A new type of water-powered bandage could make it much easier for slow-healing wounds to close up. The bandage is technically "electric," but it is powered by adding water to the thin and flexible ...

Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz have developed a new smart bandage called “a-Heal” that may change how ...

Scientists have developed a “smart” bandage that can heal a serious wound 25% faster than the average bandage. The research, which was published in Nature Biotechnology revealed that these bandages ...

TIME OF DAY. RESEARCHERS SAY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY CAN HEAL WOUNDS THREE TIMES FASTER THAN A TRADITIONAL BANDAGE. THE INNOVATION IS IN ITS EARLY STAGES, BUT RESEARCHERS CALL IT PROMISING. KETV ...

Dr. Jeff Monash, Tucson wound care specialist, applies medical grade honey wound treatment at Wound Center of Tucson. Dr. Monash partners with Tucson Vein & Body to bring new hope to patients with ...

Wounds treated in animal testing with the electric bandages healed 30 percent faster than wounds treated with conventional bandages, according to the findings published in the journal Science Advances ...

Scientists discovered that nanosilicates can help the body grow new blood vessels, which is essential for healing wounds and damaged tissues. This finding could lead to better treatments for injuries ...

BOSTON – A parasitic worm could help skin wounds heal faster and better. Skin wounds must close quickly to avoid infection but this rapid closure promotes the formation of scar tissue rather than ...

The skin has two types of adult stem cells: epidermal and hair follicle. Their jobs seem well-defined: maintaining the skin, or maintaining hair growth. But as research from Rockefeller University has ...

Almost seven million people in the United States live with a chronic, non-healing wound. Diabetes, increased age, blood flow complications, obesity and other factors contribute to the growing number ...

Sex, or even just intimate touch, could help speed up wound healing – but perhaps only if combined with a nasal oxytocin spray. Often called the “love hormone” or “cuddle chemical”, oxytocin ...