On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
The Patient of the Future | MIT Technology Review: Internet pioneer Larry Smarr’s quest to quantify everything about his health led him to a startling discovery, an unusual partnership with his doctor, and more control over his life.
Qualcomm Sees Future in Wireless Health Gadgets | MIT Technology Review: This from MIT Tech Review's Jon CohenAsthmapolis has a GPS sensor for inhalers that uses a Bluetooth radio so people with asthma can track where and when they needed help breathing. CleverCap attaches to pill bottles, flashes and beeps when it’s time to take... Continue Reading →
MLB’s iBeacon Experiment May Signal A Whole New Ball Game For Location Tracking | TechCrunch: Ladies and gents: Read this terrific article from Techcrunch. I'd ask you not to think of just eCommerce in general or MLB specifically. Think of medicine.There’s been plenty of buzz about iBeacons and Bluetooth Low Energy radios — they’re supposed... Continue Reading →
David G. Armstrong and Nicholas Giovinco Following their "Future Tech" TalksThe Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance's Nicholas Giovinco and David G. Armstrong gave a series of three lectures at the Symposium for the Advancement of Wound Care (SAWC) in Las Vegas this weekend focusing on our collective future where, according to Armstrong, "Consumer electronics are... Continue Reading →
SIRS Is Valid in Discriminating Between Severe and Moderate Diabetic Foot Infections AuthorsDane K. Wukich, MD1⇑,Kimberlee B. Hobizal, DPM2,Katherine Marie Raspovic, DPM2andBedda L. Rosario, PHD31University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Center for Healing and Amputation Prevention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2Center for Healing and Amputation Prevention, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of... Continue Reading →
Alas: The hazards of misuse of the PedEggPedal Pathology Potentiated by Personal Pedicure Procedures in the Presence of Painless Peripheral Neuropathy: Michelle S. Zhubrak, DPM*, Timothy K. Fisher, DPM* andDavid G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD*+Author Affiliations*Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ.Corresponding author: David G. Armstrong, DPM,... Continue Reading →
First Bionic Leg Allows Mind to Control Movement in Study - Bloomberg: Zac Vawter, a software engineer who lives in the Seattle area, already knew about advances in bionic technology when a motorcycle wreck led to the amputation of his right leg just above the knee in 2009.As doctors at Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle battled for three... Continue Reading →
This from the Scripps Research Institute published in the Journal of Clinical InvestigationJCI - Dendritic epidermal T cells regulate skin antimicrobial barrier function: Research ArticleDendritic epidermal T cells regulate skin antimicrobial barrier functionAmanda S. MacLeod1, Saskia Hemmers1,2, Olivia Garijo1, Marianne Chabod1, Kerri Mowen1,2, Deborah A. Witherden1 andWendy L. Havran11Department of Immunology and Microbial Science and2Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research... Continue Reading →
Scenic Jasper, Alberta Canada was the site for this year's Western Vascular Society (WVS). For the first time ever, an entire session was dedicated to diabetic limb salvage and team-oriented models of care, specifically. "Teamwork works", noted Joseph Mills, Professor of Surgery and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University of Arizona College... Continue Reading →
How replacing a TV with a tablet in every patient room could improve patient care: From Iltifat Husain, MD As anyone who is familiar with the hospital setting or has required inpatient care in the past can attest to, the hospital setting is almost exclusively spent treating disease, but not preventing it. For patients, the overall hospital experience... Continue Reading →
