WASHINGTON -- Think of these wriggly little creatures not as, well, gross, but as miniature surgeons: Maggots are making a medical comeback, cleaning out wounds that just won't heal. Wound-care ...

For most people, maggots and leeches are gross and disgusting. Even though they were once used medically, most modern practitioners are put off by these creatures as much as their patients are. But ...

Maggots, leeches, scorpions, toads, newts, bats, lizards, goats and spider venom: "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." Of course the "wicked something" in the quote was a ...