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 ...

Tapeworms have been making headlines ever since an investigation by The New York Times turned up a deposition Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave in 2012. In it, the independent candidate running for president ...

The man, 52, admitted that he regularly ate undercooked bacon, which doctors believed made him more susceptible to a tapeworm infection, according to a report out of Florida published in the American ...

A man in the U.S. developed a parasitic infection in his brain after regularly consuming undercooked bacon, according to a case study published March 7 in the American Journal of Case Reports. The ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin man knew something was wrong when he fainted in the middle of a soccer game last year. He’d been dealing with awful headaches and “feeling off” but his tumble during soccer ...

You can take certain steps to lower your chances of becoming an unwitting host to one of these nasties. Practicing basic hygiene is key, Mena Lora says. Wash your hands with soap regularly, use insect ...

Doctors at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens discovered a New York mother who endured more than a decade of seizures was suffering from an infestation of tapeworm larvae in her brain. A New ...

Parasites are organisms that survive by feeding on humans and other hosts, often causing mild to severe health problems. They can enter the body in multiple ways, including consuming contaminated food ...