Science Finds Healing in Halloween Horrors Oct 31, 2009
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are probing whether ingesting parasitic "helminth" whipworm eggs (in capsule form) can combat the flare-ups associated with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. It sounds yucky, but scientists reckon that letting the eggs hatch in the intestine could trigger a favorable immune response in patients. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Heartworm Medications for Dogs May 15, 2009
Unlike Heartgard Plus, Interceptor is also effective in helping to control whipworm infections in dogs. Revolution Heartworm Medications for Dogs. (Suite101.com)
Worms 'N Us: A look at 8 parasitic worms that live in humans Feb 7, 2009
About half the world's population (over 3 billion people) are in infected with at least one of the three worms forming what Columbia University parasitologist calls the "unholy trinity" large roundworm, hookworm and whipworm. Most of those afflicted live in developing countries, where there is not enough clean drinking water or effective sanitation systems to keep infected feces from contaminating food and water, and where human excrement is used to fertilize crops. (Scientific American)
Eating dirt can be good for you - just ask babies Feb 7, 2009
Elliott said that in Argentina, researchers found that patients with multiple sclerosis who were infected with the human whipworm had milder cases and fewer flare-ups of their disease over a period of four and a half years. At the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dr. John Fleming, a neurologist, is testing whether the pig whipworm can temper the effects of multiple sclerosis ... And pig whipworms, which reside briefly in the human intestinal tract, have had "good effects" in treating the... (International Herald Tribune)
