Revisiting our 2022 coverage as Danish colleagues report randomized trial results for inforatio, with the original figure, technique video, and earlier research.
NIH-funded WIRED-UP Begins at USC: Smart Insoles, Elite Teams and More Ulcer-Free Days – Hopkins+USC
USC enrolls its first WIRED-UP participants as Johns Hopkins, Keck Medicine of USC, Hanger Clinic and Orpyx come together to study smart insoles, remote monitoring and more ulcer-free days.
Standing Still Does Not Tell the Whole Pressure Story #ActAgainstAmputation
Heino, Telfer, Ledoux and Muir show why standing pressure maps should not replace dynamic in-shoe assessment for targeted offloading.
Frailty, Revascularization and Quality of Life: A New Look at BEST-CLI #ActAgainstAmputation
A new BEST-CLI conference abstract reports quality-of-life improvement after revascularization in selected patients with frailty. What the findings mean for patient-centered limb preservation, and what they cannot yet tell us.
Seeing Risk Before the Crisis: Denmark’s Foot Health Database and the Next Chapter in Prevention #ActAgainstAmputation
Denmark’s Foot Status Database brings 241,599 people into view. What its first-consultation findings can teach us about measuring risk, organizing prevention, and building a learning limb-preservation system.
GLP-Therapy and Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing: A Promising Signal Worth Testing #ActAgainstAmputation
A small randomized trial reports faster healing with liraglutide. The findings deserve attention, alongside important questions about wound care, trial registration and the proposed biological mechanism.
Revisiting an Oldie but a Goodie: Sugar, Wound Healing and Why Concentration Matters
Some ideas in wound healing deserve a second look precisely because they are so simple. Sugar is one of them. Back in 2010, Biswas, Bharara, Hurst, Gruessner, Horacio Rilo and I reviewed the use of sugar in healing diabetic ulcers. The question remains worth asking: could an inexpensive, widely available material earn a carefully defined... Continue Reading →
Sounding Out the Surgical Reset: Ultrasonic Debridement and a More Hospitable Wound
A new matched retrospective study invites a closer look at ultrasonic debridement, the surgical reset and the need to verify both wound biology and reported results.
Not All Arterial Calcium Is the Same: Intimal vs Medial Calcification, Inspired by Samantha Minc at DFCon
Inspired by Samantha Minc’s DFCon2026 lecture: why intimal and medial arterial calcification differ, why both can coexist, and why a reassuring pressure number does not tell the whole story.
Disney and DFCon: Connected at the Sole.
A curbside conversation with Jim Geiger at DFCon in Anaheim uncovers a childhood episode in Walt Disney's life and a reminder of the futures we hope to preserve through thoughtful foot care.