Wound Care

Wounds Australia has used the Federal Government’s pre-Budget submission process to call for all political parties to commit to solutions that solve the ‘hidden

Caring for your skin as it gets older can help reduce the risk of chronic wounds that cause physical, emotional and financial burdens. Bolton Clarke Senior

New research shows thermal imaging techniques can predict whether a wound needs extra management, offering an early alert system to improve chronic wound care.

Wounds Australia, the peak body for chronic wound prevention and management, says the Royal Commission into Aged Care has been an “almost complete failure” for

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt recently ruled out

People receiving evidence-based wound care at home for venous leg ulcers achieved similar healing rates to those attending a specialist wound care clinic, new research shows.

The nation’s peak body for wound prevention and management, Wounds Australia, is hoping to leverage the public’s high trust ranking of healthcare specialists to

A group of Australian scientists has caught the attention of NASA with a novel technology development that could potentially heal wounds in days rather than weeks without

Some 500,000 Australians live with the daily burden of a wound that does not heal, but a risk assessment tool that provides an ‘early warning’ of which venous

A new World Health Organization (WHO) strategy aims to halve the impact of snakebite, which affects 5.4 million people globally each year, kills up to 138 000 and leaves 400

A Queensland university project will test the possibility of using maggots to clean wounds in conflict and disaster zones. Maggots may become

A new technique for photographing wounds that could provide more information to support wound care in people with leg wounds is being investigated in a project funded by Trajan

Military surgeon Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld says lessons learned from terrorist attacks has shown everyone should know how to stop

James Cook University scientists have discovered a secretion made by a 1cm-long cancer-causing worm could help treat chronic wounds. It's

A leading charity has warned that the world's existing stockpiles of the anti-venom Fav-Afrique will expire in June. Doctors Without Borders

Australian scientists are developing a synthetic skin which potentially would instruct the body how to repair itself. Burns and wounds could

Treating children for skin sores used to be very painful, but NT researchers have found a way to do it without the tears. [subscribe]