The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

The outcome of many, if not all, sports seasons is judged by wins and losses. For Hutchinson’s boys basketball coach Mike McGraw, beating a treacherous health battle off the court was the ...

As home health providers increasingly serve people with more complicated and serious conditions, and the push for ...

The study group was composed of type II diabetic subjects (International Classification ... as the major diagnosis during hospitalization. Ulcer bleeding was validated by endoscopic examination ...

Background: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), a frequent complication of the worldwide disease (diabetes), are the primary causes of amputations and early mortality. The development of DFU is inseparably ...

Diabetes describes a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar levels. Diabetes can be caused by the pancreas not producing insulin (type 1 diabetes) or by insulin resistance ...

Badly fitting and inappropriate footwear is an all-too-common cause of foot ulcers in people at risk. This is especially true for people with diabetes, where numbness is common and rubbing from ...

People with chronic diabetic foot ulcers could soon have a new way to treat their wounds for faster healing and fewer hospital stays. Researchers from Michigan State University and South Shore ...

"I'm not diabetic and a non-smoker but for those people ... What's also perhaps more obvious is that if you have ulcers or cuts that won't heal. You could just experience poor circulation.

Nurses hoping to reduce the rate of pressure ulcers in their hospitals are using a mannequin and self-made fake wounds to help teach colleagues about spotting and treating tissue damage in their ...

Whenever I have a mouth ulcer, I find myself reminiscing back to the days that my mouth didn’t hurt. Those halcyon times when a cup of tea was comforting, not biting. When a packet of salt and ...