Uncontrolled bleeding represents one of the most alarming medical situations people encounter. While minor cuts and scrapes typically stop bleeding within minutes, persistent bleeding despite proper ...

You can be super cautious and still manage to graze your fingertip instead of that bell pepper on your cutting board—then you’re faced with how to stop a cut from bleeding all over your meal prep. It ...

Bleeding occurs when trauma damages a blood vessel. When that trauma involves your head—whether the scalp, skull, or brain—it’s considered a head injury. These head injuries range in severity from a ...

MURPHYSBORO — May is Stop the Bleed Month. Stop the Bleed is a program that teaches people that with simple tools and the proper training, a bystander can give someone a better chance of survival ...

In a study published in Advanced Materials, a research team developed an innovative bacterial cellulose (BC)-based hemostatic dressing that enables rapid and sustained bleeding control. Burn injuries ...

When you think of medical glue, chances are you picture a quick fix for small cuts. But scientists are taking the idea of glue far beyond first-aid kits. A new generation of bioadhesives—medical glues ...

Whenever you are looking for your wound to heal faster, there are a few things you must never do—for instance, never wait for it to dry out, says a doctor. According to Dr Zoe Williams, a television ...

WORCESTER — On a Saturday afternoon at the Worcester Public Library’s main branch, the center of attention was a rubber prop meant to mimic a wounded human limb. About a dozen people, women and men of ...

Quicker access to bleeding control interventions taught in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) "Stop the Bleed" program could have prevented the deaths of numerous homicide victims in Maryland, ...