Wound Healing

By Emily Keeter and James McGuire DPM, PT, CPed, FAPWHc BloodSTOP iX is an absorbable, bioresorbable, lipophilic, animal-free hemostat, which resembles and is designed to handle like gauze. BloodST...

Wound reepithelialization is key in the goal of wound closure. Reepithelialization is a coordinated multifactorial systemic process that involves formation of new epithelium and skin appendages. The e...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND Several nutrients, such as arginine, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin C, play a key role in wound healing and preserving tissue viability. However, w...

By Aletha Tippett MD I have written about so many things over the past years… Maybe now is a good time to announce that I am writing a book called Hear Our Cry, an autobiographical story about 20 y...

By Aletha Tippett MD If you care for wounds and have never encountered pyoderma gangrenosum, count yourself lucky. Drawing from my years of experience and the nearly 20,000 wounds I’ve cared for, p...

By Glenda Motta RN, MPH The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly one in five Medicare patients discharged from a hospital—approximately 2.6 million seniors—is readmitte...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN It's Matron Marley here again. I do hope you had a good Thanksgiving folks. My daughter ordered Chinese and her offspring were thrilled. I snuck away to the nursin...

By Robert Striks, Special Writer, Encompass HealthCare & Wound Medicine I know, I know. You can get more bees with honey than vinegar. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it. If you ...

By Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine Journal Review Club Editor's note: This post is part of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine (TUSPM) journal review club blog series....