Injected drug may be new weapon against gout

14 Jan

From the health 24 news article: A new approach to preventing gout attacks looks promising for people not already helped by existing treatments. Instead of targeting excessively high uric acid levels as existing gout drugs do, the new strategy aims to reduce overall inflammation. The drug goes after a specific inflammatory molecule called interleukin-1. Read more at the link: https://www.health24.com/Medical/Arthritis/Gout/injected-drug-may-be-new-weapon-against-gout-20180918

Early treatment for leg ulcers gets patients back on their feet

15 Dec

From the Imperial College London media release: Treating leg ulcers within two weeks by closing faulty veins improves healing by 12 per cent compared to standard treatment, according to new findings. The research, led by Imperial College London and funded by the National Institute for Health Research, studied 450 UK patients with the most common type of leg ulcers known …

Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

14 Dec

From the Podiatry Management news article: Osteomyelitis is described as a broad group of infectious diseases that involves the bone and/or bone marrow. It can arise hematogenously via extension from a contiguous infection, or by direct inoculation during surgery or trauma. Patients with soft tissue infections or skin ulcerations that have been present for more than a week, especially if located …

How Runners Can Prevent and Battle Bunions

14 Dec

From the Runners World news article: Thanks to the nature of our sport, we can suffer some painful foot conditions at times. One of the more common ones: the bunion. A bunion is an (often unsightly) protuberance at the base of your big toe. It forms when the metatarsophalangeal joint (MTP for short) is stressed over a prolonged period of …

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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 …

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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 …