For centuries, observers have told tales of leeches leaping through the air in pursuit of their next meal—with written ...

As we tidy away the Dracula capes and glow-in-the-dark plastic fangs for another winter, one notorious blood sucker has had a particularly good year. For the first time the medicinal leech Hirudo ...

Leeches are a group of segmented worms primarily found in freshwater habitats, although a few species live in the oceans and on land. Despite their reputation, many don’t feed on blood, instead eating ...

Understanding gout Gout is a crystal arthropathy – a group of joint disorders that occur when crystals build up in joints and ...

They'll be vigorously searching for their favorite meal: fresh mammal blood. Grazing cattle usually provide the juice, but you'll do. The leeches aren't too discriminating, and they're hungry.

My starting salary: $3.40 an hour. Right now, public employees (aka The Deep State aka blood-sucking leeches) are emptying their desks, removing their diplomas and certificates from the walls ...

or bloodletting with leeches. By the time she passed away in 1714 aged just 49, death may have come as a welcome relief. Queen Anne wasn't the only member of royalty to suffer with gout.

Bloodletting was central to medieval medical practice. It used leeches or sharp knife-like instruments to nick the vein and cause blood to drain from the body. It was performed both preventatively ...

He allows a leech to attach to his arm and suck his blood, the mouth of the leech is seen close up. The leech multiplies its body mass by six or seven times and will now not need to feed for ...

As we show qualified professionals to the door, we should ask what we’re losing. Who patrols the streets, picks up the trash, repairs the highways, extends the water supply, jails ...