Fungating breast cancer wounds require daily cleaning and proper dressings to manage symptoms. If surgery isn't an option, cleaning dead tissue and using specific dressings can help care for the wound ...

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 ...

A recent Frontiers in Medicine study assesses the effectiveness of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) to identify differences between infected and non-infected wounds. Study: Is my wound infected? A study on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Revision hip and knee surgery poses some unique challenges with a variety of treatment alternatives. The purpose ...

Living conditions mean people struggle to fight infections and risk losing a limb. A clinic offers a solution.

November is National Diabetes Month, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 38 million Americans have diabetes. For many people, managing diabetes is about more than ...

A hitherto unknown antibiotic-resistant bacteria species, in the same family as E. coli and Salmonella spp., has been found and classified in Sweden. The proposed taxonomic name of the species -- the ...

Social services investigators determined a Henrico County nursing home resident, who said his wound became infested with maggots, was neglected at his facility due to a lapse in wound care.