On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
From the Cochrane Library: Psychological interventions for treating foot ulcers, and preventing their recurrence, in people with diabetes Excellent review of current state of play from the Cochrane collaboration
Compelling data from Verges and coworkers from Dijon and coworkers that is certainly worthy of discussion. Fewer Type A personality traits in type 2 diabetes patients with diabetic foot ulcerFig. 1. Histograms of: (A) Bortner Scale score distributions in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with (grey) and without (white) diabetic foot ulcer (DFU); (B) distribution... Continue Reading →
Diabetic neuropathy more harmful to the brain than expected: This from our long-time SALSAmigo Solomon Tesfaye and team at Sheffield. Nerve damage caused by diabetes may be more harmful to the brainthan previously thought, according to new research which could pave the way for better assessment, monitoring and treatment of diabetic neuropathy. Until now it was widely believed that... Continue Reading →
