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Leeches give bite to arthritis care
The analgesics present in leech saliva could be of use in the treatment of osteoarthritis.
Email: SPIS MedWire - medwire@sciencenow.com News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010918-02
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The once-reviled leech, recently lauded for its potential in preventing repeat heart attacks, could also have a role to play in the treatment of pain and inflammation. In the October Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Gustav Dobos and colleagues at the Essen-Mitte Clinic, Germany, used leech therapy to treat a number of patients with chronic arthritis (Ann Rheum Dis 2001, 60:986).
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