Dawn Robinson, the former member of En Vogue who went viral after revealing she's been living out of her car, has responded ...

You may have heard about leeches being used indiscriminately to treat all kinds of illnesses, from cancer to mental illness in the 19th century. The discrediting of general "bleeding" as a ...

Leech therapy, which was commonly used in medieval medicine, involves applying live leeches to treat various conditions, ...

As the people of Kashmir celebrate Navroz, the ancient tradition of leech therapy, locally known as Drekah, is experiencing a ...

But leeches aren’t just useful at crime scenes. These creatures’ sanguineous appetites have also come in handy for scientists, who are hoping to use them to solve another mystery: the diversity of ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley interviews a surgeon who is pioneering the use of leeches in medical research. He allows a leech to attach to his arm and suck his blood, the mouth of the ...

But waiting in the wings is something formidable. I was shocked to see the leeches eating the toadlets Naturalist and all-round wildlife guru John Walters sent us to a remote pool in Dartmoor ...

Leeches are a very interesting animal, and one that most people try to avoid. They were used for centuries by doctors to ...

Grazing cattle usually provide the juice, but you'll do. The leeches aren't too discriminating, and they're hungry. Real hungry. "What are we doing in the forest?" Oh, sorry. To get to the swamps ...

ANKARA, November 19. /TASS/. Customs officials at Istanbul International Airport have confiscated 5,000 medicinal leeches from two Russian citizens after they could not produce the paperwork for ...