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Woman with ‘burning’ sensation in legs diagnosed with brain worm infection
A New England woman thought she was just dealing with jet lag after an extended vacation, but medical experts later diagnosed ...
Woman’s mystery illness traced to brain-infesting parasitic worm
Doctors were baffled. It was the start of a medical mystery that’s the subject of a New England Journal of Medicine case ...
She thought she had jet lag. Doctors found parasitic worms in her brain.
Doctors were baffled. It was the start of a medical mystery that’s the subject of a New England Journal of Medicine case ...
Woman has burning sensation in legs after vacation — then doctors find brain parasites
Symptoms usually begin as headache, nausea, vomiting and fever, but then can spread to neurological symptoms after the ...
Parasite lurking in woman's brain caused mysterious 'burning' leg sensation
A woman developed an array of symptoms shortly after returning from a vacation, and parasites turned out to be the culprit.
Woman, 30, infected by brain worms on trip to Hawaii — the symptoms that sent her to the hospital
A New England woman was struck with mysterious symptoms after returning from a three-week vacation, and doctors discovered ...
Growing tick-borne allergy to red meat is the focus of Southern Mississippi researchers
Alpha-gal syndrome, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United ...
Burning Sensation in Woman's Legs Caused by Brain Worms She Got on a Three-Week Vacation
A woman returned from a three-week vacation and started noticing a strange burning sensation in her legs. She visited multiple doctors until being diagnosed with "rat lungworm," a parasite spread by ...
Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her ...
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Cows infected by lethal bird flu strain never before seen in the animal showing respiratory symptoms, Nevada says
Symptoms seen in humans infected by D1.1 have been more severe than the previous bird flu strain that has been spreading in cows. That strain, called B3.13, has led to only mild symptoms ...
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These apes can tell when humans don’t know something, study finds
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Some great apes ...
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Potentially deadly zoonotic virus found in US, sparking concerns of spread to humans
A fatal virus has reportedly been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus — thought to be the first "henipavirus" in North ...