A big change could soon be coming to an everyday healthcare item. Cutting-edge technology is coming to wound care in the form of so-called "smart bandages." The Wall Street Journal "Future of ...

A new type of water-powered bandage could make it much easier for slow-healing wounds to close up. The bandage is technically "electric," but it is powered by adding water to the thin and flexible ...

Waiting on a wound to heal can not only take a while, but it can also leave you with long-lasting scar tissue as a reminder of the wound. While we have seen tech in the past that looks to minimize ...

How can doctors make sure a dressed wound is healing without taking off the bandage? This is a conundrum, because removing a bandage can disrupt the healing process. Technology presented in a new ...

I've always thought of myself as someone who takes pride in scars - small jagged lines across my knuckles, ankles and chin that mark past brushes with trauma. But I realize that bravado only goes so ...

Bandages come in all shapes, sizes, degrees of stickiness, colors, and designs, but they all share a common trait — they aren’t very “smart.” That is changing. Joanne Moody, president of Zeta ...

Soon, we may have a "smart bandage" that not only tracks the progress of healing but also administers antibiotics directly to the wound and stimulates new tissue development with electrical signals.

LOS ANGELES -- The basic bandage that has remained similar in design for years could be getting a high-tech upgrade. Researchers are developing "smart bandages" which may have the ability to analyze ...