Greater access to innovative treatments could be linked to a drop in patients requiring surgery for a type of inflammatory ...

Researchers at UCLA and K Medical recently discovered that a major key to preventing pressure ulcers (a.k.a., bedsores, pressure injuries, or decubitus ulcers) using alternating-pressure support ...

Dan Jones died at University Health in 2022 after developing a pressure ulcer on his tailbone while a patient. Now, his widow has filed a lawsuit alleging nurses failed to properly treat the wound.

Bedsores strike many of those who are largely confined to a bed or wheelchair, and they are tough to treat. Every year, over 2.5 million Americans suffer from pressure sores, also known as bedsores or ...

Is there data indicating higher prevalence of in-house acquired pressure ulcers in nursing facilities compared to hospitals?

Bayesian’s platform uses AI to analyze electronic medical records and identify patients at risk of developing pressure ulcers, allowing for preventative care.

Patients who had weight-loss surgery were more likely to have managed their high blood pressure compared with those who used medications and modes of management.

New research finds that bariatric surgery is an effective long-term treatment to help control high blood pressure.

Bariatric surgery is more effective in controlling hypertension rates, or high blood pressure, in people with obesity and uncontrolled high blood pressure compared to blood pressure medication ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The daughter of a 64-year-old nursing home patient who died two years ago from complications of a “severely infected” pressure ulcer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit ...

Surgery to stop the bleed was successful, but by December the ulcer had infected her bone.

A man who lived in what is now China 2700 years ago had a hole cut in his skull to treat a head injury and survived. This suggests that shamanic doctors in that era could do advanced brain surgery.