Eating undercooked meat is never a good idea—it can give you a nasty case of food poisoning within 24 hours. And there are ...

One potential cause of epilepsy is consuming undercooked pork from pigs infected with the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) ...

Pork can contain larval cysts of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium which can cause an infection if eaten. These cysts can then develop into an adult tapeworm in the intestines which produce eggs ...

Doctors diagnosed Palma with neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection in the brain caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in the Mayo ...

Despite medical advancements, people with epilepsy continue to face prejudice, discrimination, and social stigma. The theme ...

It's a little more challenging for whipworms. For tapeworms, it's all but useless. We have sensitivity values of like maybe less than 50% for Taenia tapeworms and for something like Dipylidium flea ...

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Dr Sagvekar highlights the danger of Neurocysticercosis, a parasitic brain infection caused by consuming undercooked vegetables, pork, or unwashed produce contaminated with Taenia solium (pork ...