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 ...

STANDISH, Mich. (WJRT) - Ascension Standish Hospital announced that a new wound care center is scheduled to open on Oct. 18. The new wound care center will be open as an outpatient service center that ...

STANDISH, Mich. (WJRT) - Chronic wounds affect nearly 7 million people in the U.S. and that number is on the rise due to an aging population, an increase in diabetes, obesity and radiation therapy.

The US has a diabetic wound problem. An estimated 1 million patients with diabetes in the US develop a foot ulcer annually. These patients have a 15-fold increased risk for amputation; the American ...

If for perhaps no other reason, one must admire the Biden administration for its consistency; over the course of four years, they have sought every opportunity to discourage and frustrate innovation.

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 ...

Flies can lay eggs in open wounds, a situation more common in hot, humid areas. These eggs hatch into larvae that feed on tissue, causing pain, inflammation, and potential infection. Early detection ...