Some phrases are commonly used and are only sometimes valid when said. For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, an example could be using the term “It’s freezing out.” This phrase is often used when ...

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is an eye condition that leads to blindness and can currently only be addressed with surgery. A team led by research hospital Massachusetts Eye and Ear and German ...

Scars. Like memories, we all have them. When you look at a scar you might see a tumble, a fight, an operation, a reminder of that time you succumbed to youthful stupidity, survived a traumatic ...

The Best Scar Removal Cream for C-Section is Scar Protocol.

Researchers at Stanford believe they may be on the trail of a drug that could allow the skin to heal without scars. For millions of Americans, scars are a fact of life. But for more than three decades ...

Adhesions are thick bands of scar tissue inside your body. They may form after surgery or an infection. They can make your organs stick together or to the inside of your belly. Some people have pain ...

If we can reduce this scarring, we can greatly improve survival." Following a heart attack, connective tissue cells called fibroblasts secrete a variety of proteins that combine to form scar tissue.

Over time, scar tissue slows or stops implanted bioelectronics. But new interdisciplinary research could help pacemakers, sensors and other implantable devices keep people healthier for longer. The ...

New UCLA research conducted in mice could explain why some people suffer more extensive scarring than others after a heart attack. The study, published in the journal Cell, reveals that a protein ...

Immunotherapy has emerged as a powerful tool in the fight against cancer, but there are still many ways for the disease to elude its advances. One trick cancer cells use to evade an attack is to ...