A MAN was left with a worm squirming under the skin of his penis after a trip to the beach. The 22-year-old from Colombo, Sri Lanka, went to a sexual health clinic with an itchy, snake-like rash ...

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There are many things we’ve learned from studying the ancient Egyptians. One especially fascinating discovery was evidence of ...

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Some biopsies could soon be a thing of the past thanks to new high-tech patches, which can accurately detect certain health ...

A man in China rushed to hospital with severe stomach pain, only to discover a 1-foot-long mysterious creature inside his ...

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Serena Schley and her sister were in the midst of the nearly nine hour drive from Orlando, Florida, to North Carolina State for the team’s 2024-25 introductory ...

A second man from Albany, N.Y., aged 66, who received the donor’s other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, the ...