There are plenty of fad diets circulating the internet these days, ranging from low-carb diet practices, to the (probably) useless gluten-free diets. However, one diet is so dangerous, that the ...

What to know about tapeworms, the parasites that comes from eating raw or undercooked foods Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to tennis to Simone ...

You can take certain steps to lower your chances of becoming an unwitting host to one of these nasties. Practicing basic ...

A Colombian man's lung tumors turned out to have an extremely unusual cause: The rapidly growing masses weren't actually made of human cells, but were from a tapeworm living inside him, according to a ...

Cancer cells transmitted from a common tapeworm appear to have caused cancer-like tumors in a Colombian man with HIV -- the first known case of what's called "malignant transformation," U.S. health ...

Wild bears are prone to contracting parasitic infections. Some of the most common are intestinal parasites. In most cases, ...

I ate something on a trip to Brazil and now I’ve been having terrible stomach issues. I’ve read about people who have had tapeworms and I don’t know if I have one. How do you know if you have a ...

Luis Ortiz said he had a massive headache before doctors found the parasite. — -- A man's headache that turned out to be the result of a parasitic infection has shed light on a rare condition ...

The 18-year-old originally went to the hospital because he was experiencing seizures An 18-year-old who went to the emergency room complaining of seizures found out that he had tapeworm eggs in his ...

Ingestible devices are often used to study and treat hard-to-reach tissues in the body. Swallowed in pill form, these capsules can pass through the digestive tract, snapping photos or delivering drugs ...

When a young man in India started having seizures, doctors scanned his brain and found a grim image: His brain was dotted with parasitic cysts — the result of a severe and ultimately fatal tapeworm ...