CMPA at the SOCAP COP Conference 2018
22
Nov
Diabetic Foot Ulcers Heal Quickly with Nitric Oxide Technology
13
Nov
From the Michigan Tech media release: Diabetic foot ulcers can take up to 150 days to heal. A biomedical engineering team wants to reduce it to 21 days. They’re planning to drop the healing time by amplifying what the body already does naturally: build layers of new tissue pumped up by nitric oxide. In patients with diabetes, impaired nitric oxide …
Foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeons offer tips for diabetic foot care
13
Nov
From the AOFAS media release: Foot Health for National Diabetes Awareness Month ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — November is National Diabetes Month, a time to focus on a disease that affects over 30 million people in the US. The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society® (AOFAS) raises awareness around the potential foot complications caused by diabetes and offers tips on how to …
5 Shoe Tips for People With Plantar Fasciitis, According to a Podiatrist
07
Nov
From the foot wear news article: Plantar fasciitis, according to the Mayo Clinic, is one of the most common causes of foot pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of the foot and connects the heel bone to the toes (plantar Fascia). It commonly causes stabbing pain that occurs with the first …
It’s Diabetes Awareness Month (and World Diabetes Day is coming November 14)
02
Nov
Diabetes affects foot health and foot health affects your diabetes prognosis. An estimated seven in 10 diabetes patients will have nerve damage that impairs feeling in their feet. Fifteen percent eventually will develop a foot ulcer. Among those with ulcers, one in four will lose a foot. Each year more than 86,000 amputations are performed as a direct result of …