A newly approved medicinal cream made from pineapples could be a “game changer” for burn patients, doctors say. At Stony Brook Medicine’s burn center in New York, doctors recently started using ...

In a significant development for medical professionals, a new consensus has been developed to enhance the treatment of second-degree burn wounds. This guideline offers a thorough and systematic method ...

Summer is here and the country is finding its way outdoors. That means more barbecues, fireworks and late night bonfires. It also means, unfortunately, a lot more burns, especially around the holidays ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a jelly-like material and wound treatment method that, in early experiments on skin damaged by severe burns, appeared to regenerate healthy, scar-free tissue.

Lynn Yurko has worked as a nurse in the MetroHealth burn unit since 1974, four years after the Burn Center's inception. Then, as now, what is likely to make a burn injury fatal is sepsis and infection ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. With winter just around the corner, our heaters and fireplaces will be getting a workout. But as well ...

A woman in Brazil who suffered severe burns was treated with fish skin to help her own skin heal — and she’s part of a niche, but growing body of research. Maria Ines Candido da Silva, 36, suffered ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XenoTherapeutics, a life science company whose mission is to solve the global shortage of organs and tissues for transplants, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Burns could occur in the rush of trying to get Christmas day dinner on the table for the family. But to make sure your injury doesn’t ruin your day it’s important to follow certain steps when it comes ...

BURNS and scalds could be caused by cooking a big dinner, especially over the festive Christmas period. This is how to treat a painful burn, and what to do if your skin becomes scalded. Burns and ...