Two young children have contracted roundworm, a parasitic infection usually found in pigs – with one child discovered to have had a 16cm-long worm inside her. The rare cases of autochthonous ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story was updated to accurately attribute quotes to Dr. Svetang Desai. Should you be worried about colonoscopy complications? If you've been keeping up with some ...

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Dr. Carly Fox, DVM, is senior veterinarian, emergency & critical care at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center (AMC) in New York City. Dr. Fox obtained her undergraduate degree… Roundworms are common ...

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Colonoscopy prep, which involves drinking a liquid that helps evacuate your bowels, gives your doctor the best possible view of your colon during colorectal cancer screenings. But the process has long ...

It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful. By Sam Anderson For many of us, a colonoscopy is a distant inevitable horror, like the heat death of the universe ...

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Get ready for a butt load of ugly truth. A doctor is pulling back the curtain on what really happens when you’re under sedation during a colonoscopy — and it may change how you schedule the rest of ...

Public health officials warned dog owners Friday to be on alert after a dog in the San Fernando Valley was found to have raccoon roundworm eggs. Racoon roundworm is a parasite that's commonly found in ...

“The administration of probiotics (E faecium and B subtilis) can potentially recalibrate the gut microbiota after colonoscopy, and this may encourage the enrichment of beneficial strains such as ...