Amateur Surgeon iPhone Review Jan 7, 2009
Each patient has a variety of ailments and sicknesses that you must fix such as removing bullets, killing ants inside someone, killing an overgrown tapeworm, and even blinging out a pimp with gold plated body parts. Each patient is different and really fun to operate on. (IGN Wireless Games)
Pet responsibility Dec 26, 2008
I know that there are several diseases that can be spread from dog waste including: giardiasis, hookworm, salmonellosis, toxocariasis, Q fever, lung fluke disease, leishmaniasis, dog tapeworm and broad tapeworm. Because times are hard right now and people are hurting, I have forgiven the man for his misdirected rage. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
GlaxoSmithKline and The Carter Center Reaffirm Commitment to Global Public Health with Expansion of LF Program Dec 5, 2008
LF remains one of the seven diseases deemed eradicable by the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, along with polio, mumps, rubella, pork tapeworm, Guinea worm disease, and measles. Since the LF program began a decade ago, it has prevented 6. (PR Newswire)
Missed the point Dec 4, 2008
Anna wrote on Dec 1, 2008 9:36 PM:" Well done, Mr. Suchner.Ted, the fetus is subject to the whims of it's host until viable, much like a tapeworm or other parasite. My God told me so. ". Ted McCarron wrote on Dec 1, 2008 10:00 PM:" Anna, calling the unborn 'parasites' is obnoxious bigotry. Post-natal supremicism is a genocidal form of bigotry which is opposed by us who want equal rigths for the unborn. Katied, purposely killing innocnet human beings in war is of course wrong and evil. That's why... (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
It's Not a Tumor, It's a Brain Worm Nov 25, 2008
Yet at a to remove the fingernail-sized tumor, Nakaji, instead, found a parasite living in her brain, a tapeworm called Taenia solium, to be precise ... Nakaji said someone, somewhere, had served her food that was tainted with the feces of a person infected with the pork tapeworm parasite ... Pork Tapeworms a Small, But Growing Trend. (ABC News)
How to Stop a Dog From Scooting Nov 20, 2008
Although a scooting dog usually has impacted anal glands, it could be due to a variety of other conditions including the dog having fleas, tapeworms, ulcers, a back injury or other issues ... Tapeworms: Another Common Cause of Scooting ... Tapeworm segments look like small grains of rice. (Suite101.com)
NIAID media availability: Seizures following parasitic infection associated with brain swelling Nov 4, 2008
WHAT: A new study by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) scientist Theodore E. Nash, M.D., and colleagues provides strong evidence associating seizures with areas of brain tissue swelling in people infected by a parasitic tapeworm. The swellings, called perilesional edemas, form around dead, calcified cysts that result when larvae of Taenia solium tapeworms lodge in the brain ... The illness caused by T. solium infectionneurocysticercosisis the most common cause of... (EurekAlert!)
China tests new drug to fight intestinal worms Oct 15, 2008
In a study, researchers in southwestern China tested the efficacy of the new Chinese drug tribendimidine against threadworm and tapeworm, which are still not effectively controlled by common drugs ... Tribendimidine, however, appeared more effective in fighting tapeworm than albendazole, according to the report. (Scientific American)
This time, Irvine Welsh winced Oct 11, 2008
There's not a toilet dive or talking tapeworm in all 341 pages of Crime. Fans of Sick Boy may be left scratching their scabs. (Globe and Mail)
Writer offers advice to Pastor Edwards (6) Oct 3, 2008
your subsequent posts have demonstrated your tapewormed intelligence. you eat what you think are "nutrients", but the tapeworm lies to you, and steals all it's benefits away. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Southerland a flawed NFL prospect? Aug 22, 2008
At least he doesnt have an 8 tapeworm. By orangehater. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Man sues over '3m tapeworm' Aug 21, 2008
Man sues over '3m tapeworm ... CHICAGO - A man who contends he got a three-metre tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant ... But Carrol Symank, vice-president of food safety for Lettuce Entertain You, said the tapeworm didn't come from Shaw's. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
9-Foot Tapeworm Leads to $100,000 Lawsuit Aug 20, 2008
Man Sues Restaurant Over 9-Foot Tapeworm - Health News Story - KPRC Houston ... Man Sues Restaurant Over 9-Foot Tapeworm ... CHICAGO -- A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant. (Click2Houston, TX)
