In monsoon, poor food hygiene is common; tapeworm larvae often spread through undercooked pork and unwashed vegetables.

As the monsoon rains persist in Mumbai, doctors have issued a health advisory over a spike in tapeworm infections, particularly a serious condition called neurocysticercosis. The illness involves ...

Heavy monsoon showers in Mumbai are giving rise to the threat of life-threatening tapeworm infections, specifically ...

The tapeworm eggs then become larval cysts that can infect the brain, muscles or other tissues, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A brain scan and photograph showing the cyst removed from the 14-year-old boy's brain. The abnormality developed after the boy contracted a parasitic tapeworm infection.

A 52-year-old man suffering from severe migraines was found to have tapeworm larvae attached to his brain, which researchers linked to his consumption of lightly cooked bacon.

Tapeworm cysts shouldn’t cause memory loss or cognitive problems, according to his experience. Budge says that a lot of tapeworm infections, like mine, are caused by “adventurous eating.” ...

There are two types of pork tapeworm infection. If we ingest larval tapeworm cysts found in pork or other undercooked meat, they can migrate to our intestines and grow into full-blown adult tapeworms.

Tapeworm eggs, which are coated in tough fibers that resist decay, have been found in the intestines of human corpses dating back to the Bronze Age, while a single whole cyst was found lodged in ...

For years he had suffered from splitting headaches then Texan Gerardo Moctezuma got a mind blowing diagnosis -- there were tapeworms in his head.

The tapeworm eggs then become larval cysts that can infect the brain, muscles or other tissues, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.