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Title: Bloodsuckers Hit the Medical Comeback Trail
Url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/145804.stm
Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation
Description: An example of a beneficial ectoparasite is the leech, which is making a comeback in medical circles for its anticoagulant properties and other medicinal uses as related in this article from the BBC News. According to this article, leeches are particularly useful when a patient's blood vessels are too weak to transport blood away from part of the body, causing venous congestion. "Attaching leeches to the body can draw the blood away gradually and painlessly since leech saliva contains an anaesthetic."
LC Classification: Medicine -- Internal medicine -- Specialties of internal medicine -- Diseases of the circulatory (cardiovascular) system -- Diseases of the heart -- Therapeutics -- Special therapies, A-Z -- Anticoagulants
Medicine -- Therapeutics. Pharmacology -- Therapeutics. Pharmacology -- Other therapeutic procedures -- Bloodletting. Leeching. Venipuncture
Science -- Zoology -- Invertebrates -- Worms and other vermiform invertebrates -- Systematic divisions. By phylum, A-Z -- Annelida (Segmented worms)
GEM Subject: Science
Science -- Biology
Health
Science -- Biological and life sciences
Health -- Body systems and senses
Health -- Consumer health
Key Concept: Health -- Blood and blood vessels
Health -- Therapy and therapeutics
Date Issued: 1998-05-08
Resource Type: Reference Material
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Rights: BBC
Access Rights: Free access
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