When you are suffering a migraine headache, your first thought may not be that you have tapeworms in your brain. That may not be your second thought or even your 17th thought. But baby pork tapeworms ...

Eating undercooked meat is never a good idea—it can give you a nasty case of food poisoning within 24 hours. And there are other, longer-term risks to be wary of too. Spare a thought for the patient ...

I’m sure you’d like to pretend that you have nothing in common with a tapeworm. A tapeworm starts off as an egg which then develops into a cyst. Inside the cyst is a ball-shaped creature with hooks ...

Intermediate host: cow. The larvae and the cysticerci are found in the bladder muscles of these animals. Prevalence & Distribution: It is endemic in many countries (Africa, US, Latin America, Mexico, ...