Researchers at National Taiwan University have discovered how light, electricity, and tiny forces can work together to help wounds heal naturally and leave fewer scars, offering new hope for chronic ...

MC1R - the gene behind red hair - also shapes how quickly wounds heal, revealing why some people recover more slowly than ...

When doctors detect elevated levels of SerpinB3 in a blood test, it can signal that something is seriously wrong, from ...

Slow wound healing is a process in which a wound, whether large or small, heals significantly slower than what is typical. While wounds go through several healing stages, a wound may take longer to ...

Some wounds take a long time to heal. If a wound hasn’t improved after two to four weeks, it could mean there’s a health problem that needs treatment. These wounds — called chronic wounds — are often ...

Rockefeller scientists uncovered how hair follicle stem cells can switch from growing hair to repairing skin when nutrients ...

PowerHeal's Bioelectric Bandages, previously only available by prescription, have revolutionized acute and chronic wound care by using a low level of electricity to kill bacteria without antibiotics, ...

Researchers at University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich report that intimate physical contact combined with ...

Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their ...