Leg ulcers form when skin on your leg breaks open. These breaks or sores let air and bacteria travel into your skin’s tissue. For most people, leg ulcers will heal on their own and won’t need medical ...

Chronic vein problems are very common and often unrecognized as a threat to health. When the valves in your veins stop working, blood pools in the lower leg area and pressure builds up in the vein.

A skin ulcer is an open wound that develops on the skin as a result of injury, poor circulation, or pressure. Skin ulcers can cause symptoms such as skin discoloration, itching, scabbing, swelling, ...

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.

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FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthpoint Biotherapeutics today announced that the results for its Phase 2b clinical trial investigating the efficacy of HP802-247 in venous leg ...

For skin transplants to "take root", it needs to be ensured that the patient's tissue is properly irrigated with blood. Low-frequency ultrasound can promote this effect. Researchers have developed the ...

Dec. 10, 2002 (Philadelphia) — Researchers working with an experimental drug for sickle cell anemia noticed an unexpected side effect: the incidental healing of debilitating leg ulcers in seven ...

A mum-of-two revealed how she ended up in A&E with an “excruciating” ulcer on her leg after years of “standing all day every day” for work. Former hairdresser Samantha Ford, from Boston in ...