SIOUX CITY | Senior year was Nila Hesse's time to shine as a cheerleader and dancer at Woodbury Central High School. But the Moville teen's dreams came crashing down like the shower mirror that ...

A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...

Bacteria block the immune system with lactic acid and cause infections to become chronic, revealing why some wounds don't ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The surgical site infection rate was 10.9% with the wound protector vs. 20.5% with conventional gauze. There was ...

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

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Orthopaedics faculty at LSU Health New Orleans participated in a study comparing two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients ...

Up to 5% of people who have surgery can develop an infection — which can prolong healing and lead to dangerous complications, studies have shown. Additionally, chronic wounds affect around 6.5 million ...

One of this week's patients had an unfamiliar diagnosis.

Chronic infected wounds can take over daily life, especially for people living with diabetes. These wounds often refuse to heal, cause constant pain, and invite dangerous infections that resist ...