With the level of spending on wound care in the billions of pounds, both the financial and health-related impact of venous leg ulcers cannot be understated. Dan Carradice speaks to Venous News about the latest report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular and Venous Disease, which articulates the extent of this important issue, and what can be done to improve care in the UK.
Read MoreMat-Su Regional Medical Center is home to the only Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber in the state of Alaska – a fact that quite possibly saved Palmer resident Janette Melton’s entire foot after she injured it in a minor accident last May.
Read MoreRutgers University-Camden offers its Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Program in both an online and on-campus format.
Read MoreWhen Marietta resident Donna Balachowski took a fall three years ago, it opened a wound nearly three inches in width in her left knee, which already had been damaged more than 30 years earlier when she was struck by a car while out walking.
Read MoreThere’s a common saying in the wound care field: “Treat the whole patient, not the hole in the patient.” That motto effectively sums up the approach at Grays Harbor Community Hospital’s Wound Healing Center, where the medical team considers each patient from a holistic perspective, creates individualized plans and collaborates to restore overall health.
Read MoreIn the recently published ‘Bi-Layered Polymer Carriers with Surface Modification by Electrospinning for Potential Wound Care Applications,’ researchers from both Finland and Estonia are exploring electrospinning techniques in polymeric wound-care.
Read MoreA gel made from blood could rapidly speed up the healing of chronic wounds. Problem foot ulcers treated with the gel, made from the patient’s own blood, are more likely to heal than those treated traditionally, according to a new study.
Read MoreKeneth Hall, MD, FACS, FASMBS, has been named medical director of Rome Memorial Hospital’s Regional Center for Wound Care. Hall is board certified by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Hall earned his medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC in 2005.
Read MoreVIDEO: Our skin acts as the first line of defense for our immune system by protecting everything inside but what happens when our skin struggles to do its job? Bellin Health Care’s wound care specialist, Dr. Rance Hafner stopped by with some information on how we can help our skin to heal and stay healthy.
Read MoreOutpatient treatment for vascular disease of the vein is now available through the Wound Care Center at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. Jill Smoode, the Center’s program director, said IV VeinCare uses a minimally-invasive laser treatment in an outpatient setting to deliver a higher level of care in a more convenient manner.
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