Soil-transmitted worm diseases have decreased recently, but parasitic diseases are on the rise, such as dog and cat ...

Pork normally needs to reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit, but ground pork needs to be cooked for longer ...

In Georgia, a 15-centimeter living parasite was found in the human brain. "This is the first confirmed case of a live ...

A doctor shared the disturbing X-ray image of a patient who unknowingly had a nightmarish parasite living inside of him. The anonymous patient had visited the doctor for an unrelated hip injury after ...

“Many deworming products are effective for more than one type of worm,” Dr. Wystrach adds. “There are many different varieties and drug classes; generally, products that are effective against ...

A doctor has shared stomach-turning X-ray images of a man who had tapeworms breeding inside of ... the man’s body after he ate undercooked pork, a condition known as cysticercosis.

The CDC has emphasised that poor cleanliness or sanitation can lead to the spread of tapeworm eggs through contaminated food or water. Living with someone who has a tapeworm increases the risk of ...

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after consuming raw or undercooked pork. A shocking image of calcified parasites ...

The parasite infects humans through eating raw or undercooked pork infested with larval cysts. Though the tapeworm can develop within weeks in the human gut, cysticercosis is caused by the ...

Speaking over the X-Ray pictures, Dr Ghali explained that the small white marks were dozens of calcified tapeworm eggs, which had been laid in the soft tissue of the man’s pelvis. The parasitic worms ...