When Cheryl Kennedy of Chicago went to fill a pinworm prescription for her 4-year-old daughter, she was astounded to learn that four tablets of the drug Albenza cost almost $700—even with insurance.

When parents first notice their kids have a pinworm infection, they usually flip. "It freaks parents out," says Dr. Kristin Bencik-Boudreau, a pediatrician at Bayshore Pediatrics, a primary care ...

Emverm (mebendazole; Impax) chewable tablets are available for the treatment of pinworm, whipworm, common roundworm, common hookworm, and American hookworm in single or mixed infections. It is ...

PINWORMS are the most common type of intestinal worm infection in the United States. Here we explain what they are and how to treat them. Please provide a valid email ...

Q: My neighbor’s 5-year-old daughter came down with a pinworm infestation. She was taken to the pediatrician and given medication. The pinworms went away, and my friend thought all was well, but in ...

Children share all kinds of things when they go back to school – books, pencils, stories from summer vacation and, unfortunately, pesky and sometimes dangerous parasites that rely on close contact ...

A common pinworm medication may stop and reverse cancer growth in Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, according to research led by University of Arizona Cancer Center researchers ...

An old pinworm medicine is a new lead in the search for compounds that block the Wnt signaling pathway, which has been implicated in colon cancer. The findings suggest a fresh approach for developing ...

With the grandkids coming into town, there are a few health topics you may want to be familiar with, especially if the kids are under 12. As the adult in charge of the child, you may have to deal with ...

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