Surgery can be incredibly taxing on the individual going under the knife, but when the surgeon wraps up the procedure it doesn’t always mean the end of the patient’s medical woes. Recovery from such ...

In one episode of the TV show "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Captain Jean-Luc Picard is stabbed in the chest but survives thanks to a device that stitches up wounds in his heart. Now, real ...

Stitches are the worst. They pop open. They leak. They can get infected, and even hurt sometimes. Doctors want to replace stitches for good, but the requirements for a new medical adhesive are steep.

Australian and American biomedical engineers have developed a stretchy surgical glue that rapidly heals wounds, a “breakthrough” that has the potential to save lives in emergencies, its designers say.

A recent study offers a new solution for repairing the body’s most mechanically challenging wounds: glue them back together. The team, led by researchers from several Boston institutions, demonstrated ...

If you’re experiencing a medical emergency, you need to go to a doctor, but there are items in your junk drawer that could help you on the way to the emergency room. Dr. Natalie Azar shares how ...

Cuts, scrapes, blisters, burns, splinters, and punctures - there are a number of ways our skin can be broken. Most treatments for skin wounds involve simply placing a barrier over it (usually an ...

Cuts, scrapes, blisters, burns, splinters, and punctures - there are a number of ways our skin can be broken. Most treatments for skin wounds involve simply placing a barrier over them (usually an ...

Have you ever cut or hurt yourself and had to use an adhesive bandage, such as a Band-Aid? If so, then you know that an adhesive bandage is a small piece of sticky adhesive tape with an absorbent pad ...