DEHRADUN: The creature once notorious for clinging to human skin and sucking blood in the Himalayan foothills—leech, scientifically known as 'Hirudo medicinalis'—is now being harnessed as a powerful ...

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 ...