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Clinic offers centuries-old leech therapy as alternative medicine

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By Ulisses Rivera

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012
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Patients head to a Scottsdale clinic where leech therapy, which traces back centuries, is practiced. The therapy offers the public an alternative to traditional medicine. Leech therapy has been reported to treat vascular complications and minor aches. Cronkite News reporter Ulisses Rivera has the story.

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