A flesh-eating bacterium that causes gaping ulcers has taken root in a NSW holiday spot, with warnings from experts that it ...

Bedsores strike many of those who are largely confined to a bed or wheelchair, and they are tough to treat. Every year, over ...

A doctor can also remove a piece of stomach tissue for analysis in a lab, a procedure known as an endoscopic biopsy. Treatment for stomach ulcers will depend on the cause and severity. Most ulcers ...

With just one application of Oralmedic, mouth ulcer pain is eliminated ... seeks out dead and damaged tissue and reacts with it to create a seal over the site, thus protecting it and promoting ...

Peptic ulcers are open sores that occur when the ... This causes the stomach acid to tear into the layers of tissue underneath the stomach lining or duodenum (the first segment of the small ...

Experts have sounded the alarm about an infection that eats away at flesh and warned about a potential spread after two cases ...

The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel redefined the definition of a pressure ulcer and the stages of pressure ulcers in 2007, including the original 4 stages and adding 2 stages on deep tissue ...

Aaron Smyth is graduating today having used his creativity throughout his studies to empower people with learning ...

What is a pressure ulcer or bedsore? A pressure ulcer, or bedsore, is an area of skin - and sometimes also the tissue underneath - that has become damaged because of pressure. An ulcer may develop ...

The use of sclerosants (including absolute alcohol) in injection therapy for bleeding ulcers should, however, be discouraged: extensive and uncontrolled tissue necrosis caused by sclerosants ...