Parasites have been likened to “ecological dark matter” – an unseen force vital for sustaining life on earth as we know it, ...

The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of "sugar worms" to get her children to brush their teeth after sweets. It's a trick I poached to convince my daughter ...

Gut symptoms blight millions of Brits every year. But the cause may not be actually be irritable bowel syndrome or ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...