From honey poultices to superglued cuts, explore some of the weirdest wound care hacks ever attempted – and why knowing the ...

These factors make it harder for the body to maintain protein levels, so healing takes longer. There is some evidence that the hormone estrogen may help regulate wound healing. More research is ...

Caused by excess collagen production during healing ... in your body may secrete some chemicals such as histamine, a natural itch inducer. Histamine is a chemical response to foreign substances.

If the current measurement remained high, this could alert the patient’s physician to the fact the wound wasn’t healing accordingly and intervene. “As a wound tries to heal, it produces a ...

"Wound healing slows down as we age because with age, a human body experiences intrinsic biological changes that leads to a reduced body’s ability to regenerate the skin," says Dr Ghosh.

The secret to scar-free healing might come from an unexpected, if slightly off-putting, source. Scientists found that a protein derived from a species of intestinal parasitic roundworm can speed ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester were part of the research team, who are the first to show how our internal body clocks regulate wound healing by skin cells and optimise healing during the ...