When you get a burn or a wound, for some people, healing comes quickly. For others, it can take years. Melissa Krebs wondered if there might be a way to change that.

Researchers from Imperial College London have created a new molecule that can “talk” to the cells in the area near injured tissues to encourage wound healing. “This intelligent healing is useful ...

While my appetite gets back to normal, my daily multivitamin/mineral supplement is filling in the gaps of key healing ...

In cases of serious non-healing infections, a decision to amputate could be made. A new therapeutic approach, presented recently in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology by Canadian researchers ...

You nick yourself while cutting an onion, drawing blood. Or maybe you bump into your coffee table, scraping your shin. There are endless ways to break the skin. And as we age, our bodies become less ...

Once upon a time, even a simple cut or scrape could be a death sentence. Before germ theory and today’s scientific understanding of medicine, infections ran rampant and took many lives. While we’re ...