Trauma doctors at Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland and other U.S. hospitals routinely use leeches as a temporary measure to keep blood flowing as new vessels grow in a damaged area. The ...
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Leeches are still used because no drug could do their job
Leeches were not a medieval relic but a modern medical tool. When advanced drugs and technology failed to restore blood flow, ...
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 ...
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 ...
(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 ...
Leeches and maggots are the last things most people want to see, especially in a hospital. However, the Food and Drug Administration is considering more regulatory control over who supplies them and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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