Maui Memorial Medical Center has scheduled its third Wound Healing Symposium for Friday, Jan. 30, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MMMC Auditorium, located at 221 Mahalani Street in Wailuku. The event is ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why some chronic wounds refuse to heal, even when treated with antibiotics. A ...

Wound care uses specific dressings and hygiene to prevent wound infections. The wound care team assesses the healing progress of wounds daily. Wound care: When you are admitted to the burn unit, your ...

Researchers suggest that wound dressings infused with antioxidants such as catalase could be an effective future treatment.

Tweaking a pattern of wound healing established millions of years ago may enable scar-free injury repair after surgery or trauma, Stanford Medicine researchers have found. If results from their study, ...

When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, helps push stem cells to abandon hair growth in favor of wound healing, ...

When you’ve had a wound that required stitches, the recovery period can feel frustratingly slow. Whether from surgery, an accident, or another injury, properly cared for stitches not only heal faster ...

Wound dehiscence is a surgical complication where an incision reopens either internally or externally. Also known as wound breakdown, wound disruption, or wound separation, these terms describe when a ...

Cauterization, or cautery, is a medical technique performed by a doctor or surgeon. During the procedure, they use electricity or chemicals to burn tissue in order to close a wound. It may also be ...

If a person’s wound is healing more slowly than usual, there may be an underlying reason, such as an infection, circulatory problems, diabetes, or other health issues. There are various reasons why ...

SALEM – People with diabetes suffering from hard-to-heal foot ulcers now have access to a groundbreaking new treatment available at Salem Regional Medical Center’s (SRMC) Wound Healing Center (WHC).