I just found two worms on the floor by Savoy’s food bowl,” the woman on the phone said, clearly upset. We’re used to that. I ...

Many doctors use the Bristol stool chart to help evaluate the health of bowel movements. The chart is a form scale, meaning ...

Chemical treatment of the water and commercial water filtration systems, used properly, eradicate the parasite. The diagnosis of giardiasis can be confirmed by inspecting a stool sample for ... you ...

According to Tufts University, cellulose is an insoluble fiber that may help relieve constipation by increasing stool ... look for ingredients that promote healthy digestion and ease inflammation ...

A Kamloops man in prison for, among other things, carving the word "rat" into a man's chest is suing, alleging he failed to get a proper medical diagnosis for a parasite he says he had for two years.

A woman returned from a three-week vacation and started noticing a strange burning sensation in her legs. She visited multiple doctors until being diagnosed with "rat lungworm," a parasite spread by ...

In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

To ensure successful transmission and establish chronic infection, parasites must evade the host's immune system and delay the development of immunity. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and David Sacks discuss ...

Researchers at the (Belgium) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune response against parasites.

“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...