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This page lists various forms of media coverage relating to helmithic therapy and closely related topics such as the Hygiene Hypothesis, the Old Friends' Hypothesis, Evolutionary Mismatch Theory and Biome Depletion Theory/ Biota Alteration Theory.

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2018

• 2018 Jul 2 Eating Worms to Treat Autoimmune Diseases? - Nerissa Ora Zyskind Tunnessen and Michael H. Hsieh, Frontiers for Young Minds
• 2018 May 30 Why doctor working in New Zealand infected himself with hookworms - Sarah Wilson, New Zealand Herald
• 2018 Apr 27 The worms within us: How parasites could help beat disease - Republication by the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research of an article by Jamie Morton, first published in the New Zealand Herald.
• 2018 Mar 22 Parasitic Worms Block High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity In Mice - Alex Berezow, American Council on Science and Health
• 2018 Mar 2 Could tapeworms prevent bowel disease in children? - Ben Coxworth, New Atlas
• 2018 Feb 7 Hookworms... could solve gluten intolerance - Kathy Sundstrom and Annie Gaffney, ABC Sunshine Coast

2017

• 2017 Dec Are Worms the Next Probiotic? - Michael Ruscio interviews William Parker, Dr. Ruscio Radio
• 2017 Oct 11 Hook me up! Treating Autoimmune Disease with Hookworms - The Way of Alpha
• 2017 Aug 20 Why Do People Subject Themselves to ‘Worm Therapy’ Treatments? - Heather Cruickshank, HealthLine
• 2017 Aug 14 Patients Resorting to ‘Worm Therapy’ to Treat Autoimmune Diseases - Constance Gustke, HealthLine
• 2017 Aug 7 I tried ingesting rat tapeworm parasites and my poo turned green - Andy Coghlan, New Scientist Daily News
• 2017 Aug 7 Parasitic worm eggs may soon be legally sold as food in Germany - Andy Coghlan, New Scientist Daily News
• 2017 July 28 Scientists are trying to treat autoimmune disease with intestinal worms - Kate Baggaley, Popular Science
• 2017 May 30 Would YOU swallow a glassful of worms to banish your allergies? - Helen Thomson, Daily Mail
• 2017 Apr 24 Infected with hookworms to help cure gluten allergies - Gabrielle Stuart, NZ Herald
• 2017 Apr 19 Severely autistic boy, 4, is on the road to recovery after undergoing worm therapy despite being told he would never lead a normal life - Stephen Matthews, Mail Online
• 2017 Mar 13 Worm Therapy to Treat Inflammatory Disorders - Dr Mercola
• 2017 Feb 16 Parasites clue to why allergies are more common in developed countries - Emma Rayner, MedicalXpress
• 2017 Feb 13 How Dr Wriggly wormed himself into the affection of the ill - Shaun Smillie, Business Day
• 2017 Feb 8 Coeliac disease study to open in Queensland using hookworms - Felicity Caldwell, Brisbane Times
• 2017 Jan 20 Can Worms Cure Disease? 17 Questions With Dr. William Parker - Eirik Garnas, Darwinian Medicine

