Leg ulcers form when skin on your leg breaks open. These breaks or sores let air and bacteria travel into your skin’s tissue. For most people, leg ulcers will heal on their own and won’t need medical ...

Chronic vein problems are very common and often unrecognized as a threat to health. When the valves in your veins stop working, blood pools in the lower leg area and pressure builds up in the vein.

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.

From swelling to varicose veins, Charles Leithead, MD, of Ochsner Health, explains why patients should not ignore signs of ...

For skin transplants to "take root", it needs to be ensured that the patient's tissue is properly irrigated with blood. Low-frequency ultrasound can promote this effect. Researchers have developed the ...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthpoint Biotherapeutics today announced that the results for its Phase 2b clinical trial investigating the efficacy of HP802-247 in venous leg ...

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A mum-of-two revealed how she ended up in A&E with an “excruciating” ulcer on her leg after years of “standing all day every day” for work. Former hairdresser Samantha Ford, from Boston in ...

HOBOKEN, NJ – September 5, 2006 -- Untreated diabetic leg ulcers may result in amputations. According to the Center of Disease Control, one out of six diabetics will require an amputation (below the ...

Spray-on medical solutions packed with cells certainly seem to be catching on. A new study published in The Lancet highlights a spray infused with skin cells and blood clotting proteins that helps leg ...