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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    A Mystery Itch

    There’s a new illness with thousands of sufferers -- but it may not be real. Sufferers claim to experience painful itching and welts on their skin with hair-like growths coming out of them. The ailment is called Morgellons Disease, but nobody can explain it and the medical community isn’t even convinced it’s a real condition.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    There’s a new illness with thousands of sufferers -- but it may not be real. Sufferers claim to experience painful itching and welts on their skin with hair-like growths coming out of them. The ailment is called Morgellons Disease, but nobody can explain it and the medical community isn’t even convinced it’s a real condition. We look into the history of this mystery disease, what we know about it, and the big questions that remain.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Toyota Settlement, A Mystery Itch and Dodgers TV
    1. 0:00Toyota, GM and Tesla
    2. 12:38A Mystery ItchYou’re reading this
    3. 25:47Why Dodgers TV Matters To Everyone
    4. 33:04Sea Change at Public TV
    5. 41:06Pistorius Trial Takes Over South Africa
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