Researchers believe the patient may have contracted the parasitic tapeworm by sharing a bathroom with someone who was infected ...

Suffering a heart attack or other severe cardiac event is a life-threatening and life-changing event. Every year, roughly 805,000 people in the U.S. have a heart attack, about one every 40 seconds.

A man suffering from severe migraines, obesity and complicated type-2 diabetes was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, which was the result of eating partially cooked bacon, ...

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 internet blew up recently on reports that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a worm in his brain. Unfortunately, the medical problem that reportedly plagued RFK Jr., called neurocysticercosis, caused by ...

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 ...

Eating undercooked meat is never a good idea—it can give you a nasty case of food poisoning within 24 hours. And there are other, longer-term risks to be wary of too. Spare a thought for the patient ...

Echinococcus granulosus, a type of tapeworm, is a harmful parasite that affects 1 million people worldwide. The parasite can grow slowly in people for years to form thick-walled cysts in vital organs, ...

We have all found ourselves in a place we would rather not be, a school reunion, the never-ending work meeting or a distant relative's wedding reception. In such situations, it is often a good option ...

A parasitic tapeworm that hides silently in the body for up to 15 years is spreading westward across the United States, and ...

As monsoon rains continue to flood Mumbai, doctors have issued urgent warnings about a growing risk of neurocysticercosis, a serious brain infection caused by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. This ...