had nothing to lose lisa Baxter thought she had seen it all. The manager of Tufts wound care team, She spent years evaluating sores, incisions and infections in hospitalized patients. I'm not grossed ...

Maggot therapy has never shown prevent osteomyelitis and death. LTACs may provide level of care for hospital or nursing home acquired decubitus ulcer patients. Literature indicates that patients with ...

Doctors in Massachusetts had run out of options in trying to save a man’s life. They then decided to turn to a less conventional option: maggot therapy. Boston.com reports how a 60-year-old man named ...

Malodorous, fungating wounds in the final stages of life for a patient with cancer have remained a challenge to physicians and wound care nurses as a result of the incurable nature of the disease and ...

The appeal of the Game of Thrones universe is how it combines modern principles with a Middle Ages aesthetic. The politics can feel like an episode of Succession or The Sopranos, but it’s happening ...

Having run out of conventional medical treatments and facing hospice care, a 60-year-old man is alive and recovering thanks to maggot therapy. Lisa Baxter, manager of the wound care team at Tufts ...

Take two maggots and call me in the morning. Diana Dupuy was an otherwise healthy woman who had bunion surgery. When her cast came off, she found that she had a wound that wasn’t healing very well.

At its upcoming Public Meeting on April 22, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will solicit public input for the establishment of a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System ...