2016

• 2016 Dec 27 How Germs, Dirt and Hookworms Can Boost Your Health - Ruben Castaneda, Yahoo News
• 2016 Dec 21 Worm charmer - Neil Savage, Nature (Q&A with Joel Weinstock on his latest interpretation of the mechanisms by which helminthsAn intestinal worm which grows large enough to be seen with the naked eye when mature but which is microscopic when administered in helminthic therapy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helminths Wikipedia:Helminths] exert control over the immune system, with special reference to IBDInflammatory bowel disease is a group of conditions affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, particularly the colon and small intestine. The major types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC)..)
• 2016 Dec 20 Old Friends: The Promise of Parasitic Worms - Leah Shaffer, Undark Magazine
• 2016 Oct 27 Asthma And Allergies May Find An Unlikely Treatment In Hookworm Saliva - Oscar Williams, Huffpost Tech
• 2016 Oct 26 Bloodsucking parasitic hookworms could help treat asthma - Sarah Kaplan, Chicago Tribune
• 2016 Oct 26 Protein found in hookworm ‘soup’ could fight asthma, other autoimmune diseases - Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, AAAS
• 2016 Oct 6 Hookworms to treat coeliac disease? - Includes a linked podcast from Nights, Radio New Zealand
• 2016 Sept 28 How Parasites Are Used in Modern Medicine - Philip Perry, The Big Think
• 2016 Sept 4 Fecal Transplants And Parasitic Infections: How Far Would You Go To Get Your Life Back? - Crohn, Health for Human
• 2016 Aug 20 This Guy Swallowed Parasitic Worms On Purpose - Then Became A Published Scientist BuzzFeedNews
• 2016 Aug 12 Could Worms In Your Gut Cure Your Allergies? - Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR Goats and Soda
• 2016 Jul 6 New research highlights need to abandon modern hygiene hypothesis - News Medical
• 2016 Jul 5 Helminth Therapy in RA - Stephanie Pappas, Rheumatology Network
• 2016 Jul 1 Friend or Foe; the probiotic power of helminths can prevent Crohn’s Disease - Anouk Gouvras, BugBitten
• 2016 Jul 1 Scientists want to use parasitic worms to treat multiple sclerosis - Jacinta Bowler, ScienceAlert
• 2016 Jun 29 Old Friends Hypothesis - Yolanda Smith, News Medical
• 2016 Jun 16 Notes on Parasite Underground - Moises Velasquez-Manoff’s blog
• 2016 Jun 16 The Parasite Underground - Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times Magazine
• 2016 Jun 3 Educate Your Immune System: Our bodies are confused by this 21st-century world - Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times
• 2016 May 17 Could worm infection counter IBD? An interview with Dr Loke and Dr Cadwell - April Cashin-Garbutt, News Medical
• 2016 May Gut Buddies - Multispecies Studies and the Microbiome - Jamie Lorimer, Duke University Press
• 2016 Apr 21 Hooked on hookworms (and other parasites) - Peter Korn, Portland Tribune
• 2016 Apr 17 I've got parasitic worms living inside me, and it's great - Adam Dudding, Stuff NZ
• 2016 Apr 15 Parasitic Worms May Restore Balance To Gut Microbiome In People With Crohn's Disease - Ed Cara, Medical Daily
• 2016 Apr 11 Meet The Parasites That Might Cure Crohn's Disease, MS, And More - Tirumalai Kamala, Forbes and Quora. (multiple sclerosis)
• 2016 Mar 31 Tapeworms and Other Parasites Can Make Good Guests - Carl Zimmer, The New York Times
• 2016 Mar 21 Life-Sucking Parasites Can Help Save Species - Talal Al-Khatib, Discovery
• 2016 Mar 11 Parasites, pigs and primates – the origin and demography of Trichuris whipworms - Anouk Gouvras, Bug Bitten
• 2016 Feb 8 Why a diet of worms could be good for you - David Kohn, The Guardian
• 2016 Jan 13 If being too clean makes us sick, why isn’t getting dirty the solution? - William Parker, The Conversation

2015

• 2015 Dec 3 Parasites in Your Intestines May Actually Be Good for You - Ann Pietrangelo, Healthline
• 2015 Nov 13 What do parasitic worms and our increasing allergies have in common? - Graham Rook, The Conversation
• 2015 Nov 11 40 patients are about to be infected with hookworms to treat gluten intolerance - Peter Dockrill, Science Alert
• 2015 Nov 11 Want a Stronger Defense System Against Diseases? Add Some Worms - Sheena Faherty, Scientific American
• 2015 Oct 30 They might sound gross, but intestinal worms can actually be good for you - William Parker, The Conversation
• 2015 Oct 29 An Evolutionary Basis for Allergies - Karen Zusi, The Scientist
• 2015 Sept Duke scientists treat depression with intestinal worms Teresa Meng, The Chronicle
• 2015 Sept (date accessed) The “Old Friends” hypothesis: Reopening a can of worms - Brenna Doheny, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• 2015 Aug 3 The Worm Turns - Sheena Faherty, Philadelphia Inquirer
• 2015 Jul 16 Parasites by Post: The Online Black Market for Therapeutic Worms - Daniel Viola, Motherboard
• 2015 Jun 23 Top 10 Facts about Hookworms and Autoimmune Disease - Dave Anderson, Listland
• 2015 May 31 Can Eating Worms Help Treat Allergies & Autoimmune Diseases? - Ryan Chamberlin, The Prepper Pages
• 2015 May 29 Ecological Medicine: Can intestinal worms cure us of our modern pandemics? - Rob Dunn, Your Wild Life
• 2015 May 28 DIY Parasite Infection Treats Autoimmune Disorders - Leah Shaffer, Discover
• 2015 Apr 6 The Hygiene Hypothesis -- Redefine, Rename, or Just Clean It Up? - Linda Brookes and Laurence Cheng, Medscape (Includes mention of the promotion of barrier integrity by parasites.)
• 2015 Mar 26 A “Miracle Cure” With Scientific Promise? - Mariah Z. Leach, RheumatoidArthritis.net
• 2015 Mar 23 Parasitic Hookworm Infections and Autoimmune and Allergic Disease - Dr. Alexander Rinehart
• 2015 Helminths: ASD Cause or Potential Treatment - William Parker, Autism Research Institute
• 2015 Testing the use of helminth worm ova in treating autism - Eric Hollander, Simons Foundation

