Volume 18 - Issue 2 - February 2005
Column
Sports Medicine
02/03/2005
Pruritis, or generalized itching, is the most common presenting skin complaint. It can be a particularly annoying and sometimes debilitating problem for athletes, who place great demands on their skin. Since pruritis may be caused by a...
Pruritis, or generalized itching, is the most common presenting skin complaint. It can be a particularly annoying and sometimes debilitating problem for athletes, who place great demands on their skin. Since pruritis may be caused by a...
Pruritis, or generalized...
02/03/2005
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
02/03/2005
By Ann Anderson, DPM, and John S. Steinberg, DPM
By Ann Anderson, DPM, and John S. Ste...
The field of advanced wound care science continues to deliver new products and concepts for use in healing problem wounds of the lower extremity. The market now includes two living cell products and numerous biologically active products...
The field of advanced wound care science continues to deliver new products and concepts for use in healing problem wounds of the lower extremity. The market now includes two living cell products and numerous biologically active products...
The field of advanced wound...
02/03/2005
Podiatry Today
Forum
02/03/2005
I recently attended a seminar at a posh ski resort in Sun Valley, Idaho. The cost of transportation and lodging favored an older segment of our profession who were done paying off student loans and past worrying about productivity and...
I recently attended a seminar at a posh ski resort in Sun Valley, Idaho. The cost of transportation and lodging favored an older segment of our profession who were done paying off student loans and past worrying about productivity and...
I recently attended a seminar...
02/03/2005
Podiatry Today
Industry News
02/03/2005
Relieve Dry Skin
Dry skin can be a problem for many patients in the winter. Given this common problem, one may want to consider Umecta™, which can provide relief for moderately to severely dry skin. The JSJ Pharmaceuticals product...
Relieve Dry Skin
Dry skin can be a problem for many patients in the winter. Given this common problem, one may want to consider Umecta™, which can provide relief for moderately to severely dry skin. The JSJ Pharmaceuticals product...
Relieve Dry Skin
Dry skin can...
02/03/2005
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
02/03/2005
By Brian McCurdy, Associate Editor
By Brian McCurdy, Associate Editor
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Many podiatrists report positive benefits anecdotally of using custom orthotics to treat plantar fasciitis. However, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Podiatric Association (JAPMA) points out flaws in the current...
Many podiatrists report positive benefits anecdotally of using custom orthotics to treat plantar fasciitis. However, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Podiatric Association (JAPMA) points out flaws in the current...
Many podiatrists report...
02/03/2005
Podiatry Today
Orthotics Q&A
02/03/2005
Guest Clinical Editor: Eric Feit, DPM
Guest Clinical Editor: Eric Feit, DPM...
There is an array of special considerations one must take into account when prescribing pediatric orthotics. In addition, it is important to work with both children and their parents to encourage compliance so the child does not develop...
There is an array of special considerations one must take into account when prescribing pediatric orthotics. In addition, it is important to work with both children and their parents to encourage compliance so the child does not develop...
There is an array of special...
02/03/2005
Podiatry Today
Practice Builders
02/03/2005
By David Edward Marcinko, MBA, CFP, CMP, and Gary L. Bode, CPA, MSA
By David Edward Marcinko, MBA, CFP, C...
Most podiatrists equate marketing with advertising. However, advertising is the most expensive and often least effective facet of services marketing. Internal marketing is the most cost effective, most time effective and usually the most...
Most podiatrists equate marketing with advertising. However, advertising is the most expensive and often least effective facet of services marketing. Internal marketing is the most cost effective, most time effective and usually the most...
Most podiatrists equate...
02/03/2005
Podiatry Today
02/03/2005
By Jeff Hall, Executive Editor
By Jeff Hall, Executive Editor
$11,550,000. That is the settlement fund that DPMs and other specialty care providers will be able to draw from after enduring years of billing disputes with Cigna Healthcare. In December, the insurer decided to settle a national class...
$11,550,000. That is the settlement fund that DPMs and other specialty care providers will be able to draw from after enduring years of billing disputes with Cigna Healthcare. In December, the insurer decided to settle a national class...
$11,550,000. That is the...
02/03/2005
Podiatry Today
02/03/2005
Two podiatrists meet for dinner and one raises the possibility of merging their practices. “Why do we have two offices, two billing systems and two complete staffs?,” one may ask. “We each need another provider but not full time, and we...
Two podiatrists meet for dinner and one raises the possibility of merging their practices. “Why do we have two offices, two billing systems and two complete staffs?,” one may ask. “We each need another provider but not full time, and we...
Two podiatrists meet for...
02/03/2005
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