Matthew Blurton from Yorkshire was simply doing volunteer work in Africa last December when he experienced alarming symptoms. Blurton had seen a blister on his foot but thought nothing of it until he ...

A U.K. man said he is lucky to be alive and credits the 400 maggots used to eat away at a deadly infection in his foot with helping to save his life. Matthew Blurton, of Yorkshire, said he was bitten ...

HARRISBURG, PA -- A former Pennsylvania caregiver has been charged with homicide after authorities say she failed to properly treat a man with a congenital defect who died after his foot wounds became ...

A 46-year-old man was left with a rotten foot after he was bitten by an insect while doing volunteer work in Africa in 2017. The infection became so severe he thought he would not survive to return to ...

Known as maggot debridement therapy, the treatment works by applying medical-grade, sterile fly larvae to a wound under the ...

Non-antibiotic approach can help deal with non-healing necrotic skin and soft tissue wound ...

For years, maggots have been a powerful tool in medicine, quietly excelling in the treatment of chronic wounds. But despite the clinical evidence supporting their efficacy, maggots remain an underused ...

FDA-cleared MEDIFLY maggots give Cuprina Holdings a monopoly on both approved maggot species for treating chronic wounds that ...

Marineau, a nurse practitioner and wound care specialist on Oahu, Hawaii, had seen many patients like James before and decided that he, like over 70,000 other people with diabetes in the US each year, ...

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. Subscribe to read this story ad ...