Identification Of Potential New Treatment For Leishmaniasis
Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified fexinidazole as a possible, much-needed, new treatment for the parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is named after William Leishman, a Glasgwegian doctor serving with the British Army in India, who first identified the parasite in the early 1900s. The disease is the second biggest killer in Africa, Asia and Latin America after malaria, and affects 500,000 people, killing about 50-60,000 patients per year... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Worldwide malaria deaths on downward trend
SEATTLE, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Deaths from malaria have been on a downward trend for the past several years, U.S. researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
