A Refreshing Mountain Rinse Left This Man With a Nose Leech and Days of Bleeding

According to the report, the man visited an otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat) clinic 10 days into having nosebleeds from his right nostril.
Ars Technica

Man accidentally gets leech up his nose. It took 20 days to figure it out.

Since the dawn of civilization, leeches have been firmly attached to medicine. Therapeutic bloodsuckers are seen in murals decorating the tombs of 18 th dynasty Egyptian pharaohs. They got their ...
The New York Times

This Leech Had an Appetite for Something Other Than Blood

A 437-million-year-old fossil from a deposit in Wisconsin could be the oldest species of leech ever found. By Jack Tamisiea If you look around Waukesha County in Wisconsin today, it can be difficult ...
Yahoo

Allen Leech Says Youngest Daughter Is ‘Working It Out’ He's a Big Star and Wants Him to Take Her to “Downton Abbey” (Exclusive)

Allen Leech said he and his wife Jessica Blair Herman's youngest daughter has been starting to notice that Leech is a big star after seeing his face on movie posters around L.A. He also shared that ...
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Leech therapy revived: Uttarakhand's Ayurvedic doctors use ancient cure for pain, circulation issues

DEHRADUN: The creature once notorious for clinging to human skin and sucking blood in the Himalayan foothills—leech, scientifically known as 'Hirudo medicinalis'—is now being harnessed as a powerful ...