Alberta doctors warn about parasitic tapeworm spread through infected animal feces
Alveolar echinococcosis is a rare parasitic infection that spreads to humans from dogs and wild canines. Infected people may not know for years as the tapeworm forms a cyst inside the body, typically on the liver. Read more: »»» Subscribe…
How a live worm wound up inside a woman’s brain | About That
A neurosurgeon in an Australian hospital says she was shocked to pull a wriggling worm from a patient’s brain. Andrew Chang breaks down how the worm made its way into the woman’s body, and how doctors got it out. »»»…