Helminthic therapy in the media
This page lists various forms of media coverage relating to helminthic therapy and closely related topics.
Featured media
Featured articles[edit]
- They might sound gross, but intestinal worms can actually be good for you - William Parker, The Conversation
- Dr. Parker is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Duke University, and the Conversation is a well-respected outlet for academic researchers to write about their work for a general audience.
- The Potential Health Benefits of Parasitic Gut Worms - Brandon Keim, Wired
Featured videos[edit]
2018 Jan 25 - Why You Might Want Parasitic Worms - Hank Green, SciShow, You Tube - 6.08 minutes
A video by Complexly, the education channel created by educators and writers John and Hank Green.
2017 Jun 8 - Worms inside us: Lecture on therapeutic helminths to the North Carolina Science Museum (Intended for children, but great for adults too!) - William Parker, YouTube - 34.02 minutes
Dr. Parker is Associate Professor of Surgery at Duke University, and the Conversation is a well-respected outlet for academic researchers to write about their work for a general audience.
2016 Nov 29 - Worming your way to good health - Paul Giacomin, TEDxJCUCairns - 12.52 minutes
Dr. Giacomin is currently Advance Queensland Mid-Career Research Fellow in the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine at James Cook University in Cairns.
2014 May 6 - Parasites Lost: The Journey from Woeful Worms to Helpful Monsters - Christopher Blanar, TEDxNSU - 14.12 minutes
Dr Blanar is Assistant Professor of Biology at Nova Southeastern University. His research interests focus on the fields of parasitology and general ecology.
Articles[edit]
2021
- 2021 Feb 2 Could playing host to hookworms help prevent aging? -Science Daily
2020
- 2020 Oct 30 Helminthic Therapy and CIRS: Could this be the Missing Link? - Michael McEvoy, Metabolic Healing
- 2020 Oct 30 Cepon-Robins illustrates how immune responses to intestinal parasites could reduce severity of COVID-19 - Anna Squires, Communique
- 2020 Aug 22 (accessed on) Helminthic Therapy: Could This Be The Secret Treatment For Autoimmunity? - Dr Will Cole
- 2020 Aug 17 Allergies, Asthma, COPD Treatments May Worm Their Way into Development - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
- 2020 Jun 18 Hookworm trial offers new hope to MS patients - Science Daily
2019
- 2019 Sept 10 Guess I'll Go Eat Some Worms - Chuck Dinerstein, American Council on Science and Health
- 2019 Sept 5 Helminthic infections may be beneficial against HIV-1 Medical Xpress
- 2019 Jul 30 What gut worms could do for cancer - Farah Hancock, Newsroom. (Also see this rebuttal of Prof Le Gros’ comments.)
- 2019 Jul 20 Kiwi researchers to start world-first human trial exploring the health potential of parasitic worms - Ruby Macandrew, Stuff NZ (Also see this rebuttal of Prof Le Gros’ comments.)
- 2019 Jun 26 Supplements, worms and stool: How families are trying to game the gut to treat autism traits - Leah Shaffer, Spectrum
- 2019 May 28 We need worms - William Parker, Aeon
- 2019 May 25 (accessed on) Can Parasites Heal Autoimmune Diseases? - Aimee McNew, PaleoHacks
- 2019 Apr 30 Helminths and Health: Finding Purpose in Our Old Friends - Erica Bizzell, American Society for Microbiology
- 2019 Apr 21 Life lessons from the native tribe with the healthiest hearts in the world - Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN
- 2019 Mar 19 Hookworm Therapy for Autoimmune, Allergy and Asthma Relief - Dr Doni Wilson
- 2019 Feb (accessed in) The Hygiene Hypothesis & Helminth Treatments With Parasitic Worms The Institute for Functional Medicine
- 2019 Feb The Parasite Paradox - Pamela Weintraub, Experience L!fe
- 2019 Jan 12 Using Hookworms To Treat Celiac Disease - Jane Anderson, Verywell Health
- 2019 Jan 12 (accessed on) Helminthic Therapy for Autoimmune Disease (Or, Why I Gave Myself Parasites on Purpose) - Dave Asprey, Bulletproof Blog
- 2019 Jan 9 Parasitic worms could be the solution to asthma, eczema and coeliac disease - Nicky Pellegrino, New Zealand Listener
- 2019 Jan (accessed in) Can Parasites Cure Autoimmune Diseases? - A Q&A with Will Cole, Goop
2018
- 2018 Oct 02 Why I Eat Tapeworms & Whipworms Every Two Weeks: The Fascinating World Of Helminthic Therapy - Ben Greenfield, Fitness
- 2018 Sept 25 The Treatment of Autoimmune Disease with Hookworms - Dr. Steve Nenninger Blog
- 2018 Sept 20 Should You Deliberately Infect Yourself With An Intestinal Worm For Your Health? - Rosie McCall, IFLScience
- 2018 Jul 13 Hookworms Make Us Human: The Microbiome, Eco-immunology, and a Probiotic Turn in Western Health Care (PDF) - Jamie Lorimer, Medical Anthropology Quarterly
- 2018 Jul 2 Eating Worms to Treat Autoimmune Diseases? - Nerissa Ora Zyskind Tunnessen and Michael H. Hsieh, Frontiers for Young Minds
- 2019 Jul Exploring Helminthic Therapy - Karolyn Gazella interviews Sidney Baker, MD, for Natural Medicine Journal
- 2018 May 30 Why doctor working in New Zealand infected himself with hookworms - Sarah Wilson, New Zealand Herald
- 2018 May The Hygiene Hypothesis & Helminth Treatments With Parasitic Worms - Insights, the Institute for Functional Medicine
- 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 Guidelines for Self-Administering Helminth Therapy (using HDC) - Michael Ruscio interviews Dr Nancy O'Hara
- 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 July 16 The treatment of chronic lyme with hookworms - Dr. Steve Nenninger Blog
- 2017 Jun 20 The treatment of chronic lyme with hookworms 2 - Dr. Steve Nenninger Blog
- 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 23 Parasites, ghosts and mutualists: a relational geography of microbes for global health (PDF) - Jamie Lorimer, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Royal Geographical Society.
