Man’s Suspected Brain Cancer Turns Out to Be Something Much Creepier

They originally believed their patient had brain cancer, only to later discover he actually had worms inside his head. The ...

Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He actually had worms.

When cysticerci enter a person’s central nervous system, it’s a disease called neurocysticercosis (NCC), which is the ...
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Cancer From CT Scans: What’s the Real Risk?

About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...
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CT scans could cause 100,000 cancers a year from overuse, researchers estimate

Americans underwent 93 million CT scans in 2023, and researchers now estimate that radiation from those exams could ...

Doctors thought a 60-year-old man had brain cancer, but scans revealed tapeworms inside his brain; he had never travelled abroad, and when they asked about his dail…

A 60-year-old man in Castellón, Spain, was treated for suspected metastatic brain cancer this year before doctors discovered ...

Doctors thought man had brain cancer — they found live tapeworms instead

Doctors suspected metastatic brain cancer in a 60-year-old man, but scans revealed pork tapeworm larvae causing ...