Nutrition and lifestyle consultant Madeleine Helm hosts Zoom sessions on health and recently discussed parasite types, their health effects and ways to reduce infection risks.

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

Parasitic infections happen when parasites enter a human or animal body, taking nutrients from the body for themselves. Parasites typically cause symptoms like diarrhea, nausea, vomiting ...

Cue the ew. A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam ...

The WA Health Department has confirmed a startling link between rising rates of a parasitic stomach bug and overseas travel, ...

The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts ...

A recent X-ray scan showcasing calcified parasites embedded throughout a patient's body has gone viral, highlighting the ...

Direct invasion of brain tissue is just one way the parasite wreaks havoc on the human body. Cerebral malaria can cause changes in consciousness or seizures. Without treatment, the disease usually ...

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' alum Brandi Glanville shared a video undergoing treatment for her suspected “parasite,” which she believes is the cause of her recent facial disfigurement ...

Schistosomiasis is the second most important human parasitic disease in terms of socioeconomic impact, causing great morbidity and mortality, predominantly across the African continent. For intestinal ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...