Looking at Kyla Fuller today it is almost impossible to imagine that she spent more than a decade desperately ill.

It's possible to spot threadworms in the stool after a bowel movement ... helminth conditions that can affect humans. Other examples include tapeworms and whipworms—which are also intestinal.

Several types of intestinal worms can infect humans. The general term for these animals ... and heavy hookworm infections may lead to blood in the urine or stool. A severe whipworm infection can cause ...

The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test for stool samples, until now recommended only for children, could be established as an additional test for diagnosing tuberculosis in adults living with ...

The pathogens Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium are common causes of sometimes-fatal intestinal diseases in humans, ...

Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages. Why do we hear about medical breakthroughs in mice, but rarely see them translate into ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Modern humans descended ...

And the way the brains of small parrots known as budgerigars bestow this gift is remarkably similar to human speech, researchers report March 19 in Nature. So far, budgerigars are the only animals ...

Other worms, Dr Dhillon says, there's a risk of infection in the UK are hookworms, tapeworms and whipworms ... is wrong if you see worms in your stool or around the bottom.