What to know about cyclospora, the gut-churning parasite causing illness in several
Got a nasty stomach bug that won’t go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of debilitating diarrhea, cramps and bloating.…
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One in three people carry this brain parasite but the body has a kill switch
A parasite that may already be living in your brain has the ability to infect the very immune cells designed to eliminate it. New research from UVA Health explains how the body still manages to keep this infection under control.…
Does it even need to be said? No, you don’t need to do a ‘parasite cleanse’
Last August, supermodel Heidi Klum revealed that she and her husband, Tom Kaulitz, were planning a worm and parasite cleanse.“Everything on my Instagram feed at the moment is about worms and parasites,” she told the Wall Street Journal,…
'Off Switch' Discovery Could Help Clear Our Brains of a Common Parasite
There's a parasite living in the brains of 40 million Americans, and most of these human hosts are completely unaware.Doctors don't usually treat this bug unless it begins wreaking havoc on the bodies of patients with weakened immune…
I was blinded and left with horrific facial deformity after a parasite began breeding in
A man was blinded and deformed after a parasite began breeding in his eyeball.The unnamed 30-year-old in India developed a grapefruit-sized tumor on his eyelid that stretched down to his chest. It began five years ago with some subtle…
South West Water owner takes £16m hit from Devon parasite contamination
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