MOSCOW — They are small as physician assistants go, about 2 inches long, and slithery. They wiggle about for a bit on Elena A. Kalinicheva’s back before getting down to what they do best: sucking ...

Finding a leech on your body can be scary, but you don’t need to panic. We’ll give you simple steps that can help you calmly and safely remove a leech without any pain or complications from the bite.

Editor's Note: The video of leeches used in surgery is a bit bloody — especially after the 2-minute mark. Leeches get a bad rap — but they might not deserve it. Yes, they're creepy crawly ...

Medicinal leeches? At first reference it might seem like a plot line for a cheesy horror movie about mad doctors, but the blood-sucking creatures have been feasting for the good of reconstructive ...

European medicinal leeches were famous for their popular purpose: treatment for everything from cancer to mental illness. But the high demand left them endangered—still today. Bloodletting ...

(CBS) Gross, maybe, but being covered with lots of bloodsucking leeches proved lucky for one Swedish woman. Swedish doctors used 358 leeches to help reattach a woman's face after a devastating dog ...

Yes, they’re creepy crawly blood-suckers. And they can instill an almost primal sense of disgust and revulsion. Humphrey Bogart’s character in the 1951 film The African Queen even went so far as to ...