You may need to treat a cut in your mouth after playing sports, biting your cheek while eating, or due to another common injury encountered in day-to-day life. Bleeding, along with symptoms of pain ...

While unpleasant to think about, the reality is that worms are quite common in dogs. In a recent study, researchers found intestinal parasites in more than 20 percent of dogs and 85 percent of dog ...

In brief: Is Snake becoming the new Doom? A few weeks after the classic mobile title was shrunk down to a 56-byte QR code, someone has developed what's likely to be the world's smallest version of ...

Inhalers for asthma or COPD can lead to fungal infections in the mouth and throat. To avoid this, you can rinse your inhaler and mouth after each use and consult your doctor about adjusting ...

Penguins can fly. Not in the sky, but in icy waters. Photographer Jill Crosby’s face was freezing as she watched penguins zip around near the Salisbury Plain in South Georgia (located about 800 ...

A numb mouth or tongue can point to several conditions, including burns, a nutrient deficiency, or nerve damage. Mouth numbness can also be a side effect of some medical treatments. This article ...

Stomach-churning X-ray pictures show a man left bursting with tapeworm eggs after he made a grave kitchen mistake that allowed the parasites to take root. Sam Ghali, an Assistant Professor in ...

AN "insane" X-ray has revealed a man infested with hundreds of tapeworm eggs after making a huge error in the kitchen. The man only discovered he had the eggs after ...

How Canberra’s strata properties are managed will come under the scrutiny of a Legislative Assembly inquiry that could shape the role of a promised Strata Commissioner and new laws to govern the ...

This is the disgusting and shocking scene which awaited medics giving an X-ray to a man whose body was filled with parasitic tapeworm eggs. The unusual situation arose after the man in question ...

Discover a microscopic world with one of the best microscopes for students and young scientists, without emptying your wallet — here are our top picks. The best microscopes for students should ...

To diagnose the disease, the parasite must be seen under a microscope in a sample such as cerebrospinal fluid. Treatment involves medications such as eflornithine or melarsoprol—which can have serious ...