Debridement is the process of removing dead skin and foreign material from a wound. This can help to reduce the risk of infection and promote healing. Debridement is the removal of dead (necrotic) or ...

Savannah-based Corstrata recently celebrated a decade of service. The company provides nurses specially trained in advanced wound care to work remotely to bridge a gap.

Occasional cuts and other types of wounds happen, and the best way to help prevent them from getting infected is by cleaning them with lukewarm water and mild soap. However, if a wound does get ...

The United States is a world leader in gun violence, far surpassing other high income nations like Chile, Canada, and Portugal, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Guns are ...

An investigational immunomodulator gel significantly improved malodor and measures related to pain and quality of life for ...

The St. Mary’s Center for Wound Healing in Athens was recently awarded the Center of Distinction award by Healogics, the ...

A 3-year-old child was taken to the hospital following an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday morning at a ...

Wound dehiscence is a surgical complication where an incision reopens either internally or externally. Also known as wound breakdown, wound disruption, or wound separation, these terms describe when a ...

Caring for a wound can be complicated. Once the bleeding and pain are under control, you and your doctor need to make sure that the injury can heal and that it doesn’t get infected. Sometimes, the ...

The mouse excisional wound healing model has been used extensively to study wound healing and cutaneous regeneration. However, as mouse skin is mobile, contraction accounts for a large part of wound ...

In several of my Psychology Today blog posts over the past few years (the most recent dealing with Christopher Dorner’s manifesto), I referred to individuals who are “wound collectors.”* Many had ...