Venous leg ulcers are common and distressing, affecting around 1 in 300 adults in the UK. They are open, often painful, sores on the leg that take months to heal and can develop after a minor injury.

A leg ulcer can be understood as a break in the skin, typically located on the feet or the lower part of the leg. Leg ulcers are generally diagnosed based on their appearance, though this can be ...

Venous leg ulcers are a preventable and treatable condition, yet hundreds of thousands of people continue to suffer ...

KureCare is expanding its Medicare-covered wound treatment access ahead of January 2026 CMS reimbursement changes. New ...

When compared with normal care, treating a leg ulcer with dressings impregnated with honey did not significantly improve the rate of healing, but did lead to a significantly increased number of ...

Read a personal story of living with a chronic sickle cell leg ulcer, a complication from Hydroxyurea, and the journey to ...

The medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on compression products for treating venous leg ulcers. Evidence was considered from several sources to determine whether price ...

After proving acellular matrices are effective in treating diabetic foot ulcers, researchers are now eyeing the treatment as a tool for healing venous leg ulcers. Typically, VLU treatment includes ...

A 54-year-old man of Persian origin presented to our department with a 1-year history of ulcers on the right leg that had been unresponsive to numerous topical treatments, accompanied by lymphedema of ...

(RTTNews) - Biopharmaceutical company MediWound Ltd. (MDWD) Wednesday announced its partnership with 3M Health Care for the Phase 3 study of MediWound's lead drug candidate EscharEx to treat patients ...

From the Clinic of Dermatology and Syphilology, and the Division of Research of the Boston Dispensary. Thurmon, Francis M. — Physician-in-Chief, Clinic of Dermatology and Syphilology, The Boston ...