Implementation of Wound Hygiene in clinical practice: early use of an antibiofilm strategy promotes positive patient outcomes.

Non-healing wounds are devastating for patients, potentially causing long-term morbidity and an impaired quality of life. They also incur a huge health economic burden for health-care services. Understanding of the causes of non-healing wounds has increased significantly.

Uric acid and late-onset Alzheimer's disease: results from the ReGAl 2.0 project.

Background: It has been suggested that oxidative stress may have a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Serum uric acid (UA) could exert neuroprotective effects via its antioxidant capacities. Many studies investigated serum UA levels in subjects with AD, but to date, results are conflicting and evidence in old age subjects is weak.