All posts tagged "Parasites"
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989Health NewsEx-Rugby Player Struggling With Medical Bills After Swallowing A Garden Slug
An ex-rugby player in Australia swallowed a garden slug on a dare, and is now fighting his government in order to keep...
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1.0KHealth NewsWoman Pulls 14 Worms Out Of Her Eye
A woman in Oregon may have made history, but not quite in the best way – she may be the first person...
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974Health NewsCouple Gets Hookworm Infection While On Beach Vacation
A couple from Canada took a vacation to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic had a horrifying experience – parasitic hookworms in...
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1.3KHealth News5-Foot-Long Tapeworm Pulled Out Of Sashimi Lover
A proclaimed salmon sashimi fan in Fresno had a 5 ½ foot-long tapeworm pulled from his body after complaining of diarrhea. The...
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994Health NewsMan Sues Amusement Park For Parasitic Eye Infection
A man from Pittsburgh has filed a lawsuit against an amusement park, claiming that he contracted a serious parasitic infection in his...
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1.1KHealth NewsOne-Third Of Parasites Might Go Extinct — That’s Not A Good Thing
Climate change might cause one-third of all parasites to go extinct by the year 2070, scientists say. And while this may not...
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1.3KHealth NewsCook Walrus Meat Well To Avoid Getting Sick, CDC Warns
For people who have a taste for walrus, health officials are cautioning that the meat should be well done. The US Centers...
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1.0KHealth NewsParasitic Infections Caused By Swimming Pools On The Rise
People should be careful when swimming in public pools, as the number of infection caused by a parasite linked to pools and...
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1.6KScience NewsPresident Obama Now Has 7 Species Named After Him
The outgoing President of the United States now has a total of seven species named after him, two of them parasites. The...
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1.6KHealth NewsOne Drug Can Treat Three Neglected Diseases That Kill Thousands Yearly
One drug can now treat three deadly, neglected tropical diseases, the BBC reports. The drug, made by testing three million compounds and...
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1.7KHealth NewsCDC Issues Parasite Warning For Recreational Waters
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning on Friday in which the agency warned of outbreaks of...
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1.8KHealth NewsCat Poop Parasite Toxoplasma Gondii Might Make You Crazy
People infected with what has been dubbed the “cat poop parasite” — known formally as Toxoplasma gondii or T. gondii — are...
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2.8KScience News3D Printed Eggs Fool Wild Birds, Study Finds
3D printing makes yet another contribution to science with the development of artificial eggs employed by scientists in a study which examined...
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1.9KScience NewsTiny Parasites Turn Shrimp Into Zombie Cannibals, Study Suggests
A tiny parasite known as Pleistophora mulleri seems to play a role in cannibalistic behavior exhibited in a species of freshwater shrimp...
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2.2KHealth NewsDoctors Find Tapeworm Inside British Man’s Brain, First In U.K.
A British man of Chinese descent traveled to China and after returning to the United Kingdom, he began to experience symptoms including...
