On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
Natalie Armstrong presents on the Food-Energy-Water nexus and the public health impacts of data center development at the NSF C2SHiP weekly ThinkTank. A framework for decision makers, hyperscalers, industry, and communities to get to yes — or no — faster.
https://today.usc.edu/usc-state-of-the-university-president-carol-folt Folt highlighted research wins and praised specific researchers at the Health Sciences Campus for discoveries and developments, such as the “smart boots” developed by David Armstrong at Keck Medicine of USC, the Keck School of Medicine and the Center to Stream Healthcare in Place for patients with diabetes. The boots relieve pressure, speeding up the healing... Continue Reading →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES, CA - June 3, 2023 - David G. Armstrong, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) at Keck School of Medicine of USC, became the first podiatric surgeon to deliver a lecture at a National Academy of Sciences event. The workshop, titled "Developing Wearable... Continue Reading →
Great story about the elegant, groundbreaking and creative work of our friend Prof. Chiara Daraio. Imagine constructing a structure the size of Mount Whitney...she and her interdisciplinary team have.
From our friend and colleague Wei Gao and colleagues at Caltech If you have ever had your blood drawn, whether to check your cholesterol, kidney function, hormone levels, blood sugar, or as part of a general checkup, you might have wondered why there is not an easier, less painful way. Now there might be. A... Continue Reading →
Compelling work from Elsherif and coworkers Abstract Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease requiring a careful management to prevent its collateral complications, such as cardiovascular and Alzheimer's diseases, retinopathy, nephropathy, foot and hearing impairment, and neuropathy. Self-monitoring of blood glucose at point-of-care settings is an established practice for diabetic patients. However, current technologies for glucose... Continue Reading →
The full article can be found here. A once-a-year checkup doesn't give your doctor the full picture of your health. "So often, we have this really small window of time with our patients. If we're lucky, it's 15 to 20 minutes," says David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, a professor of surgery at the Keck School of... Continue Reading →
