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 ...

As someone who has had real, live leeches crawl across his face in nose-reconstruction surgery, retired Stanford professor William Rambo is all for a mechanical alternative. Rambo and patients who ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Utah) July 21, 2004 - Just the mention of leeches conjures up disturbing and gruesome images from the movies. You many even remember that classic scene from "The African Queen" when Humphrey Bogart ...