From lingering colds to longer recoveries after injury or surgery to stubborn symptoms that just feel impossible to shake, ...

Colorado School of Mines researcher develops polymer material that reduces inflammation and prevents infection.

After a slip on the ice, a sports injury, even surgery, most people’s instinct is to rest what hurts. “When you have an acute ...

The immune system can be “reprogrammed” to heal the body faster using electrical stimulation, according to new research. Irish scientists discovered that electrically stimulating “macrophages” – one ...

Almost seven million people in the United States live with a chronic, non-healing wound. Diabetes, increased age, blood flow complications, obesity and other factors contribute to the growing number ...

Kathleen Lunz-Gewirtz is glad to be walking again. She slipped on ice outside her home last year, breaking her lower leg in two places. "The pain was excruciating, I've had three children. I’ve had a ...

When you’ve had a wound that required stitches, the recovery period can feel frustratingly slow. Whether from surgery, an accident, or another injury, properly cared for stitches not only heal faster ...

When animals are sick or injured, they slink off to the comfort of their nest or lair until they're all better. And you? Dream on. You usually have to make breakfast, show up at work, and retrieve the ...

This practical, research-based guide from Maizes (Be Fruitful), executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, demonstrates how the body’s built-in “recovery reflex” can be ...