Scientists have developed a novel bandage that could help doctors monitor wound healing without needing to remove the dressing. The new “smart bandage” contains a sensor that measures wound moisture ...

It’s a dilemma anyone who has worn a bandage has faced: How can you tell if a wound is healing without taking off the dressing and potentially damaging delicate new skin? A different kind of ‘smart’ ...

Even the most pain-tolerant people have probably cringed once or twice while ripping an adhesive bandage off a particularly sensitive area. It seems like the kind of thing that intrepid scientists ...

A common problem in wound care is determining what’s below the surface of the bandage. Once a dressing is applied, doctors need to know whether or not the wound below it is healing. It is common ...

A smart liquid bandage glows to reveal the amount of oxygen the wound underneath is getting, and that could help doctors help us heal. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly ...

So Mom now is faced with store shelves jam-packed with products: liquid and spray-on bandages, ionized-silver bandages or waterproof or moist-environment-promoting or easy-to-remove bandages. Or ...

It used to be so simple. When you fell down, Mom or Dad came to the rescue, washed off your wound and applied hydrogen peroxide or mercurochrome. Then, depending on the extent of your boo-boo, you got ...