Pork can carry taenia solium larvae, a parasitic tapeworm. After eating infected pork, the larvae get into body tissues where ...

Pig brain naturally infected with Taenia solium five days after praziquantel treatment and infused Evans blue prior to necropsy. The black arrows point to blue cysts with increased vascular ...

Doctors told Rachel Palma they suspected a lesion on her brain was a tumour, and scans suggested it was cancerous. Palma, from Middletown, New York state, said she was in shock, unwilling to ...

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Eating undercooked meat is never a good idea – it can give you a nasty case of food poisoning within 24 hours. And there are other, longer-term risks to be wary of too. Spare a thought for the patient ...