You are more likely to get an infected cut if you have a puncture wound, cuts on your feet, or if your injury is from an ...

Kids + adventure = the occasional scraped knee. Here’s how to handle cuts and scrapes at home with calm, confidence, and a little TLC.

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a previously unrecognized mechanism by which Staphylococcus aureus—one of the most common causes of skin and soft ...

Scabs form when a wound dries out and the tissue dies. Maintaining a moist wound environment will prevent scabbing and allow ...

CAD model of There Heal wearable device, illustrating the integrated camera for wound monitoring and actuator for drug delivery or stimulation. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: ...

For anyone who has lived with a chronic wound, or cared for a loved one who has, you know the frustration and pain of watching the body struggle to heal.

University of Oregon researchers have tested a new combination drug therapy that could dismantle the difficult-to-treat bacteria inhabiting chronic wound infections.

When KETV visited the lab, the team was testing the technology on samples of pig skin."When we cut open any tissue, there is ...

The body's tissues can get injured in many ways, but while some injuries heal perfectly, others don't heal at all. A cut in ...