Leeches are making a medical comeback – here’s why we should celebrate it
Leeches made a medical comeback as “hirudotherapy”, starting in the 1960s and widely used since the 1980s. Researchers have ...
The Comeback Of Medicinal Leeches: Their Role In Modern Medicine
Find out how medicinal leeches are reclaiming a place in modern surgery and therapy, offering unique healing benefits.
A Houston hospital uses leeches to save everything from severed fingers to skin grafts. Here's why.
Harris Health Ben Taub hospital uses leeches in their post-surgical ICU unit. Here's how the critters do life-saving work.
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Rare baby leeches hatch at Highland Wildlife Park
Twenty have hatched in a captive-breeding programme at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore. They are the ...
With govt backing, ancient leech therapy gains traction in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand government endorses medicinal leech therapy as a non-invasive treatment for post-surgical recovery and skin rejuvenation, amidst growing interest and some controversy.
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Rare baby leeches hatch at Highland Wildlife Park
In medicine they were used for bloodletting, a treatment involving the removal of blood in the belief it would cure ailments. Farmed leeches are still used to help tackle blood clots and improve ...
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6 Hunters Rescued After Boat Capsizes on Leech Lake
The Cass County Sheriff's Office says at about 5:20 a.m. Sunday they received a report of a capsized boat with six duck ...