Vacuum-assisted wound closure is a treatment that applies gentle suction to a wound to help it heal. Learn about how it works, when it's used, and what to expect.

Lengthening life by eliminating old, inflammatory cells is a tantalizing idea, but anti-aging researchers suspect it's oversimplified. Now, University of Connecticut researchers confirm in an article ...

It has been found that epithelization is retarded by the dry scab which normally covers a superficial wound, and if the formation of the scab is prevented, the rate of epithelization is markedly ...

Wound dehiscence or the splitting open of wound edges can be a significant risk resulting from this kind of body lift procedure.

Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, is pleased to announce the launch of its RENASYS EDGE Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) System in the US as a patient ...