Researchers have discovered a novel treatment to relieve cytokine release syndrome (CRS), a life-threatening inflammation triggered by a serious infection or severe burn. Treatment with a short-acting ...

Immediately following severe burns, bacteria reach the wound from different sources, including the patient's skin, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tracts and health care-related human contact.

Patients with bacterial infections successfully treated with RECCE ® 327 (R327) Deadly bacterial pathogens treated with R327 include those identified by the World Health Organization as major threats ...

Second-degree burns occur when heat, chemicals, light, or electricity damage the first two layers of your skin. The appearance of a second-degree burn sets them apart from a less severe first-degree ...

A newly approved medicinal cream made from pineapples could be a “game changer” for burn patients, doctors say. At Stony Brook Medicine’s burn center in New York, doctors recently started using ...

Painful skin rashes and lesions are common during and after radiation therapy, but many cancer patients are unprepared for the ways the side effect can affect their quality of life and treatment ...

Dear Doctors: I burned myself on the stove, but it didn’t look bad so I wasn’t worried. The next morning, the skin had turned red and the burn was all swollen. What’s the right way to take care of a ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. — A major source of combat-related trauma during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan was improvised explosive devices. Thousands of U.S. service members were injured by IEDs, ...