Doctors removed a four-inch parasitic worm from a woman’s eyelid after it burrowed into her forehead and grew there for a ...

Threadworms spend up to 10 minutes exploring human skin before finding the best place to burrow in. When a specific dopamine signal is blocked, the worms almost completely stop trying to penetrate the ...

If you need some motivation to keep from eating too much this Thanksgiving, here it is: Doctors in Romania pulled an 11 cm (4 ...

Holidaymakers were today warned about the dangers of parasites after a teenager's 'rash' was discovered to be worms crawling underneath his skin. Doctors revealed the 19-year-old developed the curved ...

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