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. Now, maggot therapy has ...

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 ...

The larvae of the green bottle blowfly feast on the bacteria and dead tissue in chronic wounds, cleaning out the wound and giving it more of a chance to heal. The ancient therapy of using maggots to ...

Today, the BioTherapeutics, Education & Research (BTER) Foundation was notified that the American Medical Association (AMA), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

HealthDay News — Wound debridement is significantly faster with maggot therapy during the first week of treatment compared with conventional debridement, study data published online first in the ...

If you've been keeping up with HBO's "House of the Dragon," you may have noticed the show feels a lot less magic-driven. In place of "Game of Thrones"-style postmortem revival of characters like Jon ...

Maggots aren't high on most people's favorite-animals list. But maggots--specifically, the larvae of the green blowfly, Phaenicia sericata--can be helpful for the very reason they horrify. By eating ...

The appeal of the Game of Thrones universe is how it combines modern principles with a Middle Ages aesthetic. The politics can feel like an episode of Succession or The Sopranos, but it’s happening ...

Doctors in Massachusetts had run out of options in trying to save a man’s life. They then decided to turn to a less conventional option: maggot therapy. Boston.com reports how a 60-year-old man named ...

If unchecked, diabetes leads to damaged nerve endings, meaning small injuries can go unnoticed and turn into ulcers prone to life-threatening bacterial infections. The bacteria build a nearly ...