Chronic wounds affect thousands of patients each year and can lead to serious complications, including amputation and death.
For individuals managing diabetes, the ramifications of seemingly minor cuts and wounds stretch far beyond ordinary injury concerns. These seemingly trivial injuries can pose significant and ...
Learn the 7 key Type-2 diabetes symptoms in feet you should never ignore. Detect numbness, tingling, slow-healing wounds, and ...
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects the way your body deals with blood sugar, otherwise known as glucose, the major source of energy for our cells. Being aware of early warning signs can help ...
The increasing prevalence of diabetes worldwide has led to a rise in diabetic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers, which are challenging to treat and can result in amputation. Traditional treatments ...
Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. To detect wound complications as soon as they happen, researchers have invented a battery-free “smart suture” that can wirelessly sense ...
Weeping legs, a term used to describe fluid that leaks or oozes from the leg, can be a complex condition to manage. While your legs may weep fluid for various reasons, it could be a symptom, or ...
June marks the 10 th annual Wound Care Awareness Month. The month focuses on educating the underserved chronic wound population about the importance of early detection and treatment of chronic wounds.
An experimental compound reduced complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in mice—not by lowering blood sugar—but by countering its consequences of cell death, inflammation, and organ damage.