On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
A Pasadena startup lets you check your diabetes risk with a single smartphone eye photo and a few questions — no needles, no lab. The direction is right: move screening upstream, make it free, make it fast.
A Stanford team demonstrates that a smartphone app measuring vibration perception thresholds can detect large-fiber sensory deficits in patients with diabetes — a potential advance for accessible, patient-operated neuropathy screening.
A self-screening handout for diabetic peripheral neuropathy - patient-centric Peripheral neuropathy (PN), a condition characterized by numbness, pain, or a burning sensation in the feet, often remains undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for other painful conditions. This is a significant issue as neuropathic pain is associated with three times higher healthcare expenditure due to anxiety, depression, and... Continue Reading →
