In what scientists are calling a world first, a 3-inch worm was found alive after doctors performed surgery on the brain of an Australian woman. The worm was pulled from a 64-year-old woman last year, ...

The experiment was a striking attempt to investigate weight control. For six weeks, a group of mice gorged on lard-enriched mouse chow, then scientists infected the mice with worms. The worms wriggled ...

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A North Korean soldier who was shot five times and seriously wounded while defecting had "an enormous number" of parasitic worms in his body, said a medic who operated on him, according to media ...

Neha was lucky the worms had not travelled to her brain which could have caused her serious problems, medics said DOCTORS have removed 150 ten-inch long worms from a woman’s stomach after she suffered ...

Sushi, poke and other similar dishes have gained a reputation as a risky food group, where even the most prized cuts can come with an unwelcome garnish: parasites. By nature of their uncooked ...

DOCTORS have removed 150 ten-inch long worms from a woman’s stomach after she suffered extreme pain for a month. Neha Begum, 22 had been vomiting continuously for weeks before she was rushed to ...

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If you need some motivation to keep from eating too much this Thanksgiving, here it is: Doctors in Romania pulled an 11 cm (4.3 inch) living, writhing round worm from a woman’s left eyelid. According ...

Here’s a tip: Let worms eat your garbage. When they do, they transform food scraps into a rich, organic fertilizer called worm castings that your plants will love. It could even turn into a fun ...