Q: I'm embarrassed to ask about this problem, but my elderly mother frequently loses control of her bladder and wets herself. Can anything be done? A: Unfortunately, your mother isn't alone - urinary ...

Venous leg ulcers heal faster and return less frequently in patients who have early surgery when compared with their peers who wear compression stockings and delay surgery, a new clinical trial has ...

A "spray-on skin" which coats a wound with a layer of skin cells could help healing, according to US and Canadian researchers. The spray was tested on 228 people with leg ulcers, which are painful ...

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person's home. Nearly half a million Australians live with ...

Washington: Patients with leg ulcers, you may want to hit the gym because exercise may help you heal faster, a new study claims. In the Sheffield Hallam University study of 39 patients with venous leg ...

A battery-powered skin patch can help heal chronic wounds by zapping them with ultrasound, research has shown. In tests, the 100 gram device - little bigger than a sticking plaster - dramatically ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I have ulcers on my legs. These have been impossible to heal with traditional therapies, including surgical attention, special dressings, antibiotics, leg elevation and soaks. Is there ...

Venous leg ulcers are common and distressing, affecting around 1 in 300 adults in the UK. They are open, often painful, sores on the leg that take months to heal and can develop after a minor injury.

A new study has found that leg ulcers take the same time to heal when people wear compression stockings rather than traditional bandages. People in a trial, carried out by researchers from the ...