Raw egg whites are a dangerous burn “remedy.” Burn specialists warn they can introduce Salmonella, trigger allergies and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- New research in the January edition of Annals of Emergency Medicine reveals that cooling with running water is the best initial treatment for a child's burn. Researchers found that ...

When most people think of burn injuries, they think of damage to the skin. Burns also affect many other areas of the body because the skin plays such an important role in protecting the body from the ...

An estimated 486,000 burn injuries occur per year—or about one every 65 seconds. As the American Burn Association advises, "Preventing a burn injury is always better than the pain and trauma of ...