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 ...

You can’t wriggle your way out of obesity. Doctors on YouTube have warned viewers that tapeworm egg pills are being sold on the dark web as a quick-fix weight loss solution — putting consumers at risk ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tapeworms are intestinal parasites similar in shape to tape measures. Their eggs typically enter a human host from animals through food, particularly raw or undercooked meat. Tapeworm eggs can be ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Doctors say it's a miracle after an Austin man successfully had a tapeworm removed from his brain. KXAN reports doctors think the man contracted the parasite in Mexico more than a ...

A man in the US who complained of frequent migraines was found to have tapeworm larvae in his brain, likely linked to eating undercooked bacon. The 52-year-old visited his doctor after his usual ...

This is the disgusting 32ft-long tapeworm a horrified man pulled out of his backside while using the toilet. Kritsada Ratprachoom, 44, felt something "sticking out of his bottom" yesterday and soon ...