Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.

If so, you or an adult probably cleaned the wound, stopped the bleeding, and then placed a bandage over it. Try this activity to compare how two different types of bandages work with your body! Note: ...

The Traditional Wound Care Market is being driven by the prevalence of diabetes, increasing trauma cases, and a rising elderly population. The market's expansion is further augmented by cost-effective ...

For mostly dry wounds, breathable dressings such as Tegaderm work well, he adds, while gauze may dry out the area. Dry ...

During animal testing, wounds treated with the electric bandages healed 30 per cent faster than wounds treated with conventional bandages. Best of all, researchers from North Carolina State ...

Immune cells in the skin ‘cauterize’ open wounds and create ‘band-aids’ to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria and foreign molecules from injury sites, finds a study 1 in mice.

The smart bandages showed the ability to provide real-time updates about wound conditions and the animals' metabolic states to researchers, as well as offer speed healing of chronic infected ...