Fall is a time to consider cat intestinal parasites, especially outdoor cats. Cats that have access to the outdoors often ...

Medicare should cover a parasite poop test when medically necessary, usually when a person has symptoms of gastroenteritis or a history of exposure to a parasite. Laboratory technicians perform a ...

Lying on my side, head throbbing and full of doubts, the kindly colonic therapist assures me that this infamous treatment ...

Toxoplasmosis is classified as a zoonosis—a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Cats play a crucial role ...

Millions of people around the world are estimated to have Chagas disease, a potentially fatal, parasitic illness.

Pets on raw food diets can also shed bacteria in their feces that can cause human disease, shedding that can last for days ...

Stress is a common but often overlooked trigger for stomach problems in dogs. Dog trainer Katharina Marioth explains how ...

A rare parasitic infection case, rarely found in South Korea, has been reported for the first time in 10 years. According to the Korea Health Management Association Medi-Check Research Institute on ...

The tropical illness can quietly attack your heart if left untreated. Here’s what a leading scientist says we can do to ...

The parasitic infection schistosomiasis affects an estimated 200 million people globally, many of them children. But campaigns to identify and treat it face formidable hurdles.

Scientists have studied the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in ...