Approximately 6.5 to 6.7 million people in the U.S. are affected by chronic wounds each year, and this number is expected to increase as the population ages. Poor blood circulation, high blood sugar ...

FORT WORTH, TX - March 23, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Wound care can feel surprisingly complicated, even when the problem ...

Because non-pressure wounds are typically less understood across all levels of long-term care, they often receive less concern and fewer inquiries from families, according to Japa Volchok, DO, VP of ...

How Does Vacuum-Assisted Closure Work? ‌Negative pressure wound therapy involves a special dressing connected to a pump that gently draws fluid and infection from the wound. A nurse will: Clean the ...

omplicated, hard-to-heal wounds are a growing medical problem and there are currently only two drugs approved with proven efficacy. In a new study on humans, researchers at Uppsala University show ...

Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is a method of decreasing air pressure around a wound to assist the healing. It’s also referred to as negative pressure wound therapy. During a VAC procedure, a ...

Biomedical engineers from Brown University have developed a new wound dressing material that releases antibiotic drugs only ...