Gross, right? But a new study shows these gut parasites can be linked to a healthy diet. A study in the journal Cell has found that the presence of Blastocystis in the human gut could be linked ...

Gross, right? But a new study shows these gut parasites can be linked to a healthy diet. A study in the journal Cell has found that the presence of Blastocystis in the human gut could be linked ...

The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts ...

Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related ... Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant to common antiparasitic ...

In early 2021, a 64-year-old woman from south-eastern New South Wales began dealing with stomach aches and diarrhoea, which ...

You might imagine having a parasitic worm in your gut to be a fairly traumatic experience ... Ironically, thanks to improvements in hygiene and sanitation, the risk of humans contracting these ...

A recent X-ray scan showcasing calcified parasites embedded throughout a patient's body has gone viral, highlighting the ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...