Surgeons are seen pulling the tapeworm out via the woman's mouth, and placing it—bit by bit— into a surgical dish beside her. They pull numerous times before the end of the extraordinarily long worm ...

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...

Tapeworms are a group of parasites that depend on humans for growth and cause intestinal infection in them. Tapeworm symptoms and signs include stomach pain, loss of appetite, weight loss.

The Japanese Broad Tapeworm in Sushi After enjoying a sushi dinner, as many of us in North America like to do, a 32-year old Portuguese man was rushed to the emergency room with severe stomach and ...

Some people might not have any symptoms of their anaemia. You might have a blood test for something else, which picks up on this. Symptoms of early stomach cancer can be similar to the symptoms of ...

This study, published in Geology on March 22, provides evidence not only of the first partial body fossil of a tapeworm but also, arguably, the most convincing body fossil of a flatworm ...

They sliced into it and found a baby tapeworm. “Of course I was grossed out,” said 42-year-old Palma on Thursday. “I was also relieved. It meant that no further treatment was necessary.” ...