Healthcare Triage: Tapeworms! Finally, a Parasite that’s Gross, AND Harmful!

The people have spoken. You love the parasites. This week, I’m bowing to a perennial request from our own Stan Muller to do an episode on tapeworms.

Make sure you eat before watching. Tapeworms are the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage:

For those of you who want to read more:

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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