Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.

While cryptosporidiosis, infection by the protist parasite Cryptosporidium, is rare in the U.S., it is a common cause of deadly diarrhea in other parts of the world. The only FDA-approved treatment ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients ...

Dear Doctors: How do I cleanse my pancreas of parasites? Dear Reader: Your question assumes that you have a parasitic ...

Our brain has an internal traffic cop, the blood-brain barrier, which only allows certain molecules in and out of your noggin while keeping harmful substances, like germs, out. But this same barrier ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. _Toxoplasma_ is often transmitted to people from contaminated food or cat feces. Dr_Microbe/iStock via Getty Images Plus Parasites ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania Representative is looking to make an anti-parasite medication into an over-the-counter drug.

AMES, Iowa – Recently published research from Iowa State University biomedical scientists details new methods for studying a parasitic nematode that sickens millions worldwide, a development that ...

Drexel University scientists have discovered an unusual mechanism for how two new antimalarial drugs operate: They give the parasite’s skin a boost in cholesterol, making it unable to traverse the ...

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. A new study ...