It’s far too easy to end up with a wound or a scrape doing just about anything. Accidents happen, and the important thing to know is how to heal a wound before an infection develops. If an infection ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Schwartz, MD Key Takeaways Serosanguineous drainage is normal during wound healing and is thin ...

Our bodies frequently heal wounds, like a cut or a scrape, on their own. However patients with diabetes, vascular disease, and skin disorders, sometimes have difficulty healing. This can lead to ...

Scabs get a bad reputation because they’re dry, crusty, and inconvenient, but they are one of the body’s most effective ...

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: ...

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2021 -- Biomedical engineers developed a technique to observe wound healing in real time, discovering a central role for cells known as fibroblasts. The work, reported in APL ...

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 ...

A team of researchers has engineered an innovative magnetic wound-healing gel that promises to heal diabetic wounds three times faster, reduce the rates of recurrence, and in turn, lower the incidents ...

Research may provide new insights into wound healing, scarring and how cancer spreads. When we get a wound on our skin, the cells in our bodies quickly mobilize to repair it. While it has been known ...