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
49 to 60 of 353 stories (43 over past year)
view headlines only
-
Wounds and Healing
Obesity
Today's Healthcare
Diet and Weight Loss
Multiple Sclerosis Research
Heart Disease
New Tool Helps Surgeons Predict Patients' Risk of Complications After Bariatric Operations
April 4, 2011 — A new risk calculator can predict the risk of postoperative complications occurring for individual bariatric surgery patients, according to a new study. The risk calculator will help in surgical ... > full story -
Molecular Muscle: Small Parts of a Big Protein Play Key Roles in Building Tissues
March 23, 2011 — We all know the adage: A little bit of a good thing can go a long way. Now researchers in London are reporting that might also be true for a large protein associated with wound ... > full story -
Robot-Assisted Prostate Surgery Is Safe, Long-Term Study Finds
March 23, 2011 — In the first study of its kind, urologists and biostatisticians have found that robot-assisted surgery to remove cancerous prostate glands is safe over the long term, with a major complication rate ... > full story -
Enzyme Can Steer Cells or Possibly Stop Them in Their Tracks
March 18, 2011 — Researchers have discovered that members of an enzyme family found in humans and throughout the plant and animal kingdoms play a crucial role in regulating cell motility. Their findings suggest an ... > full story -
Roundworm Could Provide New Treatment for Sepsis
March 8, 2011 — Medical researchers have found that systemic inflammation caused by sepsis can be suppressed by a protein which occurs naturally in a type of ... > full story -
Minimally Invasive Surgeries: Laser Suturing
February 28, 2011 — Surgeries with the endoscope are exacting and require special capabilities of the surgeon. The suturing of the tissue and the setting of the knots, in particular, is very complicated due to the lack ... > full story -
Study Examines Recurrent Wound Botulism in Injection Drug Users
February 25, 2011 — Botulism is a rare disease and recurrent botulism even more rare. However, in California, recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users has been on the rise and makes up three-quarters of ... > full story -
Careful Cleaning of Children's Skin Wounds Key to Healing, Regardless of Antibiotic Choice
February 21, 2011 — When it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound cleaning and draining may be more important ... > full story -
Wounds and Healing
Skin Care
Today's Healthcare
Diseases and Conditions
Infectious Diseases
Cosmetic Surgery
Inexpensive Rinsing Effective at Reducing Post-Op Infection Following Joint Replacement Surgery
February 17, 2011 — A rinsing technique with betadine that costs just a little over one dollar per patient may significantly reduce the infection rate following total knee and hip joint replacement surgery, according to ... > full story -
Wounds and Healing
Today's Healthcare
Disability
Heart Disease
Sports Medicine
Multiple Sclerosis Research
Two Knee Replacements May Be Better Than One, Study Finds
February 17, 2011 — Replacing both knees in one surgery, or simultaneous total knee replacement was associated with significantly fewer prosthetic joint infections as well as other revision knee operations within one ... > full story -
Active Wound Healing Can Accelerate Tumor Formation, Study Finds
February 15, 2011 — Processes that are involved in active wound healing can lead to an increased risk for basal cell carcinoma in the skin, according to a new ... > full story -
Experimental Approach May Improve Healing of Diabetic Wounds and Bed Sores
February 8, 2011 — Researchers are reporting on a promising new approach to treating diabetic wounds, bed sores, chronic ulcers and other slow-to-heal wounds. It may be possible to speed healing by suppressing certain ... > full story
Recommend this page on Facebook, Twitter,
and Google +1:
Other bookmarking and sharing tools:
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 118,873
more 
