I define parasites as organisms that live in or on a host and cause that host a fitness class basically. They take energy from their host, and that means that the term parasite encompasses everything ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...

Do cleanses and detoxes live up to their hype? Reviewed by Dietitian Christa Brown, M.S., RDN, LD Parasite cleanses are popular on the internet and social media. There is very little evidence ...

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Parasites. Cause of terrible diseases. Big on the yuck-factor. It’s easy to think of them as doing no good. “The public perception … when you use the word ‘parasite’ is that it’s bad,” says Nico Smit.