As The Worm Turns…
Saturday, July 24 2010
Act III of the 4/02/2010 episode of This American Life will be interesting to anyone who has heard of helminth therapy to treat autoimmune diseases. It focuses on a man named Jasper Lawrence, who decided to treat his severe asthma with hookworms acquired the, um, natural way. He sounds like a reasonable guy on the program, but his blog makes him seem like a crank. I suppose I’d be just as angry if the FDA had chased me out of the country.
check out htp://opensourcehelminththerapy.org for more info on this treatment