A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed. A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MDMedically reviewed by William Truswell, MD A scab is a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing. It starts to form as soon as ...

It’s notoriously difficult for doctors to identify a wound that is becoming infected. Clinical signs and symptoms are imprecise and methods of identifying bacteria can be time-consuming and ...

MRSA symptoms vary depending on the infection site, commonly appearing on the skin as bumps or lesions, but can also affect the lungs, bones, blood, and heart. MRSA skin infections can resemble other ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Key Takeaways Wound healing happens in four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, ...

It’s an unfortunate fact of life: Cuts happen to good people. But, under most circumstances, you can clean it, slap a bandage on your wound, and move on with your life. Sometimes, though, things don’t ...

A case series found that skin-stretching external fixation devices coupled with negative pressure wound therapy was effective in treating large skin defects, suggesting that this method may be a ...

Two more cases of Vibrio vulnificus were reported in Florida according to a Friday FDOH update. Here's what to know.

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. Their study, ...