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 ...

Wound bioburden, characterized by microbial load, microbial diversity, and the presence of pathogenic microbes, is a key contributor to delayed wound healing and infection onset.

It's ironic that in order to check if a wound is becoming infected, doctors may end up setting back the healing process by removing the dressing. An experimental new dressing is designed to help ...

The researchers capitalized on the pH change that occurs in an infected wound to create their color-changing dressing. A non-infected wound has a pH of around 5.5, which becomes basic when infected ...

It is a staple of science fiction to mock sutures as outdated. The technique has, after all, been in use for at least 5,000 years. Surely medicine should have advanced since ancient Egypt.

For wound infection, which may spread to the rest of the body: fever, redness, pain, swelling, warmth, discoloration and discharge. How do you protect yourself from Vibrio?

Although surgical literature suggests better wound outcomes, with less rates of infection, if you suture as soon as possible after injury, other contributing factors such as patient health ...

In 2022, Krystal DeVos gave birth to her daughter Eliana prematurely, which led to a severe neck wound Doctors were able to successfully treat her by using fish skin and a medical-grade honey ...

Chrissy Teigen shares postpartum struggles: Breast milk stains, C-section wound By Riley Cardoza Published Jan. 24, 2023, 10:55 a.m. ET ...

Cook and colleagues found that tumor cell death was also widespread in postpartum mice. Dying tumor cells triggered secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines that promote wound healing.