Dr. William M. McConahey, medical director of the Wound Care Center at Sovah Health-Danville, has been awarded board certification in wound management by the American Board of Wound Management. This certification is awarded to those physicians who have studied and worked in the science of the prevention, care and treatment of acute and chronic wounds and have passed a rigorous testing process.
Read MoreGetting blisters from breaking in a new pair of shoes isn’t a big deal for many, but a person with diabetes could pay a much bigger price. Something as benign as a blister can easily become infected, eventually requiring surgery or multiple treatments. At its potential worst, an amputation could be required.
Read MoreKent Imaging Inc. and SerenaGroup® today announced a Strategic Partnership to jointly improve tissue assessment in wounds with the use of Near Infrared Imaging technology using Kent’s KD203 device. Oxygenation is widely accepted as the best biomarker of tissue health and healing.
Read MoreSilver is precious not only for its beauty and monetary value, but it may also have significant benefits in fighting off bacterial infections. Although silver is not new in the medical world—Hippocrates described its use in wound care as far back as 400 BC—the reason silver is so effective in infection control has only recently been identified.
Read MoreWounds in embryos heal rapidly through contraction of the wound edges. Despite well-recognized significance of the actomyosin purse string for wound closure, roles for other cytoskeletal components are largely unknown. Here, we report that the septin cytoskeleton cooperates with actomyosin and microtubules to coordinate circumferential contraction of the wound margin and concentric elongation of wound-proximal cells in Xenopus laevis embryos.
Read MoreTime may not actually be able to heal all wounds. An estimated 6.7 million people reported having a wound that wouldn’t get better last year, according to EvergreenHealth. Hyperbarics medicine, or oxygen therapy, is one way professionals treat those chronic ailments.
Read MoreHealogics, the wound healing experts, is proud to be one of 18 customers in Aetna’s Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions to receive the 2018 Workplace Wellness Award. This award was given based on existing workplace wellness programs. “The health and wellbeing of our employees are extremely important. By providing a comprehensive wellness program, we hope to encourage our employees to make themselves a priority,” said Lynn Merritt, Healogics Chief HR Officer.
Read MoreA patient with severe burn injuries is brought to a burn center, in need of a skin graft immediately. A surgeon comes in with a small, handheld device and quickly dispenses thin sheets of artificial skin onto the wounds as easily as rolling out Scotch tape.
This scenario could become reality, thanks to a new device developed by Canadian scientists: a handheld 3D skin printer that deposits layers of skin tissue on burns and other injuries.
Read MoreA few years back, Mary Madison’s husband developed a pressure injury caused by sitting for long periods behind the wheel of a city bus. Her many years as a long-term care director of nursing and most recently as clinical consultant for Briggs Healthcare taught her one thing in this instance: Those types of wounds should never be treated lightly.
Read MoreNew comparative effectiveness research from Organogenesis Inc. demonstrating faster time to healing and greater healing rates with Apligraf® for the treatment of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) was showcased last week at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 2018 meeting held May 19-23, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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