It’s nice to think of modern medicine, like modern war, as high-tech, almost impersonal. Our medications are engineered on a molecular level. Keyhole surgery, computerized imaging, and robotics ...

A woman owns 35 pet leeches and she uses them to treat her mum's arthritis and knee pain. Marie Bailey, 23, started keeping leeches two years ago precipitated by her passion for unconventional pets.

Medical bills are often littered with bizarre line items. If you're in Russia, those little charges might include half a dozen slimy, slithering leeches. About 10 million of the blood-sucking ...

They only need to be fed twice a year (Picture: SWNS) A woman who owns 35 pet leeches has shared how she uses them to treat her mum’s arthritis and knee pain. Marie Bailey, 23, first started keeping ...

An event from long ago remains vivid in my mind. Each summer when I was still in elementary school, the Pitts family joined mine to spend two weeks at the Fish Creek Ponds public campsite in the ...

Leeches are a type of parasitic worm. Leech therapy involves applying leeches to a wound to increase circulation, improve blood flow, and promote healing. Its practice has varied over time, but it ...

Northumbria University, Newcastle provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. As we tidy away the Dracula capes and glow-in-the-dark plastic fangs for another winter, one notorious blood ...

When most of us think about leeches, we picture slimy creatures lurking in murky water, or the vampire-like creatures in horror films. Yet, these little blood-sucking organisms are quietly staging a ...

Leeches suck blood from a young patient's during a therapy session in India. Credit: FAROOQ KHAN/EPA/REX/Shutterstock Medical bills are often littered with bizarre ...