Scarring is a key feature of chronic kidney disease. Now, University of Connecticut researchers report in Kidney ...

The emotional and physical investment in surgery, whether aesthetic or medically required, is huge: any changes made to your body are big ones. Inevitably, that emotional and physical investment will ...

Pexels While small scars might be worn as a badge of pride, signs of the body’s ability to heal and the strength to endure, ...

Many patients seek out their local Emergency Department across the country on a daily basis for management of open wounds that usually include primary closure with either sutures or staples. Open ...

If you’ve dealt with acne, cystic pimples, or had a tendency to pick at your previous breakouts, it’s possible you were left with mild or severe acne scars. While the choice to treat those scars ...

Heart disease is the biggest killer in the Western world. A part of the problem is that even if one survives a heart attack, damage to the heart muscle results in the formation of thick scar tissue ...

The European Union has awarded a European Consortium €4.5 million for the ELR-Scar project to validate a novel hydrogel biomaterial that will prevent scar tissue from forming in the heart following a ...

The scar tissue surrounding pancreatic cancer may offer prognostic insight — and potential new treatment strategies — for patients with pancreatic cancer. The scar tissue that forms around pancreatic ...

Arthrofibrosis is also known as stiff knee syndrome. The condition sometimes occurs in a knee joint that has recently been injured. It can also occur after surgery on the knee, such as a knee ...

About one in seven American adults has chronic kidney disease The purplish red staining in the image shows scar tissue in the ...