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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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Why is it that when one thing goes awry, other minor disasters seem to follow. The oak whisky barrels that fell apart this past winter hadn’t been replaced ...

White men can’t jump, but terrestrial leeches can. This is now a scientific fact; after centuries of anecdotal reports, the parasites have been caught on video leaping from leaves in the Madagascan ...

Ken Grewe plunges his hand into the bottom of a small, black plastic bag - as if he were searching for remaining treats in a sack of candy. What Grewe is seeking is anything but sweet. Like he has for ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Mai Fahmy Many debates rage on: the meaning of life, the existence of a ‘higher power’, but are you aware that for more ...

Editor's Note: The video of leeches used in surgery is a bit bloody — especially after the 2-minute mark. Leeches get a bad rap — but they might not deserve it. Yes, they're creepy crawly ...

2005-08-25 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Flesh-eating maggots and bloodsucking leeches were once the tools of medieval doctors and shamans. But they have experienced a quiet renaissance among high-tech ...

Chad Boyce inched the hunter-green johnboat along the shoreline of a Back Bay creek. A pair of spider-like arms on the vessel’s bow held wires that dipped into the water. He flipped a switch and ...