Cost Effectiveness of Fish Skin Grafts for Chronic DFUs Cost Effectiveness of Fish Skin Grafts for Chronic DFUs
Are fish skin grafts a more cost-effective treatment option for chronic diabetic foot ulcers?Wounds (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 25, 2020 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
What are Potential Problems Associated with Helicobacter pylori?
Discussion
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a microaerophilis, spiral bacterium that is a prevalent human pathogen. How this infection affects individuals is different in adults and children. Overall seroprevalence rate in children world-wide was estimated to be ~33%, but this seroprevalence rate is decreasing in the developed world for both adults and children. It is acquired in childhood and can persist through colonization throughout life if untreated. Fortunately, it often is asymptomatic and generally does not cause serious disease in children.
Some serotyping data shows that within families children acquire it more...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 23, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
MicroVascular Tissues Reports Positive Results for HIFLO Trial Demonstrating Increased Closure and High Quality of Healing Using mVASC(R) Microvascular Tissue Graft
Data From 100-Patient Randomized, Controlled Trial on Nonhealing Diabetic Foot Ulcers Presented at SAWC Fall 2020
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2020 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- MicroVascular Tissues, Inc., (MVT), a regenerative medicine company,... Regenerative Medicine, Wound Care MicroVascular Tissues, mVASC , Microvascular Tissue Graft, diabetic foot ulcers (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 10, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Treatment of DFUs With a Hepatic-Derived Wound Matrix Treatment of DFUs With a Hepatic-Derived Wound Matrix
A novel hepatic-derived wound matrix may provide an effective option for the treatment of difficult-to-heal diabetic foot ulcers.Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
A Review of Diabetic Foot Wounds and Osteomyelitis A Review of Diabetic Foot Wounds and Osteomyelitis
A new review provides an overview of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment options for diabetic foot ulcers for the practicing orthopedist.Current Orthopaedic Practice (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Orthopaedics Journal Article Source Type: news
Can using honey on wounds help with healing?
Honey with tea, toast, apples and oatmeal – that all sounds normal and delicious. Honey on wounds, though? It may sound a little out of the ordinary, but honey has actually helped wounds heal for thousands of years. While there are plenty of advanced healing tools available today, honey's antibacterial properties and unique pH balance still make it a helpful treatment for certain wounds.
Here's what to know about using honey for healing wounds:
Honey has powerful healing properties.
The type of honey
Wound-care professionals typically use medical-grade honey for healing chronic wounds, although Manuka ...
Source: Advanced Tissue - October 7, 2020 Category: Dermatology Authors: AdvancedTissue Tags: Wound healing Wound care products Source Type: news
Poor immune response impairs diabetic wound healing
Researchers found that diabetic foot ulcers don ’t recruit the immune cells necessary for normal wound healing. The study also identified potential targets for future therapies. (Source: NIH Research Matters)
Source: NIH Research Matters - September 28, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: news
FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA confirms increased risk of leg and foot amputations with the diabetes medicine canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR)
Based on new data from two large clinical trials, FDA has concluded that the type 2 diabetes medicine canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR) causes an increased risk of leg and foot amputations. We are requiring new warnings, including our most prominent Boxed Warning, to be added to the canagliflozin drug labels to describe this risk. Patients taking canagliflozin should notify your health care professionals right away if you develop new pain or tenderness, sores or ulcers, or infections in your legs or feet. Talk to your healthcare professional if you have questions or concerns. Do not stop taking your diabete...
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - August 26, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Following 300% growth in 2020, virtual diabetes care company Podimetrics lands another $8M
The company ' s diabetic foot ulcer detection platform is now available through 40 VA medical centers. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - August 19, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
More Diabetic Foot Amputations Seen During COVID-19 Lockdown
WEDNESDAY, July 29, 2020 -- Patients with diabetes admitted to a tertiary care center for diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy had a more than threefold risk for amputation versus patients seen in 2019, according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 29, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
1,000-year-old medieval remedy 'could treat diabetic foot ulcers'
UK scientists have turned to the natural historic remedies for the gap in the antibiotic market to Bald's eyesalve - an Anglo-Saxon mixture made from everyday ingredients. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First-ever research network tackles diabetic foot complications
Foot ulcers are the leading cause of lower limb amputations in the United States. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - July 24, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
First-ever research network tackles diabetic foot complications
(NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) Funded by the National Institutes of Health, six US research institutions are launching the first-ever multicenter network to study diabetic foot ulcers, a common and burdensome complication of diabetes and the leading cause of lower limb amputations in the United States. The Diabetic Foot Consortium (DFC) aims to lay the foundation for a clinical trial network to test how to improve diabetic wound healing and prevent amputations among the 27 million American adults with diabetes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Researchers develop microscopy technique for noninvasive evaluation of wound healing
(Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) The GSK Center for Optical Molecular Imaging at the University of Illinois' Beckman Institute has designed a new microscopy technique that can be used to study the progression of wound healing. The technique can be applied to studying skin disorders such as foot ulcers in diabetic patients and psoriasis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
5G Doesn ’t Cause COVID-19! Here & #039;s Everything You Need to Debunk the Myth
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There are two key differences between the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and 5G technology. One has spread across the globe, the other has barely rolled out in most countries and in some cases not at all.
That hasn’t stopped conspiracy theorists from conflating the two however. Thanks to a combination of scam artists, the reach of social media, ignorant celebrities and influencers, and general public frustration and confusion, a strange theory has emerged in the months since the global COVID-19 pandemic started.
Allegedly, 5G is the culprit behind the pandemic. Citing a lot of ...
Source: MDDI - May 27, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Tags: Design News Source Type: news
