prevention

Videos

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure...Why is it so Hard to get Prevention Improvement in Place?

11/30/2021

This video discusses the importance of pressure injury prevention from the perspective of a practicing Pediatric Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurse.

This video discusses the...

11/30/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

News

Pop Quiz: Vaccines and Immunotherapy

03/17/2020

Do you know which vaccine is NOT recommended for patients with multiple sclerosis who are initiating immunotherapy? Test your knowledge with our latest pop quiz!

Do you know which vaccine is NOT...

03/17/2020

Neurology

Case Series

Use of a Remote Temperature Monitoring Mat for the Early Identification of Foot Ulcers

02/01/2020

Jeffrey C. Page , DPM;

Annie S. Jong ;

Jaminelli L. Banks ;

Gary M. Rothenberg , DPM, CDE;

Brian J. Petersen ;

This article presents a case series supporting the use of RTM for early identification of DFUs.

This article presents a case...

02/01/2020

Wounds

Q&As

3 Questions About EpiBioS4Rx and Epilepsy-Preventive Therapies

12/20/2019

The Epilepsy Bioinformatics Study for Antiepileptogenic Therapy project aims to better understand epilepsy and, therefore, to develop epilepsy-preventive therapies. Project Director of EpiBioS4Rx Jerome Engel, Jr., MD, PhD, answers our...

The Epilepsy Bioinformatics...

12/20/2019

Neurology

News

Poll: Multiple Sclerosis Prevention

10/25/2019

Researchers are looking for ways to prevent multiple sclerosis. Do you think early vitamin D supplementation and Epstein-Barr virus vaccination are plausible prevention methods?

Researchers are looking for ways...

10/25/2019

Neurology

News

Sleeping Less Than Six Hours a Night May Increase Cardiovascular Risk

01/31/2019

People who sleep less than six hours a night may be at increased risk of cardiovascular disease compared with those who sleep between seven and eight hours, suggests a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

People who sleep less than six...

01/31/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Case Series

The Efficacy of an Ultrathin Bioresorbable Silver-impregnated Polymeric Multilayer Matrix in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds and as an Implantable Material for At-risk Surgical Wounds

10/11/2018

BACKGROUND: People with diabetes have proven an especially difficult patient population in terms of both healing and prevention of infection in primary surgical wounds. The propensity for primarily closed surgical wounds to dehisce is...

BACKGROUND: People with diabetes...

10/11/2018

Wounds

Original Research

Pressure Injury Prevention Practices in the Intensive Care Unit: Real-world Data Captured by a Wearable Patient Sensor

08/01/2018

Barrett Larson ;

Andre Valdez ;

Barbara Mayer ;

Patrice Duhon ;

Mike Pihulic ;

David Pickham ;

08/01/2018

Wounds

FDA Approves Preventive Migraine Treatment

05/18/2018

Following the success of 3 clinical trials, the US Food and Drug Administration granted approval to a once-monthly, self-injectable preventive treatment for adults with migraine.

Following the success of 3...

05/18/2018

Neurology

Rapid Communication

Remote Temperature Monitoring in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Detection

04/12/2018

Amanda L. Killeen , DPM;

Jodi L. Walters , DPM, DABFAS;

04/12/2018

Wounds