2014

• 2014 Nov 14 Intestinal parasites may help the immune system, researchers say - Sharon Oosthoek, The Globe and Mail
• 2014 Aug 12 ‘Wormy’ pills might fend off autoimmune diseases - Glynis Smalley, Futurity
• 2014 Aug 8 Health by Hookworm - Julia Calderone, Science Notes
• 2014 Jul 23 Intestinal parasites are 'old friends,' researchers argue - Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (anemia)
• 2014 May 12 Parasitic Worms Wiggle Into Modern Medicine - Julia Calderone interviews William C. Gause for Scientific American Blogs
• 2014 Feb 19 Infested: Living with Parasites - Michael Mosley, BBC
• 2014 Jan 23 Vitamin Deficit Can Boost Innate Immunity - Laasya Samhita, The Scientist
• 2014 Jan 21 Are Parasites Primal? - Mark Sisson, Mark's Daily Apple
• 2014 Jan 7 Helminthic Therapy: An Emerging Intervention in the Era of Immune Dysregulation - Mark Davis, Naturopathic Doctor, News and Review

2013

• 2013 Dec 1 Extreme science: diet of hookworms to tackle a bread allergy - Josh Davis, The Guardian
• 2013 Oct 24 Pig Whipworm ‘Smoothie’ May Help Crohn’s Digestive - Health Team, Health Essentials
• 2013 Sep Diabetes – could helminths be relevant? - Foods Matter
• 2013 Apr 22 Worm Therapy: Why Parasites May Be Good For You - Rachel Nuwer, BBC Future
• 2013 Feb 26 Why We Need Germs - Sharon Begley, The Saturday Evening Post
• 2013 Jan 15 Can parasites prevent autoimmune diabetes? - Moises Velasquez-Manoff, The Human Food Project
• 2013 Jan 10 What do breast milk and parasites have in common? - Moises Velasquez-Manoff’s blog

2012

• 2012 Nov 21 The New (Ancient) Cure for Immune Disorders - Jim Thornton, Men’s Health
• 2012 Nov 20 The Potential Health Benefits of Parasitic Gut Worms - Brandon Keim, Science
• 2012 Apr 18 Hookworms And Allergies - Doctor Infects Himself For Experiment - Catharine Paddock, Medical News Today
• 2012 Mar 2 Hook Worms as a Treatment for Crohn’s Disease - Stephanie Faris, Healthline
• 2012 Mar The Amazing Dr Wriggly - John Scott, Foods Matter
• 2012 Feb 14 In a Squeaky-Clean World, a Worm Might Help Fight Disease - Shirley S Wang, Wall Street Journal
• 2012 Feb Reintroducing Food After Hookworm Treatment For Food Allergy/Intolerance - John Scott, Foods Matter
• 2012 Jan 27 At UMDNJ, Researchers Seek Healing Powers from Parasites - Beth Fitzgerald, NJSpotlight

• 2012 Jan 15 Swallowing Parasitic Worms May Heal Your Ails - Christopher Wanjek, Live Science

2011

• 2011 Jul Helminths Give Chronic Headaches the Old Heave-ho - John Scott, Foods Matter
• 2011 Jun 28 Parasitic Worms May Offer Hope on MS - Sten Stovall, Wall Street Journal (multiple sclerosis)
• 2011 Jun 5 Take Two Hookworms and Call Me in the Morning - Jennifer Fisher Wilson, The Smart Set
• 2011 May 26 The Parasite Ate Your Depression - Emily Deans, Psychology Today
• 2011 Mar Don't let worms give you the squirms! - John Scott, Foods Matter
• 2011 Jan Nasal Allergies Nuked by Worms - John Scott, Foods Matter

