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These Terrifying Parasites Feed on Humans

Parasites are dangerous creatures that survive off their hosts. Here are 12 common parasites that feed on the human body.
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'It’s alive and moving': Doctors remove 3-inch parasitic worm from woman’s brain in world first

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain.Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through a ...
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‘Still alive and wriggling:’ Doctors remove 3-inch parasitic worm from woman’s brain in world first

(CNN) — When a 64-year-old Australian woman was sent to hospital for brain surgery, neurosurgeon Dr. Hari Priya Bandi was not expecting to pull out a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic ...