The woman lost her eyesight to acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare infection caused by parasites burrowing into her cornea and permanently damaging her right eye.

Results of a recent mice trial revealed that mice fed with aspartame had increased inflammation and "larger and more fatty plaques" in their arteries, two main factors that could raise the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

The woman was diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis from rat lungworm, a parasitic worm that gets into the human body typically through contaminated food.