You accidentally cut yourself. Do you need stitches or will a bandage work just fine? Emergency room physician Dr. Troy Madsen goes through some of the scenarios that would require you to visit the ER ...

Wound repair is usually about fighting fire with fire – using sutures and staples that pull the skin together but that add more damage to the surrounding tissue in the process. But the job can be done ...

The body is pretty good at healing itself, though more severe wounds can require bandages or stitches. But researchers have now developed a wound-healing ink that can actively encourage the body to ...

Last August, the awesomely-named New Jersey man Baer Hanusz-Rajkowski cut his finger with the claw end of a hammer. But the Hanusz-Rajkowskis are of hearty stock, and instead of immediately running to ...