Using olive or sunflower oil on new born babies' skin damages the barrier which prevents water loss and blocks allergens and infections, new research led by The University of Manchester has found.
Mouth ulcer is one of many terms for canker sore. Learn more about this common complaint, when it becomes a medical concern and when sores can be treated with simple home remedies.
From watching high-definition movies, researchers find that human skin cells can flip between two modes of division; one is more suited to wound healing, the other to maintenance.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the use of the XSTAT 30 wound dressing, an expandable, multi-sponge dressing used to control severe, life-threatening bleeding from wounds in areas...
In the first known study to examine the prevalence and treatment of psoriasis in older Americans, experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that black...
MIT engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights, and other electronics, as well as tiny...
Skin lesions occur frequently in patients taking anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but discontinuation of therapy is usually not required.
Tissue Regenix Ltd, the regenerative medical device company, is pleased to announce that two patients have received the first OrthoPure™ XT decellularised tendons using Tissue Regenix...