon in chagasic megaesophagus - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Chromosomal imbalances are uncommon in chagasic megaesophagus7thSpace Interactive (press release)Chagas'disease is a human tropical parasitic illness and a subset of the chronic patients develop megaesophagus or megacolon. The esophagus dilation is ...
Study could lead to new drugs to treat sleeping sickness - PhysOrg.com
Study could lead to new drugs to treat sleeping sicknessPhysOrg.comScientists believe the discovery may also provide new, more effective treatment for Chagas disease, prevalent in Central and South America, ...
Focus on Palms and Undercover Bugs to Combat Chagas Disease in Trees - RedOrbit
Focus on Palms and Undercover Bugs to Combat Chagas Disease in TreesRedOrbitThe first systematic study of surveillance techniques for the insect vector of Chagas disease in Amazonia, conducted by researchers from the Fiocruz ...and more »
Depressions Upside - Before It's News
Depressions UpsideBefore It's News... have been attributed to everything from lactose intolerance to Chagas disease — Darwin himself was most troubled by his recurring mental problems. ...and more »
