Today we have modern antiparasitic drugs. But 130 years ago, our forebears had nothing but quack cures and prayers to drive ...

A CT scan of a 52-year-old man’s brain, who complained of worsening medication-resistant migraines over a period of four months, revealed the presence of tapeworm larvae-filled cysts—an illness ...

Yes, it’s possible to have a worm living in your brain — in fact, it’s far more common than you might think, according to area doctors who specialize in tropical disease medicine. Brain worms became a ...

A rare illness in Belgium that affected nine people was likely spread after the initial patient ate pork while abroad several years earlier. Human cysticercosis results from ingesting Taenia solium ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (WKRC) — A Florida man who suffers from chronic migraines got the shock of a lifetime when he went to see his doctor. According to the study of the shocking case, published in the ...

When doctors peered into a man's abdomen during routine surgery, they didn't expect to find five living worms in there. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

A presidential candidate said doctors found a worm in his brain. That worm, he said, also consumed some of his brain tissue while it was in there. The New York Times reported May 8 that in a 2012 ...