When you’ve had a wound that required stitches, the recovery period can feel frustratingly slow. Whether from surgery, an accident, or another injury, properly cared for stitches not only heal faster ...

Diabetes significantly complicates the wound healing process through multiple mechanisms that work against the body’s natural recovery abilities. High blood glucose levels damage blood vessels, ...

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.

Stitches, or sutures, can become infected and cause symptoms such as pus, swelling, warmth, and redness or discoloration. Medical treatment such as antibiotics may be necessary. Stitches join the ...

Researchers have taught an artificial-intelligence model how to imitate the motions of stitching up wounds and surgical incisions. The researchers, from the University of California, Berkeley, and ...