In a bloody battle during World War I, two wounded soldiers were stranded on the battlefield in France, hidden and overlooked under some brush. Suffering femur fractures and flesh wounds around their ...

Medical professionals across the globe are rediscovering an ancient healing practice that predates modern antibiotics by thousands of years. Maggot therapy, also known as larval debridement therapy, ...

The use of medicinal maggots, sometimes called maggot debridement therapy, was first widely reported during the time of Napoleon. His general surgeon reportedly used maggots as a technique of cleaning ...

had nothing to lose lisa Baxter thought she had seen it all. The manager of Tufts wound care team, She spent years evaluating sores, incisions and infections in hospitalized patients. I'm not grossed ...

Maggots, the larval stage of certain flies, are already a federally approved treatment for people with nasty bed sores, chronic post-surgical wounds and diabetic foot ulcers. Today, specially prepared ...

Kenneth Watson of Arkansas nearly went blind after a gnat flew into his eye. Aug. 3, 2010— -- When Kenneth Watson was 16, he thought nothing of the gnat that flew into his eye: "I don't think you ...

Maggots can be gross and unsanitary. If your home has been infested with maggots, you will need to know how to remove them safely and effectively. The only way to eradicate a maggot infestation is to ...

When Diane Ullman's Entomology 1 class walked in the door Monday, they were not expecting to create art. And they were definitely not expecting to create that art with the help of squirming maggots.

I know it’s just a robot, with skin made of silicone and muscles powered by air pressure. But as its body moves with a perfectly smooth cascading contraction, my throat tightens and my stomach ...