There are plenty of fad diets circulating the internet these days, ranging from low-carb diet practices, to the (probably) useless gluten-free diets. However, one diet is so dangerous, that the ...

NHL prospect Carson Meyer was "absolutely freaking out" after a 25-inch tapeworm came out of his body Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to tennis ...

Tapeworm cases from raw fish have jumped in urban areas in recent years. June 16, 2009— -- One summer day in August 2006, Anthony Franz went to a Chicago area hospital carrying a 9-foot worm. He ...

A Colombian man's lung tumors turned out to have an extremely unusual cause: The rapidly growing masses weren't actually made of human cells, but were from a tapeworm living inside him, according to a ...

What to know about tapeworms, the parasites that comes from eating raw or undercooked foods Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to tennis to Simone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas neurosurgeon Dr. Joran Amadio performed brain surgery on Gerardo Moctezuma who contracted a brain tapeworm. (Photo: ...

Cancer cells transmitted from a common tapeworm appear to have caused cancer-like tumors in a Colombian man with HIV -- the first known case of what's called "malignant transformation," U.S. health ...

Luis Ortiz said he had a massive headache before doctors found the parasite. — -- A man's headache that turned out to be the result of a parasitic infection has shed light on a rare condition ...

Squeamish readers be warned: The South China Morning Post reports a Chinese man was recently found to have a 20-foot tapeworm living inside his intestines. According to Live Science, the 38-year-old ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Doctors say it's a miracle after an Austin man successfully had a tapeworm removed from his brain. KXAN reports doctors think the man contracted the parasite in Mexico more than a ...

Ingestible devices are often used to study and treat hard-to-reach tissues in the body. Swallowed in pill form, these capsules can pass through the digestive tract, snapping photos or delivering drugs ...