Nearly 850 species of parasites are known to infect people; some, like the potentially deadly plasmodium parasite that causes ...

A 52-year-old man reported experiencing worsening headaches for over four months with no explanation. Researchers said the migraines were the result of tapeworms being caused by a man's consumption of ...

A doctor issued an “urgent warning” after a stomach-churning video of a massive tapeworm being pulled out of a woman’s mouth went viral. US-based anesthesiologist Dr. Myro Fugura recorded a video for ...

A man suffering from worsening headaches was found to have parasites in his brain, likely linked to eating undercooked bacon, according to a recent study. Parasitic tapeworm larvae were found in the ...

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom -- A British man kept having headache after headache, and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. When they finally conducted an MRI, doctors discovered something ...

The huge worm had to be folded 18 times just to fit into a picture taken by shocked medics at Singapore General Hospital's Department of Microbiology The 2.8m-long tapeworm in an image taken by the ...

Lenine’s symptoms began in the spring of 2016, with severe headaches that seemed to bloom each night when he lay down to sleep, piercing his temples and leaving him squinting in bright lights the next ...