A worm-like parasite lived in a woman's eye for two years, and doctors believe it entered her body after she ate crocodile meat. The infected 28-year-old woman, from the town of Basankusu in the ...

Yes, it’s possible to have a worm living in your brain — in fact, it’s far more common than you might think, said Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at the Boston University ...

In 2006, a contested region of southern Sudan that had been embroiled in a long civil war recorded more than 20,000 cases of Guinea worm disease, 80% of the world’s total. Last year, the now ...

Imagine finding a stray hair — then watching it slither away like a snake. Video of such a creature was shared this week on Facebook by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which identified the creepy ...

Heidi Klum revealed that her husband, Tom Kaulitz, is joining her on a monthslong cleanse to “deworm and de-parasite” their bodies. “Everything I’m getting on my Instagram feed at the moment is about ...

In a rare and alarming medical case from rural India, a 35-year-old man visited an ophthalmologist due to blurry vision, only to discover a live parasitic worm moving inside his eye. The unusual case, ...

Heidi Klum and her husband, Tom Kaulitz, are ridding themselves of the worms and parasites they believe live in their bodies. Klum, 52, told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week that she and the ...

A parasitic worm may raise the risk of cervical cancer through several mechanisms, scientists have found, although HPV remains the primary driver behind the disease. When you purchase through links on ...

Heidi Klum recently opened up about the result of her worm cleanse. A few months ago, she revealed in an interview that she was planning to cleanse her body of worms and parasites internally. Now, the ...