Burn surgeons at Baton Rouge General are using a new spray-on skin technology on nearly every burn patient, making the ...

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Placenta grafting yields remarkable results for third-degree burns. Third-degree burns are being healed using placenta. The use of placenta in medicine is not new, but the results of Mary Townsend’s ...

First things first: After a burn happens, you need to determine what type you have, which will dictate whether immediate medical attention is necessary. "A burn is assessed by the depth of damage," ...

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

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (WPVI) -- Burn care has seen a host of breakthroughs in the past decade. Death rates have dropped by more than 50 percent since 1950. The latest innovation is bringing patients ...

British scientists have developed “living bandages,” made from a patient’s own cells, which speed healing for burns and diabetes sufferers. The biological bandages, launched at the British Burns ...

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Recently, Dr. Jamie Peyton received a phone call from a fellow veterinarian at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife regarding a yearling bear cub that sustained severe ...