Tensions can run high when living with roommates. Quibbles over dishes, the rent and utilities, and even questionable hygiene practices can inflame tempers and sabotage relationships, leaving ...

Approximately one billion people worldwide are estimated to be infected with the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, an intestinal parasite of humans. Some of them, especially children who carry high ...

Scientists working out of Trinity College Dublin, Maynooth University, and Queen Mary University of London have unearthed a potential new preventative option to combat Ascaris roundworm infection.

The Department of Health warns consumers to avoid products containing Ascaris eggs as they can be harmful to health. The appeal follows recent reports of the promotion of such products on a commercial ...

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A team of scientists based in Ireland has made a potentially significant advance in the fight against a parasite which kills tens of thousands of people around the world each year and makes hundreds ...

We are one step closer to understanding a worm infection affecting one in eight of the world population. A new Irish-led study shines a light on what can make us vulnerable to the disease. The study ...

IN March 1950, a fæcal specimen was collected from a patient in the Brisbane General Hospital, who was infected with Ascaris lumbricoides. This was preserved by the addition of hot 10 per cent ...

Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part one of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 ...

Scientists have shed new light on Ascaris infection, which affects 1 billion people worldwide. Targeting specific liver proteins may offer new preventative options against an infection that kills ...