As we tidy away the Dracula capes and glow-in-the-dark plastic fangs for another winter, one notorious blood sucker has had a ...

BALTIMORE - Marc Miller survived a motorcycle crash in October near his Baltimore County, Md., home, but his foot had been dragged along the pavement and badly damaged. That injury would require both ...

Just when you think "alternative medicine" can't get any worse, an article in The Week will prove you wrong. It's about leech therapy. You will learn that there is an approved use for these creatures, ...

Trauma doctors at Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland and other U.S. hospitals routinely use leeches as a temporary measure to keep blood flowing as new vessels grow in a damaged area. The ...

BALTIMORE - Marc Miller survived a motorcycle crash in October near his Baltimore County, Md., home, but his foot had been dragged along the pavement and badly damaged. That injury would require both ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Phillips discovered the new leech species in the field, then found specimens in ...

Korean medics are using leeches and maggots to treat their patients. March 4, 2008— -- SEOUL — For seven years, Duck-Im Kim and her family tried everything they could to cure a rare skin disease ...

(San Francisco) June 23, 2004 - For Scott Thornton it was a typical day on the job doing iron work on the new San Francisco Bay Bridge. But in seconds, a freak accident changed his life. Thornton's ...

On Dec. 13, 2012, a medical team at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City administered medical leeches, along with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, to a patient with failing facial ...

WASHINGTON -- The government has lent its seal of approval to marketing an age-old medical device -- leeches. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that Ricarimpex SAS, a French firm, is the ...

For most people, maggots and leeches are gross and disgusting. Even though they were once used medically, most modern practitioners are put off by these creatures as much as their patients are. But ...