Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSStay up to date!
Get all of ScienceDaily's Wounds and Healing headlines automatically delivered to you every day by subscribing for free via:
Browse News Stories
25 to 36 of 353 stories (43 over past year)
view headlines only
-
Does Race Dictate Quality of Care?
September 13, 2011 — Racial minorities have reduced access to high-quality joint replacement care, according to new research. The study shows that African American patients are more likely than Caucasians to receive ... > full story -
Baker’s Yeast Substance Can Aid Healing, Norwegian Researchers Show
September 7, 2011 — Can wounds be helped to heal faster? Yes, says a Norwegian company whose product’s active ingredient, beta-glucans, comes from common baker’s yeast. Beta-glucans have been called nature's ... > full story -
New Hope for Children With Craniosynostosis: Developing Technologies to Improve the Treatment for Premature Fusion of Skull Bones in Children
September 6, 2011 — Researchers are developing technologies to better monitor and treat children with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the bone plates in the skull to fuse too ... > full story -
Biomaterials May Prove Key to Healing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Patients
September 6, 2011 — Biomaterials may prove key to healing chronic wounds in diabetic patients, new research ... > full story -
Accident and Trauma
Wounds and Healing
Today's Healthcare
Public Health
Diseases and Conditions
Health Policy
Study Evaluates Tactical Response Guidelines for Reducing Battlefield Deaths
August 15, 2011 — Implementing a command-directed casualty response system appears to be associated with reducing battlefield casualties, including killed-in-action deaths, casualties who died of wounds, and ... > full story -
Dolphins' 'Remarkable' Recovery from Injury Offers Important Insights for Human Healing
July 21, 2011 — A dolphin's ability to heal quickly from a shark bite with apparent indifference to pain, resistance to infection, hemorrhage protection, and near-restoration of normal body contour might provide ... > full story -
Fight Against Sepsis: Fibrin, a Product of the Blood Clotting Process, Is Key to Protection During Gram-Negative Sepsis
July 11, 2011 — New research may help to explain why anticoagulant therapies have largely failed to extend the lives of patients with sepsis. The study shows that fibrin, a key product of the blood clotting process, ... > full story -
New Procedure to Eliminate Scarring in Kidney Surgeries
July 1, 2011 — A urologist has developed a new "hidden" minimally invasive procedure that makes scarring virtually invisible yet is just as effective as more common surgical ... > full story -
Surgeon Shows Simple Cotton Swab Slashes Post-Surgical Wound Infections
June 28, 2011 — A simple item found in almost every medicine cabinet -- a cotton swab -- may be a key tool in the fight against post-surgical wound ... > full story -
Novel Drug Target for Treatment of Infection in Bone
June 28, 2011 — New research has identified a novel drug target for the treatment of infection in bone. Bone disease or osteomyeltitis is a debilitating infectious disease of the bone which is associated with ... > full story -
Sepsis: Leaking Blood Vessels May Be Cause of Infection-Spreading Condition, Researchers Suggest
June 23, 2011 — Researchers have put forward a new theory as to what causes sepsis, an often fatal condition that occurs when infection spreads throughout the body. Leaking blood vessels may actually be a cause of ... > full story -
Cautionary Tale for People With Diabetes: Dog Consumed Part of a Sleeping Patient's Toe
June 23, 2011 — In a case study that illustrates the need for people with diabetes to be cautious of foot injuries and to protect themselves from pets, a woman with numbness in her feet caused by diabetic neuropathy ... > full story
Recommend this page on Facebook, Twitter,
and Google +1:
Other bookmarking and sharing tools:
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 118,862
more 