2010

• 2010 Dec 1 New hints on how helminth worms heal ulcerative colitis - Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times
• 2010 Dec 1 For the Good of the Gut: Can Parasitic Worms Treat Autoimmune Diseases? - Ferris Jabr, Scientific American
• 2010 Jun 10 New gut ecosystem model? - Bob Grant, The Scientist
• 2010 May 23 Gut instinct: the miracle of the parasitic hookworm - Tim Adams, The Guardian (UK)
• 2010 May 20 A New Prescription: Parasite Eggs - Elizabeth Lopatto, Bloomberg Businessweek
• 2010 May 17 Can Dirt Do a Little Good? - Melinda Beck, Wall Street Journal
• 2010 Apr 9 Fighting Allergies by Mimicking Parasitic Worms - Emily Singer, MIT Technology Review
• 2010 Apr 2 Medicines made from worms 'could cure asthma and arthritis' - The Scotsman
• 2010 Mar 24 Which Dirt Should Your Baby Eat? - Amanda Schaffer, Slate
• 2010 Mar 10 Why a Parasite Cleanse Can Make You Worse - Karen Vaughan, Natural Health
• 2010 Mar 3 Dirt, Disease, and Depression: the hygiene hypothesis clears up a diametric difficulty - Christopher Badcock, Psychology Today
• 2010 Feb 18 Hook Worms (and coeliac disease) - Catalyst, ABC Australia

2009

• 2009 Nov Wriggling out of Food Intolerance - John Scott, Foods Matter
• 2009 Oct 22 Worms linked to coeliac relief - Dina Rosendorff, News Online, ABC Australia
• 2009 Aug Can Parasites Be Good For You? - David Pritchard, The Biochemical Society
• 2009 Jul 31 Our Symbionts Ourselves - Karen Vaughan, Natural Health
• 2009 Jul 31 Parasites May Have Had Role In Evolution Of Sex - Science Daily
• 2009 Jul 22 Are Hookworms the Next Claritin? - Boonsri Dickinson, Discover Magazine Blog
• 2009 Jul 22 Immune Gene Evolution May Be Driven By Parasites - Kayt Sukel, The Dana Foundation
• 2009 Jun 6 How Parasites Trick Your Immune System Into Health - Mercola.com
• 2009 Apr 27 Parasites Could Be Good for You - Brandon Keim, Science
• 2009 Jan 29 Are worms key to health? - NHS Choice
• 2009 Jan 28 Infecting patients with worms 'could hold key to treating asthma' - Kate Devlin, The Daily Telegraph
• 2009 Replacing lost worms to regain health - John Scott, Foods Matter

2008

• 2008 Jul 10 Pig worms and multiple sclerosis: the unintended consequences of hygiene - Stephen Stearns, Evolution and Medicine Review
• 2008 Jul 1 The Worms Crawl In - Elizabeth Svoboda, New York Times
• 2008 Jun 29 The Worm Turns - Moises Velasquez-Manoff, New York Times
• 2008 Jun An Appetite for Worms - John Scott, Foods Matter
• 2008 Mar 16 Diseases like mine are a growing hazard - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Washington Post
• 2008 Mar 4 Immune systems increasingly on attack - Rob Stein, Washington Post

2007

• 2007 Winter The Good Worms - Bruce Morgan, Tufts University Magazine
• 2007 Dec 31 His parasite theory stirs a revolution - Billy Baker, The Boston Globe
• 2007 Nov 30 Could Stem Cells Be Used To Cure Crohn's Disease? - Science Daily
• 2007 Sept 15 Scientists recruit worms for fight against asthma - James Randerson, The Guardian
• 2007 Sept 15 Blood-sucking hookworms may harbour asthma cure - BioScholar

2005

• 2005 Nov 2 Worm Therapy: a New Treatment for IBD? - Patrick Perry, Saturday Evening Post c/o EarthWormDigest.org (Scroll down page to locate article.)

