Can you imagine going to the barber for medical care, or even surgery? For early 1900s Cincinnatians, it was just another day. For centuries, law and tradition saw no distinction between razors and ...

Many therapeutic methods that would be described as absurd today originated from the Middle Ages. Bloodletting, for example, involved draining litres of blood from patients through cuts or the use of ...

An event from long ago remains vivid in my mind. Each summer when I was still in elementary school, the Pitts family joined mine to spend two weeks at the Fish Creek Ponds public campsite in the ...

FLAGSTAFF - Jim Roy was trimming trees in his yard on a Sunday afternoon when he was hurt. He was standing on a lift on Dec. 5, and the rope he was using to guide branches down to the ground away from ...

Andrew Plucinski’s leeches are picky about skin. When offered the chance to bite a person who bathes in smelly soap they recoil, even when they’re hungry. Leeches prefer their humans unseasoned. In ...

Medicinal leech therapy (MLT), also known as hirudotherapy, has transcended its ancient origins to become an adjunct in modern clinical practice. The therapy exploits the potent anticoagulant, ...