Non-healing wounds may signal gangrene, a severe condition caused by tissue death due to poor oxygen and blood flow. Early ...

Elsewhere, she looks at how Black women in the rural South used knowledge passed down through generations to heal others with plants and roots for salves and painkillers, caring for the sick ...

There are endless ways to break the skin. And as we age, our bodies become less efficient at healing, which increases the likelihood these wounds will linger. Skin becomes thinner, less elastic ...