1999

• 1999 Aug 31 In Pursuit of Autoimmune Worm Cure - Andy Newman, New York Times

Videos

• 2018 Jan 25 Why You Might Want Parasitic Worms - Hank Green, SciShow, You Tube
• 2017 Aug 4 Worm eggs could become food supplement - New Scientist, You Tube
• 2017 Jun 8 Worms inside us: Lecture on therapeutic helminths to the North Carolina Science Museum Helminth education for children, by William Parker.
• 2017 Mar 15 Israeli ‘worm treatment’ successfully fights autoimmune disease - World Israel News
• 2017 Feb 8 Crawler cure: hookworms used to alleviate coeliac symptoms - ABC New 24
• 2016 Nov Life On Us: A Microscopic Safari. A two hour, two-part documentary. The second part has a segment on helminthsAn intestinal worm which grows large enough to be seen with the naked eye when mature but which is microscopic when administered in helminthic therapy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helminths Wikipedia:Helminths] and helminthic therapyThe reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to reconstitute a depleted biome to treat and prevent chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease and other immunological disorders including allergy. starting from 15 minutes. - VHX (Free on Amazon Prime)
• 2016 Aug 10 My Experience With Helminthic Therapy - Sisters Undercover
• 2016 Jun 6 Is a hookworm good for you? - Clip from Infested! Living with Parasites, BBC Teach (Crohn's diseaseAlso known as regional enteritis, this is an inflammatory disease of the intestines that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody if inflammation is severe), vomiting or weight loss, but may also cause complications outside the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis, inflammation of the eye, tiredness and lack of concentration.)
• 2016 May 20 Sid Baker: Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetle Larvae? – #311 - Dave, Bulletproof (autism)
• 2016 Apr 21 Worm infection counters intestinal inflammation by changing gut microbiome - The Cadwell and Loke Labs
• 2016 Mar 23 Parasites, Autoimmunity & Allergies - Moises Velasquez Manoff, High Intensity Health
• 2015 Jul 20 Experimental helminth therapy used to treat autoimmune disease - Global News
• 2015 Jul 9 The Science of Hay Fever... Are Parasitic Worms The Cure? - The Royal Institution
• 2014 Sept 28 Biome normalization using Hymenolepis diminuta (HDC) - Judith Chinitz, CDePalma (autism)
• 2014 Sept 22 Helminths & Immunity - Catherine Carpenter, Educator.com
• 2014 May 6 Parasites Lost: The Journey from Woeful Worms to Helpful - Monsters Christopher Blanar, TEDxNSU
• 2014 Apr 1 Reshaping the immune system - Moises Velazquez-Manoff at TEDxCibeles
• 2014 Jan 29 Rachel Clarke on conscious infestation of the gut with worms (Parkinson’s disease)
• 2013 Aug 1 Why Parasites May Not Be All That Bad - Trace Dominguez, DNews
• 2011 Feb 10 The Worm Crew - Joel Weinstock on studying the effects of helminthsAn intestinal worm which grows large enough to be seen with the naked eye when mature but which is microscopic when administered in helminthic therapy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helminths Wikipedia:Helminths] on IBDInflammatory bowel disease is a group of conditions affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, particularly the colon and small intestine. The major types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC).
• 2010 Mar 12 Medical Alert: Worms Used As Therapy - Donna Hamilton, WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
• 2010 Feb 18 Hook Worms - Jonica Newby, Catalyst (coeliac disease)
• 2009 Nov 16 House MD, Season 6, Episode 8: “Teamwork” - A patient’s has a Crohn’s flare after deworming. mp4
• 2009 May 26 Helminthic therapy allergies asthma - Interviews with scientists and patients using helminthic therapyThe reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to reconstitute a depleted biome to treat and prevent chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease and other immunological disorders including allergy. to control allergies and asthma
• 2009 Mar 15 Todd Troutman Interview, Part 2 - A patient finds relief from severe allergies, YouTube
• 2009 Mar 15 Todd Troutman Interview, Part 1 - A patient finds relief from severe allergies, YouTube
• 2009 Parasites: A User's Guide (long trailer) - Sharon Shattuck, Sweet Fern Productions
• 2009 Bang Goes the Theory, Season 4 Episode 6 (Starts 20.25 minutes) YouTube
• 2008 May 24 Helminth Therapy - Video about helminthic therapyThe reintroduction to the digestive tract of a controlled number of specially domesticated, mutualistic helminths (intestinal worms) in the form of microscopic eggs or larvae to reconstitute a depleted biome to treat and prevent chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease and other immunological disorders including allergy. by Asphelia Pharmaceuticals
• 2008 Mar 14 Helminthic therapy - Autoimmune Therapies - Jasper Lawrence collects hookwormsA helminth that lives in the small intestine. Necator americanus (NA) is the only hookworm species used in helminthic therapy. Its microscopic larvae are applied periodically to the skin. from Cameroon

