In diabetics, wounds tend to progress quickly and heal slowly. Researchers have used electricity to heal diabetic wounds three times faster, which offers great potential for treating those with ...

Diabetes significantly complicates the wound healing process through multiple mechanisms that work against the body’s natural recovery abilities. High blood glucose levels damage blood vessels, ...

For people with diabetes, a simple cut or scrape can become a gateway to serious health complications. Understanding why wound care holds such critical importance helps create awareness about ...

Chronic diabetic skin wounds are notoriously slow to heal, sometimes becoming so infected that amputations are required. A newly identified polymer could help keep that from happening, by radically ...

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 ...

Even today, long after my role ceased to be that of an outpatient clinic supervisor, I still focus on control of the patient's diabetic condition. Even in a cancer institute! When I'm consulted to see ...

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami on Thursday inaugurated the country’s largest ...

For people with diabetes, high blood sugar can damage blood vessels and nerves, leading to chronic wounds that stay open for months. But a new gel-based treatment could massively speed up the healing ...

A responsive hydrogel delivers RNA therapy to diabetic wounds, reducing tissue breakdown and inflammation by releasing treatment in sync with the wound's chemical signals. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A small ...