Newly-hatched larvae can turn a stagnant ulcer into a clean and healthy healing wound within a matter of days (Shutterstock) Maggots have one goal in life: to feed. They gorge ravenously in order to ...

A Thai nurse removes a bag of maggots from a patient's wound at a hospital in Bangkok June 29, 2005. Maggot therapy has been used to treat patients suffering from infections, ulcers and burns since ...

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 ...

The maggots hatch from eggs laid by green bottle flies Patients in Kenya may soon start receiving live maggots as a treatment after promising results from a pilot study using the age-old practice. In ...