The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Eluvia Drug-Eluting Vascular Stent System (Boston Scientific) for the treatment of peripheral artery disease. The Eluvia stent is designed to release paclitaxel for a 1-year time frame to prevent tissue regrowth that might otherwise block the stented artery.
Read MoreBeverly Hospital will be hosting its first Amputation Prevention Summit on Saturday, September 29, 2018 on the hospital campus at 309 West Beverly Boulevard, Montebello, California, drawing clinicians from the greater Los Angeles area.
Read MoreFor most patients, getting stitches to close a wound is like adding insult to injury. But scientists have revealed a new bandage made of tiny pieces of gold intertwined in silk that could one day replace them.
Read MoreIn recent years, bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) based nanocomposites have been developed to promote healing property and antibacterial activity of BNC wound dressing. Molecular study can help to better understanding about interaction of genes and pathways involved in healing progression.
Read MoreChronic wounds impact the lives of millions of Americans, yet the stories of those suffering are rarely told. As a result, chronic wounds have turned into a silent epidemic that remains largely invisible to the general public.
Read MoreWhen you skinned your knee as a kid, the scrape healed on its own with little more than a bandage and mom’s TLC. Now that you’re older, wounds can take much longer to heal — sometimes many months.
Read MoreSeptember is Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month. Scenic Mountain Medical Center will be holding the Save A Leg, Save A Life Docs in Socks Challenge. Physicians will work together to spread awareness about the disease by wearing white socks.
Read MoreOne Call, the nation’s leading provider of workers’ compensation care management services, and Broadspire®, a subsidiary of Crawford & Company® and a leading global third-party administrator, today announced a partnership to develop a customized patient-centric wound resource program to improve wound healing of injured workers.
Read MoreThree months after Halifax police said they were investigating the death of a woman suffering from a serious bedsore, the provincial government has appointed an expert panel to conduct a broad review of the long-term care system.
Read MoreSurgical site infections are a significant complication that can prevent proper wound healing, require expensive treatment and may even lead to death in severe cases. Patients with higher body mass indices and with diabetes have an increased risk of developing incision infections.
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