Widely Prescribed Anti-parasite Drug Targets Cancer-causing Protein Aug 13, 2008
Mebendazole, sold as a generic drug in the United States, has been used since the 1970s to treat roundworm, hookworm, pinworm, whipworm, and other worm-based parasitic infections. Previous research has shown it to have some antitumor activity in lung and adrenocortical cancer. (Science Daily)
Exhibit sheds light on early Albany slum Jun 23, 2008
Roundworm and whipworm were common. Before indoor plumbing arrived in the 1920s, its lack provided steady employment to entrepreneurs such as Henry Kass, of 63 Bassett St., who advertised his services as "Night Soil Scavenger," cleaning out privies. (Albany Times Union)
Tourists To Caribbean Urged To Pay One Dollar Each To Help Fight Tropical Diseases Of Poverty May 30, 2008
8 million cases of whipworm (trichuriasis), almost 800,000 cases of hookworm, and 560,000 cases of the parasitic disease lymphatic filariasis, which can cause elephantiasis. In addition to lymphatic filariasis, the Caribbean region also has high rates of schistosomiasis and of the intestinal worm hookworm. (Science Daily)
USAID Fights Neglected Tropical Diseases Feb 23, 2008
The initiative will build on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) investments in NTDs control and will target seven major diseases: lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis); schistosomiasis (snail fever); trachoma (eye infection); onchocerciasis (river blindness); and three soil-transmitted helminthes (hookworm, roundworm, and whipworm). Approximately one billion people, mostly in the developing world, suffer from one or more NTDs. (PR Newswire)
Fact Sheet: Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases Around The World Feb 20, 2008
This Initiative will make a total of $350 million available over five years to provide integrated treatment of more than 300 million people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and target seven major NTDs: lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis); schistosomiasis (snail fever); trachoma (eye infection); onchocerciasis (river blindness); and three soil-transmitted helminthes (STHs hookworm, roundworm, whipworm). This investment increases the United States' commitment to NTDs from $15 million in 2008 to... (White House News Releases)
Puppies and Intestinal Parasites Aug 17, 2007
The most common intestinal parasites are roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, tapeworms, giardia, and coccidia ... Whipworms are tiny, thread-like worms that live in the colon and in the first section of the large intestine called the cecum, causing irritation in these areas ... Whipworm eggs can remain infectious in soil for years. (Suite101.com)
Shame Of The Puppy Mills Jun 13, 2007
" On their first trip, they bought 71 dogs and brought 39 of them back to California; the rest went to a rescue group in Florida. After this trip, they arrived at Boulevard Pet Hospital in San Jose with 49 dogs. Hamilton and the three techs and the volunteers, along with San Jose veterinarians Morgan Schwartz of Boulevard and Margaret Sakai of Veterinary Mobile Care, unloaded them and started the long process of examining, cleaning, vaccinating, worming and treating them. Most of the dogs were... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Iceman 'bled to death on glacier' Jun 8, 2007
5in), 46 years old, arthritic, and infested with whipworm. SEE ALSO 23 Oct 04 | Europe 26 Jul 01 | Science/Nature 14 Nov 02 | England 16 Sep 02 | Science/Nature 20 Mar 02 | Science/Nature 07 Feb 02 | Science/Nature. (BBC News -- Europe)
Worms may keep multiple sclerosis at bay Jan 17, 2007
Parasites such as this adult male whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) could help treat people suffering from MS.. SPL. (Nature News Service)
Biblical Latrine: Ancient Parasites Show That Cleanliness May Have Been Next To Sickliness Nov 15, 2006
(a human whipworm) and a human pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, that had not previously been reported in the ancient Near East. The soil sample from the stable contained the eggs of Dricrocoelium sp. (Science Daily)
Unearthed: ancient sect's extreme latrine Nov 14, 2006
Dead eggs from intestinal parasites, including roundworm (Ascaris), whipworm (Trichuris), tapeworm (Taenia) and pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis), were preserved in the soil. "If you look at a latrine from the past you will always find these parasites," comments Piers Mitchell, a medical practitioner and archaeologist at Imperial College London, UK.. (Nature News Service)
Whipworm Eggs Fight Bowel Problems, Professor Says Jun 12, 2006
Researchers are looking at the use of threadlike intestinal parasites called whipworms to treat the disease, which can cause diarrhea, painful cramps and intestinal bleeding ... She told the Lansing State Journal that swallowing whipworm eggs could help counteract bowel inflammation and "reset the immune system to be in better balance.". (KERO 23, CA)
Researcher: Worms may help bowel disease Jun 12, 2006
She's also one of several researchers around the country looking at the use of threadlike intestinal parasites called whipworms to treat the disease, which can cause diarrhea, painful cramps and even intestinal bleeding ... A research team at the University of Iowa already has tried treating human patients with a whipworm egg and Gatorade cocktail ... More than a decade ago, she began studying whipworm infections in pigs, initially trying to develop a vaccine against the parasites. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Sometimes having worms is good Jun 10, 2006
She is also one of several researchers around the country looking at the use of threadlike intestinal parasites called whipworms to treat the disease, which can cause diarrhea, painful cramps and even intestinal bleeding ... A research team at the University of Iowa already has tried treating human patients with a whipworm egg and Gatorade cocktail ... More than a decade ago, she began studying whipworm infections in pigs, initially trying to develop a vaccine against the parasites. (Globe and Mail)
Our allergies, ourselves May 7, 2006
But there have been attempts to figure out how to recreate certain antiallergenic aspects of the pre-modern lifestyle, what Sheikh calls "the particular dirty profile that leads to protection against allergy." Joel Weinstock, for example, head of Tufts New England Medical Center's gastroenterology division, has speculated that one possible cure for allergies might be a dose of a relatively benign parasite called the pig whipworm. In the meantime, allergies will remain, as George Beard believed... (Boston Globe)
Worm diet 'treats bowel disorder' Apr 19, 2006
Scientists in the United States have developed a drink containing thousands of pig whipworm eggs ... As the number of infections by parasites, such as roundworms and human whipworms, has fallen, the number of people being diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease has increased ... They opted for pig whipworms because they do not survive very long in humans. (Yahoo News -- Alternative Medicine)
Intestinal Parasites Mar 27, 2006
Dogs and cats can be victims to several different parasites or worms, but roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms are the most common ... Roundworms and tapeworms can be seen in the stools but hookworms and whipworms are too tiny to be seen in the stools ... Whipworms are not passed to offspring in the mothers milk. (Suite101.com)
Get an early start on defenses Mar 20, 2006
Weinstock, Elliott and other researchers believe that a low-grade infection with intestinal worms pig whipworms because they can't reproduce in people can restore the immune system's natural balance. A small-scale study in which 29 people with Crohn's disease drank whipworm eggs in Gatorade found that 23 responded to treatment and 21 of the 23 experienced complete remission. (USA Today)
