Herbert Smith says whipworms helped keep his Crohn's disease under control. Nov. 7, 2012— -- Eight years ago, Herbert Smith (not his real name) did the unthinkable -- he swallowed thousands of ...

Mollie Heinz had two surgeries to remove parts of her bowel due to flareups of Crohn’s disease. Even so, the 37-year-old mother from Maryland Heights isn’t so hot about the idea of ingesting the eggs ...

Medical experts are excited at the unlikely new hope a parasitic worm found in pigs could offer across a suite of illnesses and ailments. University of Melbourne has for the first time mapped the ...