Approximately 6.5 to 6.7 million people in the U.S. are affected by chronic wounds each year, and this number is expected to increase as the population ages. Poor blood circulation, high blood sugar ...

A recent Frontiers in Medicine study assesses the effectiveness of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) to identify differences between infected and non-infected wounds. Study: Is my wound infected? A study on ...

A team of University of Mississippi researchers is developing a way to use 3D-printed medicated patches to help close ...

EDMONDS — Stevens Hospital opened its Wound Healing Institute last month, the only one of its kind in Snohomish County, as a part of a nationwide effort to open new facilities that treat chronic ...

A new federal payment policy will sharply reduce the number of specialty wound care products available to Medicare patients with non-healing diabetic foot ulcers or venous leg ulcers. Those types of ...

Maggot therapy is a wound healing technique in which healthcare professionals apply medical grade maggots to dead or infected tissue to keep the wound clean. It is also known as larval therapy. Maggot ...