Maggot therapy is becoming an increasingly popular choice for treating nonhealing wounds, but Canadian wound clinicians are having difficulty getting their hands on maggots. Larvae of the green bottle ...

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, ...

Pamela Mitchell waited tables for 20 years. She spent copious hours on her feet. But diabetic foot ulcers put an end to that. A decade ago, when she was 47, surgery on her left foot left a hole 2.54 ...

Maggot therapy is a wound healing technique in which healthcare professionals apply medical grade maggots to dead or infected tissue to keep the wound clean. It is also known as larval therapy. Maggot ...

Discover how maggot therapy is transforming infected wounds treatment, providing effective healing where traditional methods fail. Grady Dugas, a physician in Marion, Louisiana, was at a loss. His ...

People often get squeamish at the thought of maggots, but researchers in Britain say the larva often found in decaying matter could hopefully be used to fight off antibiotic-resistant superbugs. “We ...

Waclaw Tyszkiewicz saw maggots as disgusting fly larvae commonly found feasting on rotting meat, decomposing vegetables or roadkill. Until, that is, they were used to save his leg from being amputated ...

Maggots can often be found when meat is thrown into green bins. Solid waste managers recommend freezing the meat and putting it out on the day of green bin collection. ((CBC)) Ottawa green bins have ...