Attempt only if evacuation isn’t an option. If you screw up, you could cause permanent tissue damage and a nasty infection. Irrigate the wound with boiled water—you can use a plastic bag with a hole ...

Whenever I got a wound while I was young, my mother would take me to the hospital to get stitches. I am now 94. I went to get a wound seen, and the nurse said that it needed to heal from the inside.

As early as 3000 BC, ancient Egyptians described the use of sutures for drawing open wounds shut to facilitate healing. These early medical accounts report the use of plant-based materials such as ...

Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. Don't try this at home without expert supervision. On Tuesday in the small storefront of the Best Made Company in Tribeca, a young ER doctor spent two hours ...

If you’ve made it into adulthood chances are you’ve suffered some flesh wounds over the years. Some of these may have required stitches which, if you have ever gotten, you may have wondered if there ...

Scientists have made a skin-crawling breakthrough. French researchers say they’ve grown ‘yarn’ from human skin that could be used to stitch people back up after suffering major wounds, according to a ...

Triboelectric effect The bioabsorbable electrical stimulation suture (BioES-suture) converts the mechanical energy of movement into effective electrical stimulation. (Courtesy: Zhouquan Sun and ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Visions of the future of medicine often involve digital sensors that constantly monitor patients, but not many ...