{"id":2484,"date":"2009-11-02T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/halloween-horrors-for-health.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:05:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:05:46","slug":"halloween-horrors-for-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2484","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Horrors For Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You are not going to believe this article<\/span><\/a> … it’s weird and gross and fascinating all at the same time. <\/span><\/p>\n


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I blather on about it here on my iTunes podcast<\/span><\/a>,<\/a> but medical science is basically looking at various aspects of Halloween disgusting things … maggots, vampire bats, parasites, leeches … you get the drift. <\/span><\/div>\n

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It turns out that each of these staples of cheesy b-film flicks happens to have biological properties that can be adapted for therapeutic purposes!! <\/span><\/div>\n

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