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 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 ...

As aging populations and rising diabetes rates drive an increase in chronic wounds, more patients face the risk 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 ...

Military surgeons work by one rule of thumb: patch up and move on. At frontline dressing stations neither time nor sentiment is wasted on the hopelessly injured. A seriously wounded man has to survive ...