Sir, We Don't Have Tapeworm On The Menu Aug 20, 2008
Suit accuses restaurant of giving man big tapeworm. Article:Suit accuses restaurant of giving man big tapeworm:/n/a/2008/08/19/national/a082958D86 ... DTL Article:Suit accuses restaurant of giving man big tapeworm:/n/a/2008/08/19/national/a082958D86. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Lawsuit says eatery to blame for... Aug 20, 2008
Lawsuit says eatery to blame for 9-foot tapeworm - CNN.com ... Lawsuit says eatery to blame for 9-foot tapeworm ... Man alleges in lawsuit he got 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish. (CNN -- Law)
Avoid the Mistake That Cost Buffett 8 Years of Better Returns Jul 27, 2008
When McDonald's hit $13 in 2003, the market was announcing that the Big Mac would end up in the Museum of Neat Ideas Gone Wrong beside the tapeworm diet, land wars in Asia, and Paris Hilton's home videos. But in both cases, the market was wrong. (MSNBC -- Business)
Hail the monster Jul 26, 2008
Hardly a man, Flukeman was more of a humanoid tapeworm who bit people to plant tapeworms in them. The host would eventually get rid of thousands of tapeworms orally, and die in the process. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Triple Organ Transplant Needed After Worm Ravages Woman's Body Jul 4, 2008
A rare triple organ transplant was performed in India after a tapeworm infection caused a 45-year-old woman's liver, right lung and spleen to fail, the Hindustan Times reported via Yahoo India News ... "She also had complaints of severe chest and upper abdominal pain. The woman's organ failure was due to hydatid disease, a tapeworm infection usually found in dogs and sheep. Humans get infected when they eat contaminated food, according to the report. Hydatid cysts can get lodged in the brain,... (Fox News)
U.S. government report recommends improvements in reporting deaths of immigrant detainees Jul 3, 2008
For more than a month, her persistent headaches had been treated only with Tylenol; when she fell from a bunk bed, several hours passed before she was taken to the hospital, where physicians diagnosed neurocysticercosis, an infection of the brain by larvae of the pork tapeworm. "We cannot determine with certainty whether this death could have been avoided had the detainee received immediate medical attention for head trauma," the report said, after praising the authorities for promptly reporting... (International Herald Tribune)
Gov't Not Faulted For Detainee Deaths Jul 2, 2008
and died of a brain infection caused by a pork tapeworm, known as neurocysticercosis - which affects many Latin American immigrants. While in detention, the detainee had reported a series of headaches, which were treated with aspirin, per the detention center's policy. (CBS News)
Worms, Parasites Drain U.S. Poor, Expert Says Jun 26, 2008
Cysticercosis caused by the pork tapeworm and giardiasis, a diarrheal illness caused by a one-celled parasite, are also common, Hotez said. One threat to babies is cytomegalovirus, which infects 27,002 newborn annually, causing deafness and mental retardation. (MEDLINEplus)
It's Flea and Tick Season, is Your Dog Protected? Jun 22, 2008
When a dog has fleas and licks or bites its skin, it can ingest fleas carrying tapeworm larva, which then develop into full grown tapeworms in the dog's digestive track. Worse, fleas on Fido mean fleas in your home invading bedding, carpet and furniture. (Chronicle Newspapers, VA)
Village of Denshaw falls victim to Wikipedia hackers Apr 20, 2008
Readers of the site have been misinformed that Denshaw is the home to an obese population of sun-starved, sheep hurling yokels with a brothel for a pub and a lingering tapeworm infection ... Ascaris lumbricoides is a parasitic tapeworm spread by poor hygiene that is more commonly found in the tropics than chilly northern England ... Had your reporter used Wikipaedia to check his facts, he would have found that Ascaris is a roundworm - not a tapeworm. (Telegraph.co.uk)
* Doctors find larvae in woman's brain Mar 5, 2008
A 4cm tapeworm was found inside the brain of a Hualien County woman after she complained of severe headaches and epileptic seizures, doctors at Hualien's Tzu chi Hospital said ... Upon opening up the tumor, doctors found the calcified remains of larvae from Spirometra mansoni, a species of tapeworm. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
So sweet, possibly so deadly Feb 20, 2008
