Doctors in China inadvertently took time-series images of parasitic worms actively invading a woman's brain and causing rare and rapidly progressing lesions. The previously healthy 60-year-old ...

This person does not yet have a bio. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. In parasitizing slugs, P. hermaphrodita kills its hosts. It waits in the soil and penetrates passing slugs, ...

A painful burning sensation in a woman's legs turned out to be the result of a parasite burrowing into her brain, her doctors have revealed. The 30-year-old, from New England, likely contracted ...

A tingling sensation in your feet is usually the result of poor blood circulation. But every so often, it’s an indicator of a much more nightmarish scenario: parasites setting up shop in your ...

Sam Ballard, a former rugby player who ate a slug on a dare, became paralyzed from a parasite and has died Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL ...

Rat lungworm disease typically infects humans after they eat raw fruits and vegetables contaminated by slugs carrying the small parasitic roundworms. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo A ...

If you've noticed your garden getting overrun by slugs looking to chew through your plants, then Monty Don has provided one ...

Mariella is an assistant editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience, and her work has appeared in Drug Discovery News and Massive Science. View Full Profile. Learn about our ...