In a disturbing case of medical misdiagnosis, an 18-year-old boy was treated for tuberculosis (TB) for six months before ...

Sea cucumbers spend their lives prowling the ocean floor, scavenging for food and generally minding their own business. We ...

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PHOTO BY MEMORY ROTH A 40-fold increase in a Canadian strain of coyote-borne tapeworm that can cross to the human population is causing concerns for doctors in northern Alberta.

SHAW, Miss. — Alone and sitting in bed, Stephanie Smith read the medical test results that would change how she saw her small hometown in the Mississippi Delta, turning it from a quiet oasis ...

One veterinarian has issued a warning over a habit treasured by dog owners over fear of tapeworm infection. Ben Ali et al., Open Journal of Clinical & Medical Case Reports They successfully saved ...

But unusually for these parasites, Juracanthocephalus also had solid jaws and signs of a digestive tract. As living thorny-headed worms get all their food from their host, they have no mouth. This ...

IF the thought of having worms inside you makes you squirm, it’s time to follow some simple rules. That’s because roundworms, tapeworms, and parasitic worms are lurking in places you le… ...

This generally happens by a delightful "hand-to-mouth" transfer or contamination of food. In humans, the parasites invade organs much like they do in voles, forming cancer-like masses in organs.

Mouth larvae are parasites that hatch and live inside the oral cavities of human and animal hosts. These pests can cause a dangerous infection called oral myiasis. This disorder rarely occurs in ...

Surgeons are seen pulling the tapeworm out via the woman's mouth, and placing it—bit by bit— into a surgical dish beside her. They pull numerous times before the end of the extraordinarily ...

Dr Myro Fugura, a US-based anesthesiologist, told his 1 million followers on Instagram that if you make this cooking mistake you could be at risk of getting a tapeworm.