To explain why is to tell a tale earthy and sad: of her lifelong battle with a tapeworm that once lived in a dog's intestine ... Most live in remote places where dogs and sheep (the animals from which dogs acquire the tapeworms) are in close contact. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Dog of a tapeworm infection is creeping up again Feb 20, 2008
But a small tapeworm could be what one expert calls a ticking time-bomb ... Hydatid disease, or Echinococcus granulosus, is caused by a tapeworm in dogs, dingoes and foxes ... Tapeworm eggs in dog faeces - usually those fed kangaroo or sheep offal. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Indiana retools coyote hunting law to end illegal sales Feb 19, 2008
Other diseases of concern are distemper and a tapeworm that can infect foxes, coyotes and humans. The parasite can be fatal in humans. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Nature rules| Feb 17, 2008
The dogs carry a host of diseases such as the Echinococcos tapeworm and they have been known to attack the moufflons. Eucalyptus trees, introduced by the British around the end of the 19th century to dry out the marshlands where malaria-carrying mosquitoes bred, rob neighbouring vegetation of water and secrete chemicals into the soil which cause other plant life to struggle to grow. (iAfrica.com)
Winter Books Feb 1, 2008
Half the pieces, like the comic "Tape Measure," written from the perspective of a tapeworm, feel somewhat miscellaneouslightly erotic, satirical, sketchyyet they enliven a landscape that might otherwise appear unremittingly bleak. The title story proceeds from a haunting conceit, not quite fully realized: a white professor of biology, formerly an anti-apartheid activist, hears a stray remark about Beethoven's racial ancestry and becomes convinced that he himself must have mixed-race... (Slate)
How will you spend it? Jan 25, 2008
And by the way, why are some parasite, tapeworm, leeches getting a tax refund when they don t pay taxes. By patty. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Taenia in the Gastrointestinal Tract Jan 17, 2008
6 issue)1 describe a tapeworm in a 60-year-old woman from a community where pork and pork liver are eaten, especially at festivals, and suggest infection with Taenia solium (the pork tapeworm) rather than T. saginata (the beef tapeworm). It is possible that the infection was caused instead by Asian taenia (T. asiatica, T. saginata asiatica), which has been reported in aborigines in Taiwan,2 with subsequent reports from other Asian countries: Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China. (New England Journal of Medicine)
FULL STORY > Jan 12, 2008
Worse yet were common ailments like tapeworm, hookworm and lice infestations - with supposed cures just as disgusting. "I think the most obnoxious medical experience I ever had was when someone convinced Daddy that we children could avoid an outbreak of flu, or some other prevalent illness, by wearing pellets of asafetida, or devil's dung, around our waists," Carter writes. (New York Post -- Gossip)
New ills of poverty Dec 30, 2007
A tapeworm causes the infection cysticercosis, which causes many if not most cases of epilepsy among Latino populations here. Toxoplasmosis, caused by a microscopic parasite carried commonly by cats, is found most among Latinos and African-Americans. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
Worms infect more poor Americans than thought Dec 26, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roundworms may infect close to a quarter of inner city black children, tapeworms are the leading cause of seizures among U.S. Hispanics and other parasitic diseases associated with poor countries are also affecting Americans, a U.S. expert said on Tuesday ... "Cysticercosis is another very serious parasitic worm infection ... caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium, that results in seizures and other neurological manifestations," Hotez wrote ... He said up to 2,000 new cases... (Scientific American)
Poor Americans in the United States suffer hidden burden of parasitic and other neglected diseases Dec 26, 2007
Cysticercosis, caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium, is emerging as the leading cause of epilepsy among Hispanic populations in the US, and toxoplasmosis is an important cause of congenital birth defects among Mexican Americans and African Americans. "Because these parasitic infections only occur among impoverished people and mostly underrepresented minorities in the US," he says, "I believe that there has been a lack of political will to study the problem. It is easier to allow these diseases... (EurekAlert!)
