AUSTIN, Texas -- Doctors say it's a miracle after an Austin man successfully had a tapeworm removed from his brain. KXAN reports doctors think the man contracted the parasite in Mexico more than a ...

(CNN) -- Doctors in India were stunned to remove a tapeworm measuring more than 6 feet through a patient's mouth, according to a report published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr.

Tapeworm infections are rare in developed countries but still occur worldwide, often linked to eating contaminated or undercooked food. These intestinal parasites can cause nausea, weight loss, ...