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Cory FoscoDiabetics regularly check their blood sugar levels. Another regular checkup should be monitoring the health of their feet. Diabetes causes complications that often lead to foot problems. These included nerve damage and poor circulation. Nerve …
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Cory FoscoWhat is more dangerous: developing a diabetic foot ulcer or a cancer diagnosis? While the immediate answer would seem to be cancer a study from the American Podiatric Medical Association reports that about half of …
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Cory FoscoThe obesity epidemic in the United States causes many negative consequences. Increased rates of cancer, heart disease and diabetes are all linked to obesity, and the rates for diabetes especially are expected to explode in …
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Cory FoscoWound care clinicians rightly fear critical limb ischemia. Without enough blood flow to sustain tissue life the patient faces the possibility of requiring an amputation or in the worse case scenario death. For most wound …
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Cory FoscoPatients suffering from pressure ulcers suffer from acute long-term pain. One methodology to prevent this often unnecessary injury is called SSKIN. SSKIN is s five-step model for pressure ulcer prevention. 1. S: Support The first …
June 10, 2013 