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"One Of The Craziest CT Scans": US Doctor Reveals Disturbing Effects Of Undercooked Pork On Body
Dr Sam Ghali, an emergency physician in Florida, shared a shocking CT scan revealing severe parasitic infection in a patient's legs caused by eating undercooked pork.
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Shocking Images Reveal Hidden Parasites That Could Infest Your Pet
Microscopic images reveal the severe infestation of tapeworms and roundworms in cats, emphasizing the critical need for regular deworming.
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US Man Goes To Hospital With Migraines, Doctors Find Tapeworm In His Brain
It's believed that he contracted the illness from eating undercooked bacon after the patient told doctors about his ''lifelong preference for soft bacon.''
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Fungi And Flatworms: Scientists Want More Diverse Nature Emojis
The researchers also noted there were no emojis representing either platyhelminths (flatworms, including tapeworms) or nematodes, despite there being more than 20,000 platyhelminth species and almost 20,000 nematode species.
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Parasites As Fountain Of Youth? Study Finds Infected Ants Live Much Longer
The parasite that affects these ants is a tapeworm called Anomotaenia brevis that is found in several types of woodpecker.
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Man Visits Hospital With Cough, Doctors Find Tapeworm Infestation
The Brazilian man's diagnosis was posted on Twitter by Dr Vitor Borin P de Souza, but he later deleted the X-ray photo.
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Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Explores Tapeworm Drug for COVID-19
Reliance Industries Ltd. is working on a new COVID-19 drug and cheaper testing kits as the conglomerate owned by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani looks to curb the pathogen which has ravaged India in the past year.
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Chinese Man Left With Tapeworms In Brain After Eating Undercooked Meat
The man is reportedly in his 40's and he rushed to hospital after suffering from severe headaches and seizures. A CT scan at a nearby hospital showed "intercranial calcifications" and lesions in his skull.
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Surgeons Opened Her Skull To Remove Tumor. Instead, They Found A Tapeworm
Doctors had broken the disheartening news to Rachel Palma, explaining that the lesion on her brain was suspected to be a tumor, and her scans suggested that it was cancerous.
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He Ate Raw Fish Almost Daily - Until 5-Foot Tapeworm Wiggled Out Of Him
He told an emergency room physician he had a liking for raw fish - specifically, salmon sashimi. It's what the 30-year-old man, California, suspected had landed him in the bathroom with stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea. But what he did not anticipate was the moment he spotted something hanging from his rear end.
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Warren Buffett Calls Obamacare Replacement 'A Huge Tax Cut For Guys Like Me'
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett on Saturday fumed that healthcare costs are eating away at the U.S. economy like "tapeworm" and said the Republican approach to overhaul Obamacare is a tax cut for the rich.
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Tapeworm Drug Could Cure Zika Virus Infection
Researchers have found some existing drug compounds -- including one already used as a treatment for tapeworm infection in humans -- that have the potential to both stop Zika from replicating in the body and from damaging the crucial fetal brain cells that lead to birth defects in newborns.
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Scientists Study Rare Tapeworm Living in Man's Brain
Scientists in Britain removed and studied a rare tapeworm that lived in a man's brain for four years, researchers said on Friday. The parasite travelled five centimetres (two inches) from the right side of the brain to the left.
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"One Of The Craziest CT Scans": US Doctor Reveals Disturbing Effects Of Undercooked Pork On Body
Dr Sam Ghali, an emergency physician in Florida, shared a shocking CT scan revealing severe parasitic infection in a patient's legs caused by eating undercooked pork.
-
Shocking Images Reveal Hidden Parasites That Could Infest Your Pet
Microscopic images reveal the severe infestation of tapeworms and roundworms in cats, emphasizing the critical need for regular deworming.
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US Man Goes To Hospital With Migraines, Doctors Find Tapeworm In His Brain
It's believed that he contracted the illness from eating undercooked bacon after the patient told doctors about his ''lifelong preference for soft bacon.''
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Fungi And Flatworms: Scientists Want More Diverse Nature Emojis
The researchers also noted there were no emojis representing either platyhelminths (flatworms, including tapeworms) or nematodes, despite there being more than 20,000 platyhelminth species and almost 20,000 nematode species.
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Parasites As Fountain Of Youth? Study Finds Infected Ants Live Much Longer
The parasite that affects these ants is a tapeworm called Anomotaenia brevis that is found in several types of woodpecker.
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Man Visits Hospital With Cough, Doctors Find Tapeworm Infestation
The Brazilian man's diagnosis was posted on Twitter by Dr Vitor Borin P de Souza, but he later deleted the X-ray photo.
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Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Explores Tapeworm Drug for COVID-19
Reliance Industries Ltd. is working on a new COVID-19 drug and cheaper testing kits as the conglomerate owned by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani looks to curb the pathogen which has ravaged India in the past year.
-
Chinese Man Left With Tapeworms In Brain After Eating Undercooked Meat
The man is reportedly in his 40's and he rushed to hospital after suffering from severe headaches and seizures. A CT scan at a nearby hospital showed "intercranial calcifications" and lesions in his skull.
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Surgeons Opened Her Skull To Remove Tumor. Instead, They Found A Tapeworm
Doctors had broken the disheartening news to Rachel Palma, explaining that the lesion on her brain was suspected to be a tumor, and her scans suggested that it was cancerous.
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He Ate Raw Fish Almost Daily - Until 5-Foot Tapeworm Wiggled Out Of Him
He told an emergency room physician he had a liking for raw fish - specifically, salmon sashimi. It's what the 30-year-old man, California, suspected had landed him in the bathroom with stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea. But what he did not anticipate was the moment he spotted something hanging from his rear end.
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Warren Buffett Calls Obamacare Replacement 'A Huge Tax Cut For Guys Like Me'
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett on Saturday fumed that healthcare costs are eating away at the U.S. economy like "tapeworm" and said the Republican approach to overhaul Obamacare is a tax cut for the rich.
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Tapeworm Drug Could Cure Zika Virus Infection
Researchers have found some existing drug compounds -- including one already used as a treatment for tapeworm infection in humans -- that have the potential to both stop Zika from replicating in the body and from damaging the crucial fetal brain cells that lead to birth defects in newborns.
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Scientists Study Rare Tapeworm Living in Man's Brain
Scientists in Britain removed and studied a rare tapeworm that lived in a man's brain for four years, researchers said on Friday. The parasite travelled five centimetres (two inches) from the right side of the brain to the left.
