Helminths in the News

• The Guardian (UK): Gut instinct: the miracle of the parasitic hookworm (*one of the better articles on helminthic therapy)
• CNN.com: Man Finds Extreme Healing Eating Parasitic Worms
• NPR: Eat Your Worms: The Upside of Parasites
• Los Angeles Times: New hints on how helminth worms heal ulcerative colitis
• The Hindu: When overzealous immune system is to blame
• The Boston Globe: Studies hint parasites can be good for you
• ABC.com: Man doses himself with a parasite for intestinal problems
• Discover.com: A New Treatment for Bowel Problems: Eating 1,000 Parasitic Worm Eggs
• The New York Times: The Worms Crawl In
• The New York Times: IDEA LAB; The Worm Turns
• The Boston Globe: His parasite theory stirs a revolution
• Australian Broadcasting Company: A Hookworm Saved My Life(audio interview with Jasper Lawrence)
• NPR: RadioLab: RadioLb Segment on Parasites with interview of Jasper Lawrence.
• CBS News, Part II: Patients On Hookworm Therapy Swear By Treatment
• CBS News, Part I: Some Turn To Hookworms To Treat Ailments
• Australian Broadcasting Company “The World Today”: Article and Podcast regarding research in Australia into the treatment of Celiac disease with hookworms
• Australian Broadcasting Company Story: Hookworms for Celiac Disease
• Mercola: Take Control of Your Health How Parasites Trick Your Immune System Into Health
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Project X: Immunotherapy using helminth infection with hookworms or whipworms
• The New York Times: Early Fevers May Lower Allergy Risk
• National Health Service Choices: Are worms key to health?
• Infection Research: Parasites and the hygiene hypothesis
• The Daily Telegraph (UK): Infecting patients with worms ‘could hold key to treating asthma’
• Washington Post: Diseases Like Mine Are a Growing Hazard
• Scienceline: Why are food allergies on the rise?
• Washington Post: Immune Systems Increasingly On Attack
• EBiology News: Blood-sucking hookworms may harbour asthma cure
• BBC: Parasites ‘may help MS patients’
• BNet: Why We Need Germs
• Guardian Online: Scientists recruit worms for fight against asthma
• AsthmaUK: Gut parasites linked to reduced asthma risk
• Science Daily: Could Stem Cells Be Used To Cure Crohn’s Disease?
• Tufts University: The Good Worms
• Science Daily: Parasite Infection May Benefit Multiple Sclerosis Patients
• Slate: Which Dirt Should Your Baby Eat? Mapping how bugs and virus help children develop immunity.