- 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 helminths exert control over the immune system, with special reference to IBD.)
- 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 1 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 14 Parasitic worms may prevent Crohn’s disease by altering bacterial balance - Mitch Leslie, Science
- 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 21 Worms-1, Mono-0 - Dr. Steve Nenninger Blog
- 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 (accessed on) 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 Apr Can Hookworms Cure Coeliac Disease? - Paul Giacomin, Australasian Science
- 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 Dec 14 Using parasites to fight autoimmune diseases - Ruthie Blum, Israel21c
- 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 Feb 21 Parasites R Us: Coronado Biosciences Recruits Parasitic Worms to Treat Autoimmune Disease (PDF) - Wendy Wolfson, Chemistry & Biology Innovations
- 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 Nov 17 Autoimmunity and the Worm - Michael Ash, Clinical Education
- 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 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 Feb 1 Opening a Can of Worms - Bob Grant, The Scientist
- 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.)
2003
- 2003 Dec 3 Eat worms - feel better - Anna Glanz takes TSO to treat ulcerative colitis, BBC
1999
- 1999 Aug 31 In Pursuit of Autoimmune Worm Cure - Andy Newman, New York Times
Videos[edit]
- 2020 Oct 21 (Available till 20 Sept 2023) Comment j'ai hacké mes intestins (5/6) - Dora Shosh Mutot interviews (in English) two researchers, a helminthic therapy self-treater and a helminth provider.
- 2020 Sept 1 Food sensitivities - Sean Murphy MD, Helminth Radio
- 2019 Sept 1 Intro to Helminthic Therapy - A good introduction to this therapy
- 2018 Apr 9 Microbiology of Helminths & Immunity - Microbiology Videos, Educator.com, YouTube
- 2018 Jan 25 Why You Might Want Parasitic Worms - Hank Green, SciShow, YouTube
- 2017 Aug 4 Worm eggs could become food supplement - New Scientist, YouTube
- 2017 Jun 8 Worms inside us: Lecture on therapeutic helminths to the North Carolina Science Museum (Intended for children but great for adults too!) - William Parker, YouTube
- 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 29 Worming your way to good health - Paul Giacomin, TEDxJCUCairns
- 2016 Nov Life On Us: A Microscopic Safari. A two hour, two-part documentary. The second part has a segment on helminths and helminthic therapy 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 disease)
- 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 - Rowann Bowcutt, the Cadwell and Loke Labs, YouTube
- 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? - Kate Mulcahy, 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, 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
- 2012 Feb 2 Trichuris suis ova Clinical Trial - Media Library Inc, YouTube
- 2011 Feb 10 The Worm Crew - Joel Weinstock on studying the effects of helminths on IBD
- 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 has a Crohn’s flare after deworming. mp4
- 2009 May 26 Helminthic therapy allergies asthma - Interviews with scientists and patients using helminthic therapy 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 at 20.25 minutes) YouTube
- 2008 May 24 Helminth Therapy - Video about helminthic therapy by Asphelia Pharmaceuticals
- 2008 Mar 14 Helminthic therapy - Autoimmune Therapies - Jasper Lawrence collects hookworms from Cameroon
- 2007 Oct 10 Autism/TSO Presentation Part 1 - Stewart Johnson on the use of TSO as a treatment for certain symptoms of autism, Mt. Sinai Autism Conference, 2007, YouTube
- 2007 Oct 10 Autism/TSO Presentation Part 2 - Stewart Johnson on the use of TSO as a treatment for certain symptoms of autism, Mt. Sinai Autism Conference, 2007, YouTube
- 2007 Oct 10 Autism/TSO Presentation Part 3 - Stewart Johnson on the use of TSO as a treatment for certain symptoms of autism, Mt. Sinai Autism Conference, 2007, YouTube
Webinars[edit]
- 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 (Helminths mentioned from 34 minutes)
Podcasts[edit]
- 2019 Jul 24 Professor Graham Le Gros: Hookworms could have huge potential for health - Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford, NewstalkZB. (Also see this rebuttal of some of Prof Le Gros’ comments.)
- 2019 Jul 22 Human hookworms: potential to help inflammatory diseases - Jesse Mulligan, RNZ. (Also see this rebuttal of some of Prof Le Gros’ comments.)
- 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 8 Worm Therapy with Dr. William Parker: Rational Wellness Podcast 038 - Ben Weitz DC interviews William Parker
- 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 - Pat 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[edit]
- 2020 Nov 3 The Probiotic Planet: Using Life to Manage Life - Jamie Lorimer
- 2018 Dec 1 Hookworms for Autoimmune Disease: Parabiotics and the Rise of Antifragile Medicine - Steve Nenninger
- 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. This book has been reviewed by Donna Beales.
- 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[edit]
- 2014 Infections and autoimmunity; how to harness nature to treat autoimmunity - Yehuda Shoenfeld
