If you think juice cleanses are extreme, check out this misguided diet. An Iowa woman recently informed her doctor that she bought a tapeworm on the Internet and ingested it in an effort to reduce weight. The doctor was apparently so stumped by the patient's bad decision that he had to call the state health department for guidance.
The agency told the doctor to get his patient de-wormed by means of some special medication that kills the parasite. Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, medical director at the Iowa Department of Public Health, recounted the incident in an email to public-health workers Thursday.
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