Injuries sustained during the day likely heal faster than those that occur during the night due to human internal biological clocks
Nurses lacking ulcer awareness: study
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 06, 2017
Nurses need more training on medical device-related pressure ulcers, according to a prospective study published in Ostomy Wound Management.
Danger afoot: Phone pics not reliable enough for ulcer care
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2017
Australian researchers are warning that mobile phone images should not be used as a stand-alone diagnostic instrument for remote assessment of diabetic foot ulcers.
Crustaceans feed new wound dressing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2017
A novel compression dressing made from an antibacterial substance formed from the shells of crustaceans may prevent infections in wounds.
A recently developed skin graft treatment may help speed up the healing process for chronic wounds like pressure sores and diabetic ulcers — and keep them from coming back.
Opioids may slow down wound healing
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Mar 05, 2017
People with chronic wounds who are prescribed opioids to treat their pain may experience slower healing than those who don’t receive the drugs, according to new research.
Mixed fungi film slows foot ulcer healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2016
Researchers have discovered that fungi found in chronic wounds can form mixed bacterial-fungal biofilms associated with poor outcomes and longer healing times.
Biological binding mesh helps with negative pressure healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2016
A bacteria- and fungi-binding mesh dressing should be a wound care layer of choice when chronic wounds are treated with negative pressure wound therapy.
Aging sweat glands delay wound healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2016
Sweat glands play an important roll in how skin heals from injury, but they don’t work as well in seniors, say University of Michigan researchers.
Researchers ‘reboot’ tissue to accelerate wound healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2016
Tufts University researchers have for the first time reprogrammed skin cells from diabetic foot ulcers to make them more like stem cells.