The surprising comeback of leeches in treating illness

Alexandra Balwit's article, 'Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine' explores how leeches, once dismissed as medieval quackery, are gaining new respect in modern medicine. 'Men would rather pop Viagra forever than let a leech near their body,' Dr. Andrei Dokukin tells Balwith. — Read the rest
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