“It’s important to apply sunscreen to all areas of skin exposed to UV radiation, and this includes the eyelids,” King said.

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The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends eye examinations at least every year or two after age 65. Age-related eye issues like cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular ...

For many long-term care facilities, wound care is largely tactical. Treatment protocol is often standardized and focused on ...

Fibroblasts play a central role in maintaining healthy tissue structures, as well as in the development and progression of diseases. For a long time, these specialized connective tissue cells were ...

This groundbreaking therapy will be used to treat wounds associated with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) – a rare skin disorder characterized by severe, painful wounds that can ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.

In the forests of Uganda, wild chimpanzees have been caught on camera doing something startlingly human: treating each other’s wounds with leaves and chewed-up plants. In a behavior that hints ...