DEAR MAYO CLINIC: How does a child contract pinworms? What are the symptoms and treatment options? Pinworms! Just the thought of them can provoke discomfort and anxiety. But many people who carry ...

A common pinworm medication may stop and reverse cancer growth in Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, according to research led by University of Arizona Cancer Center researchers ...

Pinworms! Just the thought of them can provoke discomfort and anxiety. But many people who carry pinworms have no symptoms and rarely suffer any ill effects. Even when a pinworm infection does cause ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pyrvinium pamoate showed promise in reducing the size of Merkel cell carcinoma tumors. Researchers “excited” ...

Megha Padi, PhD, is a member of the University of Arizona Cancer Center and an assistant professor at the U of A College of Science. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but fast-growing neuroendocrine ...