Results for "Wound Care"

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10 Tips to Have a Safe Thanksgiving Meal
Many Americans will gather for Thanksgiving this year to reconnect, express gratitude and gobble up delicious turkey and treats. While Thanksgiving may...
Nov 18
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How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Treatments Could Help You Heal
If you have a wound that’s not healing properly or is healing slowly, you might benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy. With these treatments, you breathe...
Nov 13
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Why It’s Time to Get Hydrogen Peroxide Out of Your Medicine Cabinet
You probably have a bottle of hydrogen peroxide kicking around somewhere in your medicine cabinet. Hydrogen peroxide has antiseptic properties, so a lot...
Nov 10
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Follow These 5 Steps to Treat a Dog Bite
Even friendly dogs can get spooked now and again. If you or your child have had a run-in with a scared or aggressive dog, you know that a bite happens...
Aug 16
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Fire Up the Grill, But Don’t Forget These Safety Tips
When the weather heats up, so do our grills. Backyard barbeques, or BBQs, are a dietary staple in the summertime, but they can be dangerous too if you...
Jun 28
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The Best Ways to Prevent and Treat Athlete’s Foot
Our poor feet. They carry our weight, they keep us upright, they give clues about our overall health. But they’re often neglected. (If only they weren’t...
Feb 02
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Bad Vehicle Injury? You May Need Microvascular Flap Surgery.
If you’ve had an accident that’s caused extreme tissue damage — the kind that store-bought products can’t fix — then microvascular flap surgery might be...
Dec 29
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Diabetes Wound Care: Tips for Healing and Prevention
While a small cut or scrape is no big deal for some, for those with diabetes, it can lead to serious complications. When you have diabetes, a number of...
Dec 07
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5 Times When You Need More than a Band-Aid for That Cut or Scrape
Cuts and scrapes happen all the time. From a mishap with a kitchen knife to a fall on the playground, you probably have Band-Aids on hand so you can treat...
Dec 04
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Avoid Swelling: 5 Tips to Prevent Lymphedema
If you’ve undergone lymph node removal surgery or other cancer treatments like radiation, it’s important to know about the risk for swelling called lymphedema....
Oct 24