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Secret Britain (part 2): The best places in the country for ...  -  Aug 9, 2008
Independent,There are boardwalks through the wettest parts, which is just as well since this is one of the few Welsh sites for the medicinal leech.

Leech therapy makes a revival in Kashmir  -  Apr 24, 2008
DailyIndia.com,The application of medicinal leech 'Hirudo medicinalis' for clearing poison from body has been practiced for long. In fact they have been used in medicine

Newly Identified Process May Help Treat Parkinson's, Spinal Cord ...  -  Apr 16, 2008
Science Daily (press release)By studying a simpler model of locomotion, in the medicinal leech, the research shows where these unit burst generators reside and that each nerve cord

Health Watch: Are there benefits to leech treatment?  -  Mar 30, 2008
Utica Observer Dispatch,In medieval and early medicine, the medicinal leech was used to remove blood from a patient as part of a process to balance the "humors" that, according to

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News  -  Apr 17, 2008
United Press InternationalBy studying a simpler model of locomotion in the medicinal leech, the researchers discovered each nerve cord segment has a complete unit burst generator.

New discovery may aid treatment of Parkinson's, spinal cord injuries  -  Apr 18, 2008
The Cheers,The researchers chose to study a simpler model of locomotion in the medicinal leech, and this uncovered the residing spots of these unit burst generators

Alternative Treatments for Wounds: Leeches, Maggots, and Bees  -  01 Dec 2007
Abkhazia,Evaluation of performance characteristics of the medicinal leech for the treatment of venous congestion. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002;109:228-235. Abstract 23.

Tiny robot device mends broken hearts  -  Oct 3, 2007
Orlando Sentinel,A device that sounds like a 21st-century version of a medicinal leech may soon be set loose inside the chests of heart patients.

Leech therapy back in Kashmir  -  Aug 8, 2007
DailyIndia.com,The application of medicinal leech 'Hirudo medicinalis' for clearing poison from body has been practiced for long. The medicinal leeches are brown,

News Tips From The Journal Of Neuroscience  Oct 28, 2006
This week, Briggman and Kristan demonstrate that the circuits driving two distinct motions, swimming and crawling in the medicinal leech, involve many of the ... - Medical News Today (press release), [an error occurred while processing this directive]

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