A woman returned from a three-week vacation and started noticing a strange burning sensation in her legs. She visited multiple doctors until being diagnosed with "rat lungworm," a parasite spread by ...

In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s legacy is ridden with anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, brain worms and bizarre bear-cub deaths, Gustaf Kilander and Katie Hawkinson report ...

Researchers in Japan found that excessively activated neurons over time, rather than decreased neuronal activity, cause aging-related decline in brain function in nematodes.

Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...

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Many researchers believe that Alzheimer’s happens because of harmful proteins building up in the brain, disrupting how brain ...

The new ABC addition promised to add piranhas to the drinking water and advocated for "baby chick smoothies" The post Jimmy Kimmel Introduces RFK Jr. Junior Puppet: ‘Is That You, Brain Worm?’ | Video ...

Reality television personality Teddi Mellencamp, the daughter of "Hurts So Good" singer John Mellencamp, was awaiting surgery ...

FOR the first time, a deadly brain swelling disease has been detected in British patients with no travel history – which ...