CMS spending on skin substitutes is rising. New policies are an important first step in reform to ensure patient access and ...

Wound care patients face a multitude of social and emotional challenges that may complicate the healing process, according to a December study published in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing.

These findings represent a crucial advancement in wound care, paving the way for more effective treatment options and improved patient outcomes. To address this, researchers conducted a study using ...

Chronic wounds, like pressure injuries and diabetic foot ulcers, affect more than 6 million people in the U.S.1 When these wounds don’t heal properly, they can lead to serious complications requiring ...

The debilitating pain kept growing. Following hysterectomy surgery in August 2021, Aleisha Hennsley found the area around the incision to grow swollen, aching and increasingly infected. The agony ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Individuals increasingly can check on their health conditions at home. Devices that measure blood pressure, glucose and blood oxygen levels, for example, enable patients’ providers to ...

New research shows thermal imaging techniques can predict whether a wound needs extra management, offering an early alert system to improve chronic wound care. It is estimated that 1-2% of the ...

As a youngster, wound treatment is often limited to bandages and maybe stitches, with a scar being one of the worst potential outcomes. “Chronic” wounds, which do not start healing after 4 to 12 weeks ...

Chronic wounds affect thousands of patients each year and can lead to serious complications, including amputation and death. The Regenstrief Institute Chronic Wound Registry, a statewide database that ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. -- When she underwent ankle surgery in December, Jess Smith had no idea the path she would navigate. She unexpectedly experienced an ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "AI in Wound Care Market Industry Trends and Global Forecasts to 2035: Distribution by Type of Wound, Type of Acute Wound, Type of Chronic Wound, Type of AI Technology, ...