Science news articles about 'burn unit'

  • Gel Lessens Burn Dressing Pain

    Dressing changes in the burn unit at the University of Virginia Medical Center are a lot more tolerable these days, thanks to a new medicated gel.
  • Summer burning may be option for pasture maintenance

    ... a lot of prickly pear, you need to have burning in your long-term plan. Otherwise ... concept is that summer fires may be applied on smaller burn units, in the hundreds of acres instead of the thousands ...
  • Microwave ovens need added safety controls

    ... 5 years old who were admitted to the Medical Center's Burn Unit between Jan. 1, 2002, and Dec. ... children between 18 months and 4 years were burned after they opened the microwave and removed hot foods ...
  • Researchers identify new leprosy bacterium

    ... leprosy worldwide each year, but the disease is rare in the United States, with 100-200 new cases ... skin damage that he was first admitted to a hospital burn unit. Telltale fingerprint points to new ...
  • Q&A: What happened at Kingsnorth?

    ... between them generate 1940 megawatts. The units are capable of burning both coal and oil and could also accept up ... plans to build two new coal burning units. If approved it would be the first new coal ...

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