Scar tissue in the heart was associated with abnormal heart rhythms among healthy, long-time male endurance athletes aged 50 ...

When the body’s immune system prompts the development of scar tissue around implanted devices, they don’t work as effectively as they should, putting patients at risk. To overcome this problem, ...

By breaking up scar tissue, muscles and joints can glide and move freely again without pain and stiffness. Active release technique vs. similar treatments.

Explained another way, a heart attack can cause scar tissue build up—myocardial fibrosis—but the fibrotic region lacks the contractile activity of healthy heart tissue.

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Preventing scar tissue build-up. In her most recent research, which was a collaboration between University of Galway and MIT and was published in Nature Communications, ...

The research showed that changing the force and number of times the device was compelled to move or change shape allowed the device to release more drug, helping to bypass scar tissue build-up.

The secret to scar-free healing might come from an unexpected, if slightly off-putting, source. Scientists found that a protein derived from a species of intestinal parasitic roundworm can speed ...