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 ...

Pity the poor leech. For more than a century, it has been a poster child for the once-decrepit state of medicine. Nothing illustrates the relative backwardness of pre-20 th century health care than ...

Leeches may be creepy, but many people find hypodermic needles even creepier. That's one of the reasons why scientists have developed a new leech-inspired blood collection device, which draws blood ...

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 ...

Nassau Bay resident Carol Filak thought her plastic surgeon, Dr. Charles Polsen, was kidding when he suggested using leeches to help reattach the tip of her right index finger. But as an artist, her ...

(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 ...

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 ...