What's worse than having parasites in your testicle? How about parasites in your brain? What's worse than having parasites in your brain? How about many, many ...

(CNN) — Once you consume them, they can move throughout your body — your eyes, your tissues and most commonly your brain. They leave doctors puzzled in their wake as they migrate and settle to feed on ...

Eating raw pork doesn't sound like a good idea, and one Florida man just proved that once and for all. After eating undercooked pork over the holidays, Sam Cordero had to have a parasite (a pork ...

A recent report is serving as a reminder to fully cook meat of any kind before consuming it—especially as barbecue season steadily approaches. The New England Journal of Medicine released a report ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

TAMPA, Florida -- It's like something out of a science-fiction movie -- a brain-eating parasitic worm living in your eye. But for one Florida man, it was reality. ***Warning: This story contains ...

Health officials in a Belgian city have identified the source of pork tapeworm infections at a school. Department Zorg said that after an extensive search, the person behind the infections at Het ...

An 8-year-old girl in India was plagued by seizures and pounding headaches until a CT scan revealed more than 100 tapeworm eggs had flooded her brain. Neurologists discovered the eggs, which likely ...

Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. Once you consume them, they can move throughout your body – your eyes, your tissues and most commonly your brain ...