Joni Mitchell's 'creepy' condition Morgellons disease makes her skin physically crawl - so why do some doctors say it's FAKE
Joni Mitchell, 80, revealed she suffers from a 'weird, incurable' illness called Morgellons disease, which is characterized by a belief that fibers are embedded under and emerging from a person's skin. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Morgellons disease: Managing an unexplained skin condition
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - April 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Low-Dose Trifluoperazine May Help Ease Morgellons Symptoms Low-Dose Trifluoperazine May Help Ease Morgellons Symptoms
Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
What 1989 And The Golden Girls Tell Us About Medicine Today
Today, 1989 may be most associated with Taylor Swift: It is the album that won her a second Grammy for Album of the Year. Not only that, it happens to be the year Swift was born--such a long, long time ago!
People under 35 have no personal memory of 1980s pop culture, which is ironic since Swift's album in part pays homage to it. In the real 1989 (no offense to Swift and the 10 co-producers who made the album), all sorts of revolutions took place: Mr. Gorbachev tore down that pesky wall, for example. America's greatest antagonist, the Soviet Union, collapsed in 1989. Brazil conducted its first democratic presidential ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Morgellons: Real Disease or Imaginary Malady?Morgellons: Real Disease or Imaginary Malady?
Sociologist and mental health historian Andrew Scull, PhD, on Morgellons disease and other controversial disorders. Medscape Psychiatry (Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines)
Source: Medscape Nurses Headlines - June 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Psychiatry Expert Column Source Type: news
An Association Between Morgellons Disease and Lyme Disease?An Association Between Morgellons Disease and Lyme Disease?
While Morgellons disease has sometimes been considered a delusional syndrome, this microscopic and molecular study suggests that it is an infectious illness associated with Borrelia spirochetes. BMC Dermatology (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - April 6, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology Journal Article Source Type: news
Health Stories Of The Week: Belle Gibson, India's Surrogacy Industry And Catholic Vs. Jewish Guilt
ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week.
This week, we were drawn to a Q&A with the journalist correspondent in a new film on the dark realities of India's surrogacy industry, as well the news that Australia's poster girl for healthy living might have misled the public about her cancer diagnosis. We also read up on the cultural differences between Catholic and Jewish guilt just in time to jump-start the conversation at Easter dinner or Seder this weekend.
Read on and tell us in the comments: What did you read and love this week?
1. The Cancer Show: Part I -- On The Media
"The Cancer Show," part of WYC's L...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Morning Break: Morgellons in the News, Forced Chemo, Surprise and Learning
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - April 3, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
Joni Mitchell and the mystery of Morgellons disease
The hospitalized music legend has spoken in the past about suffering from a medical condition that most physicians believe is a figment of the imagination (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Well: What Is Morgellons? Singer Joni Mitchell’s Disputed Diagnosis
Scientists have struggled for nearly a decade to find a cause and have come up mostly empty-handed. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - April 2, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Body Mind Mitchell, Joni Featured Source Type: news
Well: What Is Morgellons? Singer Joni Mitchell’s Disputed Diagnosis
Scientists have struggled for nearly a decade to find a cause and have come up mostly empty-handed. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Body Mind Mitchell, Joni Featured Source Type: news
Well: What Is Morgellons? Singer Joni Mitchell Battles Mystery Illness
Scientists have struggled for nearly a decade to find a cause and have come up mostly empty-handed. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - April 2, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Tags: Mental Health and Disorders Body Mind Mitchell, Joni Featured Source Type: news
Recovering Joni Mitchell and Her Mysterious Skin Condition
Mitchell has said that she has Morgellons disease, a controversial diagnosis in which patients feel an unexplained crawling sensation on the skin. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Morgellons disease: Managing a mysterious skin condition
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - April 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
