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Tapeworm pills for weight loss are being sold on the dark web as doctor recalls one patient’s horrifying story

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Tapeworm pills for weight loss are being sold on the dark web as doctor recalls one patient’s horrifying story

You can’t wriggle your way out of obesity. Doctors on YouTube have warned viewers that tapeworm egg pills are being sold on the dark web as a quick-fix weight loss solution — putting consumers at risk of serious illness and potentially death. The parasites are known to make a home in the human gut after … Read more

Florida man complains of migraines — docs find tapeworm in his brain from eating undercooked bacon

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Florida man complains of migraines — docs find tapeworm in his brain from eating undercooked bacon

He needed a hambulance. A 52-year-old Florida man thought to be suffering from severe migraines was actually battling a bizarre tapeworm infestation in his brain — caused by eating undercooked bacon. The unnamed patient, whose tale of medical woe recently wriggled its way into the American Journal of Case Reports, had been complaining of week-long, aggressive … Read more