The parents of an 8-year-old girl suffering from severe headaches and epileptic seizures for months were both relieved and horrified when doctors told them her diagnosis: 100 tapeworm eggs were inside ...

I ate something on a trip to Brazil and now I’ve been having terrible stomach issues. I’ve read about people who have had tapeworms and I don’t know if I have one. How do you know if you have a ...

The parents of an 8-year-old girl suffering from severe headaches and epileptic seizures for months were both relieved and horrified when doctors told them her diagnosis: 100 tapeworm eggs were inside ...

A Florida man suffering from persistent migraines was in for what was likely a nasty shock when he sought medical treatment and learned what was causing the pain. Festering tapeworm eggs were ...

Although huge strides have been made with antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prevention since HIV was first reported 42 years ago, there is still not an effective ...

The man had cysticercosis, a tapeworm infection that affects the brain, muscle and other tissues A man living in Boston — who medical personnel say was otherwise in good health — was diagnosed with a ...

Doctors have removed a nearly five-inch-long flesh-eating tapeworm from the head of a Chinese man, who became infected 15 years ago. These tapeworms usually live in the intestines of dogs and cats as ...