"I worked as a medical social worker for 30 years in clinical settings such as hospitals, and I thought there could be an improved way to help prevent and heal pressure or bed sores," said an inventor ...

“Different systems have been developed to prevent bed sores from occurring such as the application of pressure on different areas of the body over time to stimulate blood movement or maintain blood ...

Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, ...

Initially, Precision Fabric didn’t know that linens could cause bed sores. “We set out seven or eight years ago to develop a product that would be incredibly kind to the skin and that would manage the ...

New electric underpants help prevent bedsores. Oct 16, 2012— -- Scientists have designed electric underpants that shock the bottom to help prevent bedsores for people who are immobilized. When a ...

PITTSBURGH, July 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- "Our mother was bedbound and needed to be moved every two hours," said one of two inventors, from Hollywood, Fla. "We thought there could be a better way to ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Keeping a patient's skin in good condition while in a hospital bed takes a lot of care, and now a new device could make it easier. Bed sores can be a huge problem for patients ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Bed sores can be more than debilitating and painful. Now a new study shows they can also dramatically impact a person’s recovery from a spinal cord injury.

Here’s a mindblowing statistic: according to the Royal College of Nursing, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service spends on the order of £2-billion a year on the treatment of bed sores (skin and ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Tammy LaForce says she called James Square nursing home every two hours to remind the staff to turn her father so his bed sores wouldn't worsen. Her father, Curt LaForce, had ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Precision Fabrics was testing a synthetic silk sheet to determine if a new fabric engineered at its Vinton plant would wick away the moisture and heat of hot flashes and allow ...