Leeches are used rarely at VCU, but are a viable therapy for post surgical areas where venous flow is hampered, and collaterals are expected to grow. Medical leeches are obtained in only one place in the world, a lab in England. Every leech must be strictly accounted for and returned to the English lab after use. I cannot express to you the jocularity to everyone but the poor nurse who has to crawl under a patient’s bed ro retrieve an engorged leech that has had its fill and has dropped off the patient and attempted an escape beneath the bed.For grins, I googled this.
Check this out.. medical leeches were FDA approved as cardiovascular diseases in 2004.
Leeches Cleared for Medical Use by the FDA
After thousands of years of use as an alternative treatment to blood-letting (an antiquated and abandoned practice of draining blood to cure diseases) and amputation, the FDA today approved the commercial marketing of leeches for medical purposes.www.webmd.com
I don't know his health history, but I wouldn't think that he had it in March during the NCAA tourney. One reason is that coach talked about telling him first that the game was canceled and how devastating that was for him. If he had tested positive he would have already known that he wasn't playing either way. Also I believe that he started working out for the draft almost immediately after getting back in town.
Makes sense.
Dandy Don! RIP.
Been there!
Probably a different set of circumstances. I think they determined Lebron had a false positive or inconclusive test, while Bones was out due to contact tracing on a confirmed case.
Ah, that makes sense.
Yes. He had to miss 7 days which is 3 games. He should be back the next game.
Steph is in a league of his own.
When I was in high school I can remember being at a Fort Defiance game where Dell Curry would dribble past half court to a jump stop and shoot. He was $ from pretty much anywhere in high school. It was pretty crazy to watch. It is in Steph's genes.