Volume 21 - Issue 9 - September 2008
09/03/2008
Ambulation exposes the foot to a collaboration of focal pressure and repetitive stress, and ground reaction forces generated in response to weightbearing activities are the commonly responsible stressors.1
The portion of the foot in contact...
Ambulation exposes the foot to a collaboration of focal pressure and repetitive stress, and ground reaction forces generated in response to weightbearing activities are the commonly responsible stressors.1
The portion of the foot in contact...
Ambulation exposes the foot to a...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
As we draw closer to the close of the century’s first decade, we see that technology is more ubiquitous than ever as it reaches into virtually every aspect of our lives and businesses. Nowhere is this more apparent or relevant than in medical...
As we draw closer to the close of the century’s first decade, we see that technology is more ubiquitous than ever as it reaches into virtually every aspect of our lives and businesses. Nowhere is this more apparent or relevant than in medical...
As we draw closer to the close...
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Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
Although commonly present in the patient with diabetes mellitus, motor neuropathy frequently goes undetected. Less dramatic in presentation than sensory neuropathy, the presence of motor deficit secondary to diabetic neuropathy is frequently...
Although commonly present in the patient with diabetes mellitus, motor neuropathy frequently goes undetected. Less dramatic in presentation than sensory neuropathy, the presence of motor deficit secondary to diabetic neuropathy is frequently...
Although commonly present in the...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
09/03/2008
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States. Foot ulcers will affect up to 25 percent of people with diabetes during their lifetime.1 People with...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States. Foot ulcers will affect up to 25 percent of people with diabetes during their lifetime.1 People with...
The Centers for Disease Control...
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Podiatry Today
Column
Treatment Dilemmas
09/03/2008
The treatment of painful hammertoes has dramatically changed in the past several years. What used to be a troubling and often difficult problem to correct has improved to the point that correction is consistent and there is far less pain and...
The treatment of painful hammertoes has dramatically changed in the past several years. What used to be a troubling and often difficult problem to correct has improved to the point that correction is consistent and there is far less pain and...
The treatment of painful...
09/03/2008
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Industry News
09/03/2008
More patients can utilize the proven benefits of silver, thanks to a new dressing.
Melgisorb Ag releases a sustained amount of antibacterial silver for up to four days, according to the manufacturer Mölnlycke Health Care. The company...
More patients can utilize the proven benefits of silver, thanks to a new dressing.
Melgisorb Ag releases a sustained amount of antibacterial silver for up to four days, according to the manufacturer Mölnlycke Health Care. The company...
More patients can utilize the...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
Forum
09/03/2008
I am cooking this afternoon. It is a beautiful, balmy western Washington summer day and a light rain shower has spared me from harvesting the lawn on the John Deere.
This evening’s dinner will be shared with a pediatrician who has been my...
I am cooking this afternoon. It is a beautiful, balmy western Washington summer day and a light rain shower has spared me from harvesting the lawn on the John Deere.
This evening’s dinner will be shared with a pediatrician who has been my...
I am cooking this afternoon. It...
09/03/2008
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
09/03/2008
Melanoma incidence has been on the rise in Caucasians, especially women, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Researchers speculate that this may be due to increasing ultraviolet ray...
Melanoma incidence has been on the rise in Caucasians, especially women, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Researchers speculate that this may be due to increasing ultraviolet ray...
Melanoma incidence has been on...
09/03/2008
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Diabetes Watch
09/03/2008
In the early 1980s, LoGerfo opened the window of limb salvage in critical stages of diabetic atherosclerosis by fighting the misconception of microangiopathy that had previously prevented attempts to bypass arterial lesions in diabetic foot.1...
In the early 1980s, LoGerfo opened the window of limb salvage in critical stages of diabetic atherosclerosis by fighting the misconception of microangiopathy that had previously prevented attempts to bypass arterial lesions in diabetic foot.1...
In the early 1980s, LoGerfo...
09/03/2008
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Continuing Education
Education
09/03/2008
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article:
http://www.naccme.com/program/2008-pd-9/
When failed conservative therapy raises doubts about your original diagnosis, ancillary imaging may aid in identifying the scope of...
Please click here for the full Continuing Medical Education article:
http://www.naccme.com/program/2008-pd-9/
When failed conservative therapy raises doubts about your original diagnosis, ancillary imaging may aid in identifying the scope of...
Please click here for the full...
09/03/2008
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