Many children with intestinal worms look perfectly healthy. Doctors explain why these silent infections still harm growth, ...

In what researchers are calling a ”breakthrough hiding in plain sight,” scientists have redesigned a 40-year-old deworming drug into a potent cancer-fighting compound, one that could one day be cheap, ...

What is being hailed as a 'cancer treatment breakthrough' comes not from a brand-new experimental drug, but from a 40-year-old medicine used to treat worms. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University ...

The woman sitting across from Kathy Miller, MD, had arrived too late. Not late for her appointment — late for the kind of treatment that might have saved her life. Months earlier, when her cancer was ...

Plus, we reveal what you should do if you find yourself infected with worms and share images from medical case reports IF the thought of having worms inside you makes you squirm, it’s time to follow ...

Plus, exactly what you can do to avoid getting worms in the first place Threadworms, roundworms and tapeworms are all leading causes of parasitic infection worldwide – but do you know the signs they ...

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Years after some people falsely touted ivermectin as a supposed wonder drug to treat COVID-19, social media posts are claiming that the antiparasitic drug is a cure for cancer. A Facebook post said ...

Cancer is not a parasite — it grows from mutations in a person’s cells. Parasites are separate organisms that live on or in another host organism. Some studies have shown ivermectin can help slow ...

A common deworming drug used in dogs and cats may help to cure cancer in humans, but doctors urge caution over the unproven method. Fenbendazole, known by its brand names Panacur and Safe-Guard, is an ...

Scientists have determined how the well-known plant hormone ethylene is crucial in controlling the angle at which roots grow. The findings can be used to engineer plants and crops that withstand the ...