Webinars

• 2016 Jan 20 Autism & Helminths: The Good, the Bad, and the Rumors - William Parker, Autism Research Institute
• 2015 May 6 Microbiome Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - William Parker (HelminthsAn intestinal worm which grows large enough to be seen with the naked eye when mature but which is microscopic when administered in helminthic therapy. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helminths Wikipedia:Helminths] mentioned from 34 minutes)

Podcasts

• 2018 Mar Guidelines for Self-Administering Helminth Therapy (using HDC) - Michael Ruscio interviews Dr Nancy O'Hara, Dr. Ruscio Radio
• 2018 Jan 27 Lessons from parasitic worms Kim Hill interviews Dr Kara Filbey for Saturday Morning, Radio New Zealand
• 2018 Jan Healthy Worms to Repair the Gut & Immune System - Michael Ruscio interviews Garin Aglietti, Dr. Ruscio Radio
• 2017 Dec Are Worms the Next Probiotic? - Michael Ruscio interviews William Parker, Dr. Ruscio Radio
• 2017 Oct 13 Can We Worm Our Way Into Better Health? Crowd Science, BBC World Service
• 2017 June 5 Hookworms against diabetes! - Norman Swan interviews Robyn McDermott on Health Report, Radio National
• 2016 Dec 28 Undark Podcast #10: The Helminth Hackers - David Corcoran interviews Leah Shaffer
• 2016 Oct 6 Hookworms to treat coeliac disease? - Nights, Radio New Zealand
• 2016 July 1 The Re-education of the Immune System - (9.00 to 42.00 minutes) To the Point, KCRW, with Moises Velazquez-Manoff, Dave Elliot, Mikael Knip and Shabaana Khader. Click on the Mini-Player button at top right, to jump straight in at 9.00 minutes.
• 2015 Nov 2 The Enemy of my Enemy, Part 2: A Can of Worms - Sam Ancona Esselmann interviews Moises Velasquez Manoff for Carry the One Radio
• 2015 Jun 19 The Future of Healing the Immune System: Biome Reconstitution - Neil Nathan interviews William Parker for The Cutting Edge of Health, and Wellness Today
• 2012 Jan 25 Got Bugs! - William Parker, AutismOne
• 2010 Apr 2 An update on hookworms - Patrick Walters, Radiolab
• 2010 Apr 2 Enemy Camp 2012: Act Three. As The Worm Turns - This American Life
• 2009 Sept Sculptors of Monumental Narrative - Dickson Despommier and Pat Walters, Radiolab

Books

• 2017 Worm Booklet: Treating Autoimmune Diseases with Hookworms - Steve Nenninger
• 2017 Mar 11 The Worms Inside Me: My experiment with helminthic therapy - Beth Anderson
• 2016 Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine: From Research to Policy and Practice. Ed: Alvergne, Jenkinson and Faurie. This book, which is available from Amazon, contains a chapter by Jorge Correale (“Helminth Immunoregulation and Multiple Sclerosis Treatment”) and one by Gabriele Sorci, et al., entitled, “Microbes, Parasites and Immune Diseases” (page 211 in Part VI: Immunology). This latter chapter is available, in full, as a FREE download via a link in the Table of Contents on this page.
• 2015 Dec 1 Body by Darwin: How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine - Jeremy Taylor. There’s an extended excerpt of this book on Live Science, here.
• 2012 Sept 4 An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases - Moises Velasquez-Manoff
• 2011 Jun 21 The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today - Rob Dunn
• 2009 Sept 18 The Hygiene Hypothesis and Darwinian Medicine (Progress in Inflammation Research) Edited by Graham Rook
• 2007 Apr 2 Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are - Marlene Zuk

Lecture/slide presentation

• 2014 Infections and autoimmunity; how to harness nature to treat autoimmunity - Yehuda Shoenfeld

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