A smart bandage could speed up wound healing by actively tracking and responding to the healing process. The proof-of-concept device, called a-Heal, was designed to fit inside a commercial colostomy ...

When it comes to healing wounds, the process can feel frustratingly slow and unpredictable. For years, standard care relied on cleaning, dressing, and waiting, hoping the body would eventually repair ...

A wound heals in various stages, including clotting to prevent bleeding, immune system reaction, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called "a-Heal", created by engineers at the University of ...

Medical advancements that help close wounds faster have been popping up for years. Now, Israeli scientists have discovered a natural chemical that makes wounds heal faster. The scientists tested the ...

Chronic wounds are a major health problem for diabetic patients and the elderly – in extreme cases they can even lead to amputation. Using electric stimulation, researchers in a project at Chalmers ...

Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their ...

Waiting on a wound to heal can not only take a while, but it can also leave you with long-lasting scar tissue as a reminder of the wound. While we have seen tech in the past that looks to minimize ...

For specialized wound care, the Maui Health Wound Clinic provides expert treatment and advanced therapies, including ...

Chronic wounds are a major health problem for diabetic patients and the elderly – in extreme cases they can even lead to amputation. Using electric stimulation, researchers in a project at Chalmers ...

When doctors detect elevated levels of SerpinB3 in a blood test, it can signal that something is seriously wrong, from ...

In diabetics, wounds tend to progress quickly and heal slowly. Researchers have developed a method that uses electricity to heal diabetic wounds three times faster and offers great potential for ...

Time-lapse phase-contrast images showing different wound-healing stages of the engineered synthetic wounds with a width of 30 micrometres. Cells around wavy gaps formed bridges (highlighted in bright ...