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An Orangutan Healed Himself With Medicinal Plant
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – Primates are capable of tending to wounds using medicinal plants, a new case report says. A male Sumatran orangutan treated a facial wound with a climbing plant known to have...
Sharks' Amazing Ability to Heal From Wounds Might Help Humans
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 – Forget "Jaws": The remarkable wound-healing power of shark skin could end up helping humans, new research claims. Shark skin is coated with a special film of mucus that...
Health Care Spending Up for Child Survivors of Firearm Injuries
MONDAY, Nov. 6, 2023 – Child and adolescent survivors of firearm injuries have increased health care spending, and they and their family members have increased mental health care use, according to a...
Scientists Produce 'Bioprinted' Human Skin for Wound Healing
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 – People recovering from wounds or severe burns might one day be treated with fully functional “bioprinted” skin created in a lab, a new study suggests. Researchers say they “p...
Warm Waters Raise Risk for Flesh-Eating Bacteria. Here's Tips to Stay Safe
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 – As waters warm across the United States and hurricanes and flooding season begins, the odds of being infected by flesh-eating bacteria are also rising, U.S. health...
Mobile Device May ID Wound Infections Earlier
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30, 2023 – A mobile device that combines photographs, infrared thermography images, and bacterial fluorescence images may improve detection of wound infections, according to a study...
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