Common pill combos pose risks Dec 19, 2007
Viewers of the medical drama "House" have come to expect bizarre explanations for every symptom: A sudden case of the sweats might be the work of a 20-foot tapeworm ... Or a 20-foot tapeworm with a hidden brain tumor. (MSNBC -- Health)
South Africa: Power Cuts Lead to Sewage Spills Oct 29, 2007
Some chemicals are used in the treatment process; but most viruses and tapeworm eggs are eliminated by pumping oxygen into the water -- hence the importance of maintaining electricity to plants. The oxygen allows air-breathing bacteria to break down organic waste products. (allAfrica.com)
Human Parasites in Soil Oct 27, 2007
A parasite of humans may have another host that it infects between people; for example, the beef tapeworm infects a cow before it infects a human again. Other parasites don t need an intermediate host, but do need time in the environment in water, or in soil. (Suite101.com)
Road to Adoption Oct 25, 2007
Many also had fleas, which can lead to tapeworm. Loss of hair opens the skin to other type of infections, and the stress the animals were under made them more prone to catch illnesses and unable to fend them off, she said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Bobcat encounters increasing in Milam County Oct 13, 2007
Bobcats are also the host to several different parasites including ticks, fleas, tapeworm, and mange. These can also be spread to domestic pets very easily, she concluded. (Thorndale Champion, TX)
Southwest Riverside County Commnity News Briefs: Early Childhood Education Center opens Saturday Sep 14, 2007
Cat vaccination prices are 18 for tapeworm, 14 for distemper, 10 for feline leukemia and 6 for the Corona virus. The shelter also schedules low-cost vaccination clinics once a month. (North County Times)
Excerpt: Dave Barry's 'History of the Millennium' Sep 6, 2007
But Fox, faced with withering criticism, is forced to cancel the project, which is the brainchild of publisher Judith Regan, about whom you could write a "hypothetical" book titled If Judith Regan Had the Moral Standards of a Tapeworm. On the economic front, the holiday shopping season officially kicks off with "Black Friday" and retailers are pleased with the numbers: 2,038 shoppers hospitalized, up 37% from last year. (USA Today -- Life)
B.J. Darnell: Scam pet foods and China update Aug 23, 2007
I talked to another lady who explained she just received a bottle of tapeworm pills with the expiration date/lot number labels removed from the box and cut from the label. Now she has to deal with the company to get a product that wasn t tampered with most likely because it was out of date. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Vetscriptions.co.uk Joins the Battle Against New Exotic Diseases Aug 22, 2007
As an additional safeguard, these pets have to be treated for ticks and tapeworms before entry, to prevent a non-indigenous tick fever and a potentially fatal human tapeworm from entering the UK.. The vets and pharmacy staff at are advising all owners of traveling pets that despite these tight controls on re-entry, vets across the UK are now beginning to identify previously unknown diseases such as Heartworm, Leishmaniasis and Erhlichiosis, with sometimes disastrous consequences. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Nicole -- I'll Get Fat for My Baby! Aug 4, 2007
What the hell was it a tapeworm. No drugs or booze. (TMZ.com)
More of this story Jun 23, 2007
There's one for justice, and while a worthy step, we wonder which City Attorney press aide was taken off Yukonzilla to type that the felines "were treated for dehydration, ear mites, ear infections, tapeworm...". On Monday, June 18, Rocky finally pulled a mea culpa. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Davis' Moore a most unlikely NCAA champBanged-up ROTC student wrestles his way to spotlight Mar 21, 2007
His teammates called him "T-Dub,'' short for Tapeworm, because he couldn't gain weight as a 5-foot-10, 120-pound freshman. But after last weekend, you can call Derek Moore the reigning king of college wrestling. In winning the 141-pound class at the NCAA tournament in Auburn Hills, Mich., he became UC Davis' first Division I champion in any sport. Moore, a senior, didn't come to Davis on a wrestling scholarship, so he joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps to pay his way. He spends three... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Treating Cat Worms at Home Mar 21, 2007
Tapeworms are contracted when your cat ingests a flea that has ingested a tapeworm ... If your cat has fleas, the likelihood that she has tapeworms is very high ... Though you can easily treat roundworms and even tapeworms at home, it is always best to get the advice and treatment of your veterinarian. (Suite101.com)
Are land-use rules to blame for high housing costs? Mar 11, 2007
Any homeowner -- that is, any homeowner who has ever tried to add a bathroom to their cottage only to face a yearlong permit process involving conditional-use hearings, multiple sets of architectural drawings and neighborhood notification mailings -- knows that even the smallest project can spawn red tape that eats away at your budget like a tapeworm in your gut. One need only extrapolate to understand that the developers undertaking multi-unit projects with complex zoning issues, planning fees... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Luckovich on Ann Coulter Mar 7, 2007
000004AD I know that Ann Coulter needs publicity in the same way that a tapeworm needs a large intestine. This is the environment that makes it possible for her to continue to make a living doing what she does. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Parasitic infection plagues states along ... (Joyce Howard Price) Feb 8, 2007
Federal researchers say neurocysticercosis, a brain infection caused by a pork tapeworm, is a "growing public health problem in the United States," especially in states bordering Mexico, where the disease is endemic ... Neurocysticercosis occurs when the larvae of a pork tapeworm known as Taenia solium enter and infect the brain and spinal cord and form cysts ... A person infected with the intestinal tapeworm stage of the infection will shed tapeworm eggs in bowel movements. (Washington Times, DC)
Fatal illness found in developing countrieswith poor hygiene habits hits South Texas Jan 13, 2007
According to the , cysticercosis is an infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs when the tapeworm larvae are ingested, pass through the intestinal wall and enter the body to form cysticerci, or cysts ... Dr. Aaron Mohanty, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Medical School, found and removed a cyst caused by a tapeworm larvae living in Ramirez's brain. (WorldNetDaily)
