What to know about parasitic infections in the brain caused by pork tapeworms, after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he once suffered from the condition.

A tapeworm is a parasite in contaminated food and water. Most people have mild or even no symptoms. Symptoms might include nausea and weight loss.

Meet the fox tapeworm The new study is a retrospective one, in which a group of doctors in Switzerland examined medical records of 334 patients who developed the disease alveolar echinococcosis ...

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More generally, the symptoms of neurocysticercosis depend on where in the brain the tapeworm larvae settle. For example, one of the most common presentations, seen in 80 percent of cases, is seizures.