Fatty foods can help you get rid of deadly intestinal parasites, ‘surprising’ study finds
Whipworm, which is a type of parasitic worm found in the large intestine, is a major cause of death and illness in certain countries. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rising antiparasitic drug cost in U.S. leads to higher patient costs, decreased quality of care
(Burness) A new study finds that the increasingly high prices in the United States of the drugs used to treat three soil-transmitted helminth infections--hookworm, roundworm (ascariasis), and whipworm (trichuriasis)--is not only the major driver for the increase in costs to patients with either Medicaid or private insurance, but it also may have a damaging impact on the quality-of-care patients receive as clinicians shift their prescribing patterns to more affordable yet less-effective medicines covered by insurance. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

World Health Organisation ’s New Effort Can Help End Neglected Tropical Diseases
In the Solomon Islands, approximately 40 percent of the population of 550,000 could have active Trachoma. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS.By Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Aug 19 2019 (IPS) Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched global consultations for a new Roadmap on how to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The roadmap would help achieve universal health coverage by 2030, address health emergencies and promote healthier populations. This intervention is unprecedented because it could begin to reverse the neglect and inequities that the 17 main NTDs bring. Many NTDs are debilitating and reduce the qual...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Development & Aid Global Headlines Health Source Type: news

Parasites in Ancient Poo Reflect Neolithic Settlers' Lifestyle
From an excavation of a site called Catalhoyuk, in modern-day Turkey, scientists recover preserved whipworm eggs--a sign of settling down and living in close quarters. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - June 21, 2019 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news

Immune master regulator orchestrates responses to parasite infection
(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) A new study has identified the master regulator that maintains a healthy gut and limits damage by parasitic whipworms. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and collaborators revealed the interleukin 10 receptor (IL-10R) is critical to prevent uncontrolled whipworm infection in mice and a damaging immune response in the gut.The study, published today in PLOS Pathogens, helps understand the signalling mechanism that maintains a balance between the host, whipworms and gut bacteria. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Guest Blog: New Nematodes in WormBase
  This WS264 release of WormBase includes two new genome assemblies from both a free-living Caenorhabditis species (C. nigoni) and a whipworm parasite of mice (Trichuris muris). The C. nigoni genome was assembled from both long-read (Pacific Biosciences) and short-read (Illumina) data, and then further scaffolded by genome-wide alignment with its very close relative, C. briggsae. Despite the fact that C. nigoni and C. briggsae are closely enough related to produce partially fertile offspring, their lifestyles and genomes are quite different.  C. briggsae, like C. elegans, is primarily a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite...
Source: WormBase - May 16, 2018 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Michael Paulini Tags: news guest WS264 Source Type: news

Enormous promise for new parasitic infection treatment
(University of Manchester) The human whipworm, which infects 500 million people and can damage physical and mental growth, is killed at egg and adult stage by a new drug class developed at the Universities of Manchester and Oxford and University College London. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 22, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Intestinal Worm Discovered In Ancient Roman Coffin
A sealed lead coffin in Roman France has produced whipworm eggs, revealing ancient hygiene left a lot to be desired. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 14, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Kristina Killgrove, Contributor Source Type: news

U.S. FDA Approves Vermox Chewable (Mebendazole) for Treatment of Children and Adults with Roundworm and Whipworm Infections
RARITAN, N.J., October 19, 2016 – Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson& Johnson (Janssen), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vermox Chewable... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - October 19, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Creepy Crawlie Therapy?
Discussion Humans are only one species among the multitudes that inhabit the earth. While many species are used by humans for food, clothing or shelter, as a higher evolved organism, humans are particularly aware of other species that move as they could be a potential predator or cause injury. This wariness is protective, but moving animal species can be domesticated (e.g. dogs, horses), farmed (e.g. cattle, goats) or harvested (e.g. fish, silk) for human use for food, clothing or shelter and also for medicinal use. Learning Point Medical leeches have been used since ancient times. The most commonly used leech is Hirudo me...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 3, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Impax Announces Availability of EMVERM(TM) (mebendazole) Chewable Tablets, 100 mg
EMVERM Provides a New Option for Patients with Pinworm, Whipworm, Roundworm and Hookworm in Single or Mixed Infections HAYWARD, Calif., April 13, 2016 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Impax Laboratories, Inc. (IPXL)today announced that EMVE... Biopharmaceuticals, Product LaunchImpax Laboratories, EMVERM, mebendazole (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - April 13, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Impax Receives Approval of EMVERM(TM) (mebendazole) Chewable Tablets, 100 mg
EMVERM Provides a New Option for Patients with Pinworm, Whipworm, Roundworm and Hookworm in Single or Mixed Infections HAYWARD, Calif., Jan. 15, 2016 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Impax Laboratories, Inc. (IPXL) today announced that the ... Biopharmaceuticals, FDAImpax Laboratories, EMVERM, common roundworm, common hookworm (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - January 15, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Roman toilets gave no clear health benefit, and Romanization actually spread parasites
(University of Cambridge) Archaeological evidence shows that intestinal parasites such as whipworm became increasingly common across Europe during the Roman Period, despite the apparent improvements the empire brought in sanitation technologies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 7, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Deworming shows growth similar to placebo in pre-school children in Peru
The three intestinal worms roundworm (Ascaris), whipworm (Trichuris) and hookworm, cause infections and diseases that are among the most common neglected tropical diseases in the developing world. Researchers recently set up a large-scale randomised controlled trial of 12 and 13-month-old children attending health centres in Iquitos, Peru. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 1, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Pig whipworm genome may aid to treat autoimmune diseases
The whole-genome sequence of Trichuris suis, a parasitic worm in pig, has been presented by an international team composed of 11 institutions from six countries. Understanding the genetics mechanisms underlying the pig parasite may aid to modify the human immune response that could result in better treatments for autoimmune diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 20, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news