An oral medication that has been examined as a potential treatment for obesity and intracranial hypertension, among other indications, may improve wound healing in patients with type 2 diabetes, ...

Epithelial cells line the body’s surfaces to protect against physical damage, pathogens, and dehydration. These cells play key roles in absorbing nutrients and removing waste products, as well as ...

A newly discovered cell that matures into two specialist cell types – an immune cell responsible for tissue repair and a cell that forms blood vessels – significantly boosts wound healing, according ...

CMS spending on skin substitutes is rising. New policies are an important first step in reform to ensure patient access and ...

Researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that a protein produced by an intestinal nematode parasite, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, can be used to enhance wound healing in mice. The study showed ...

Maggot therapy is a wound healing technique in which healthcare professionals apply medical grade maggots to dead or infected tissue to keep the wound clean. It is also known as larval therapy. Maggot ...

2025 SEP 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Research findings on Managed Care are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in ...

MTF Biologics' AmnioBand® Membrane and AlloPatch® Pliable are among the 18 tissues that will be covered under the newly ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Schwartz, MD Key Takeaways Serosanguineous drainage is normal during wound healing and is thin ...

Membrane and AlloPatch (R) Pliable are among the 18 tissues that will be covered under the newly updated Medicare Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) for skin substitute grafts/cellular and ...