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 ...

A burn blister is a bubble of clear fluid under the skin that forms as the body's way of protecting a burned area. The fluid, called blister fluid, is similar to plasma (the clear liquid element in ...

Skin damaged by burns is vulnerable to external infections. If an infection at the burn site leads to sepsis, it can be life-threatening due to severe organ failure, so rapid diagnosis and treatment ...

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 ...

A cream commonly used to treat burns may actually delay healing. In addition, despite the wide range of wound dressings available for burns, there is no consensus on the most effective alternative ...

Burns are one of the most common injuries suffered by Australians and one of the top causes of death in children under four. While survival rates for burns patients have improved substantially, ...

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 ...