Anyone battling cancer should be aware that cats have been linked to a parasitic infection called Toxoplasmosis, caused by a single-celled organism, Toxoplasma gondii, which affects approximately 60 ...

There are plenty of things which can affect the gastrointestinal health of the body, with the giardia parasite being one of ...

Giardia: Giardiasis refers to a syndrome of diarrhea, excess gas, and abdominal cramping. It is caused by Giardia lamblia, a water-borne parasite that is worldwide in distribution. The symptoms ...

Remember when your mom told you to be careful cleaning the cat’s litter box? Well, that same parasite everyone’s been avoiding might actually be the next big thing in brain medicine.

The Salina Animal Shelter is initiating a quarantine for all dogs in the shelter due to a giardia outbreak. Giardia is a ...

Toxoplasmosis: How Parasites in Your Cat Can Infect Your Brain - YouTube Parasites are a big part of life on Earth. A study on the Californian coast found the sheer mass of parasites exceeded that ...

A recent study has revealed the presence of a rare parasite called Sarcocystis miescheriana in a domestic pig in central Poland. The finding has captured attention because it involved cysts large ...

A common deworming drug used in dogs and cats called fenbendazole may help to cure cancer in humans, but doctors urge caution over the unproven method.

In my first four years south of the Tropic of Cancer (two in the US Virgin Islands, two here in Costa Rica), I contracted cases of undulant fever, dengue fever, a serious heat rash, a few cases of ...

Los Angeles County health officials are investigating a case of three cats presumed to have H5N1 bird flu County officials confirmed the disease in two other cats who drank recalled raw milk and ...

Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...