Cabbage, a beloved vegetable in Indian cuisine, faces misconceptions regarding tapeworm infections and Neurocysticercosis.

Are you a die-hard bacon fan, with no breakfast, sandwich, or burger being truly complete without it? Then you may or may not want to continue reading. A recent medical case has revealed a potential ...

Tapeworm infections are rare in developed countries but still occur worldwide, often linked to eating contaminated or undercooked food. These intestinal parasites can cause nausea, weight loss, ...

A man in the U.S. reported worsening migraine symptoms. It turned out that a pork tapeworm had invaded his brain.

A 52-year-old man reported experiencing worsening headaches for over four months with no explanation. Researchers said the migraines were the result of tapeworms being caused by a man's consumption of ...

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 ...

Alembic has received The Food and Drug Administration’s clearance for two generics. The company obtained approvel for albendazole tablets, 200 mg, which is the generic of Impax's Albenza. Albendazole ...

Lenine’s symptoms began in the spring of 2016, with severe headaches that seemed to bloom each night when he lay down to sleep, piercing his temples and leaving him squinting in bright lights the next ...

Better well done than wormy! A stomach-turning image of a parasite infection embedded in the muscle of a human body shows the dangers a person can face if they consume undercooked pork. Emergency room ...

An emergency room doctor is sharing the alarming scans of a patient who was hospitalized after eating undercooked pork. On August 25, Dr. Sam Ghali — an emergency room physician from the University of ...

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 ...