Leeches may yet return to favour as a treatment to relieve pain and inflammation, suggests a pilot study on osteoarthritis of the knee, reported in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The study ...

Medicinal leech therapy (MLT), also known as hirudotherapy, has transcended its ancient origins to become an adjunct in modern clinical practice. The therapy exploits the potent anticoagulant, ...

Could voracious bloodsucking creatures, looking for a new post-Halloween role, find it in medicine? In a paper published today, a group of researchers suggests that letting four to six leeches suck ...

Demi Moore has revealed that she used blood-sucking leeches as part of a beauty treatment in Austria. The actress said that the "highly-trained medical leeches" helped detoxify her blood and ensured ...

Andrew Plucinski’s leeches are picky about skin. When offered the chance to bite a person who bathes in smelly soap they recoil, even when they’re hungry. Leeches prefer their humans unseasoned. In ...

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 ...

Leech therapy has been practiced for centuries and is still offered in parts of Europe. During the procedure, multiple leeches attach and draw blood over an extended period. Medical staff monitor ...

It was a hot, sticky summer afternoon in Los Angeles, and I was walking from the front door to our mailbox when a wave of vertigo washed over me, surprising me with its brute force. I stopped ...

A worker at the International Center for Medicinal Leeches holds mother leeches, ones used for breeding purposes only, near Moscow, April 10, 2017. Leeches are still widely prescribed in Russian ...