Q:I am being eaten alive by mites. I think these teeny-weeny, black/gray specs are bugs. I thought bed bugs, but I see no blood anywhere (except on my body, where I scratch myself in the morning. I ...

In 2012, 15 researchers from a range of medical fields tried to wipe a disease off the face of the earth with a stroke of the pen. The team, brought together by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A skin condition tied to delusions is posing a riddle for doctors: What to do when a diagnosis causes offense?

Morgellons disease is a controversial and poorly understood condition in which people believe they have unusual thread-like fibers under the skin. Someone with Morgellons disease may feel like ...

Morgellons disease causes black, white, red, or blue fibers to appear under the skin or protrude from it. People may also feel like something is crawling under their skin. The exact cause is unclear, ...

Joni Mitchell was hospitalized this week, but the songwriter has been sick for years. She has described her debilitating illness as “a slow, unpredictable killer–a terrorist disease. It will blow up ...

Nick Mann was convinced that something was burrowing into his skin. The 48-year-old father of two had been for a walk in the beautiful grounds of Abney Park Cemetery, down the road from his home in ...

Morgellons disease causes black, white, red, or blue fibers to appear under the skin or protrude from it. People may also feel crawling, stinging, or biting sensations in their skin, joint pain, and ...