According to Parasitologists working at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), farmers need to be aware of the risk ...

Nathan Hill looks at a treatment for flukes in aquariums and ponds that's effective, but needs handling with care. This small package of innocuous looking powder from Fish Treatment Ltd goes a long ...

One of the reasons appears to be parasites. Moose researcher Jen Grauer samples water for giant liver fluke in Barnum Pond in the northern Adirondacks in July 2022. Photo by Mike Lynch In a recent ...

It turns out one of them did indeed pack a vitamin punch. These days, the words "cod liver oil" are vaguely sepia-tinged. They conjure up an image of a murky spoonful of something, brandished by a ...

Millions of Americans are taking herbal remedies that may be toxic to the liver. The NHANES survey collect a large amount of information, including detailed demographics, medical history, lifestyle ...

Hossein Vafaei left snooker fans in Belfast astounded with what's been dubbed a 'once-every-10-year fluke' during his match against Jimmy White at the Northern Ireland Open. The Iranian snooker ace ...

At 21, Aarya Keshav, a Delhi-based law student, was shocked when her seemingly harmless, dull abdominal pain turned out to be a diagnosis for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition in ...

SNOOKER fans have been left stunned by Hossein Vafaei's stunning fluke shot. The bizarre moment occurred in the first frame of his first round clash against 62-year-old legend Jimmy White at the ...

It had long been known that the disease was due to the presence in large numbers of a parasite called the liver-fluke (Fasciola hepatica) in the liver of the affected animals, and that the ...

Liver fibrosis is scarring of the liver. It has many causes, including alcohol-induced damage, infections, and diseases that harm the liver. Inflammation and injury of the liver can lead to scarring, ...