http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Located in areas of the foot that can be hard to visualize with X-rays and other imaging techniques, injuries to the ankle area of the foot are the most frequently misdiagnosed of all foot fractures. Delayed diagnosis can have serious consequences, sometimes leading to permanent disability. A new review article published in the December 2009 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) shows that a detailed description of the injury, recognition of subtle diagnostic imaging clues, and targeted physical exam can help avoid long-term injuries and disabilities that may occur as a result of these uncommon fractures. http://www.physorg.com/news178896705.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:02 EST news178896705 A recently published study determined that women who make poor shoe choices early in life suffer with foot pain in later years. Research shows that men do not experience the same foot pain as women, due to type of shoes they wear. Details of this study appear in the October issue of Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology. http://www.physorg.com/news173420400.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:20:47 EST news173420400 (AP) -- It costs $1,400 to cover the oozing sore on the diabetic's foot with a piece of artificial skin, helping it heal if patients keep pressure off that spot. So when Medicare paid for the treatment but not the extra $100 for a simple walking cast to protect it, an artificial skin maker last year started giving free casts to some needy patients. http://www.physorg.com/news170349496.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:40:02 EST news170349496 Giving people a sense of being in control is an important element in health messages, according to researchers at Nottingham and De Montfort universities. The research, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, looked at how language used in policy messages and media coverage affects the public perception of health threats. The report warns that lyrical and over-emotional language may be counter-productive when issuing warnings and advice about pandemics and hospital infections. http://www.physorg.com/news168843547.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:00:07 EST news168843547 A drug used to remove iron from the body could help doctors fight one of diabetes' cruelest complications: poor wound healing, which can lead to amputation of patients' toes, feet and even legs. http://www.physorg.com/news167934788.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:40:01 EST news167934788 Belgian scientists have successfully introduced genes coding for a variant of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, into fruit flies. CMT is one of the most common hereditary disorders of the peripheral nervous system. VIB research -- directed by Albena Jordanova, Patrick Callaerts and Vincent Timmerman -- shows that the flies recapitulate several symptoms of the human disease. http://www.physorg.com/news164915181.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:50:55 EST news164915181 Flip-flops aren't just hazardous to politicians -- they also pose risks for your feet. The floppy footwear, once contained to the beach, can now be spotted year-round. http://www.physorg.com/news164537377.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:40:01 EST news164537377 Loss of feeling in the feet is a common complication of diabetes, so it's critical that those with the disease wear shoes that fit properly and check their feet often for cuts or sores. Left untreated, a diabetic's foot wound can lead to a serious infection or even require amputation. http://www.physorg.com/news164290143.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:09:30 EST news164290143 It's been a decade since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first total ankle-replacement system for patients with severe ankle arthritis. http://www.physorg.com/news163335155.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:52:53 EST news163335155 Ankle sprains are a common injury after a fall, sudden twist or blow to the ankle joint. Approximately 40 percent of those who suffer an ankle sprain will experience chronic ankle pain, even after being treated for their initial injury. http://www.physorg.com/news160384661.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 08:18:02 EST news160384661 (PhysOrg.com) -- Treatment of chronic wounds is a continuing clinical problem and socio-economic burden with diabetic foot ulcers alone costing the NHS £300 million a year. Scientists in Bristol have found that human foetal stem cells can effectively be used to treat back leg ischaemic ulcers in a model of type 1 diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news159448932.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:22:39 EST news159448932 "The 'foot' structures that we found in the Jordan valley are the first sites that the People of Israel built upon entering Canaan and they testify to the biblical concept of ownership of the land with the foot," said archaeologist Prof. Adam Zertal of the University of Haifa, who headed the excavating team that exposed five compounds in the shape of an enormous "foot", that it were likely to have been used at that time to mark ownership of territory. http://www.physorg.com/news158234124.html Other Sciences Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:55:46 EST news158234124 (AP) -- Chinese health officials said Friday that hand, foot and mouth disease has sickened 41,000 people across the country and killed 18 children so far this year. http://www.physorg.com/news157356227.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:04:42 EST news157356227 More than 20 million Americans are living with diabetes, and that number is expected to increase by more than 5 million by 2010. One complication related to diabetes, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, (DM+PN), can cause individuals to develop foot ulcers and, in extreme cases, amputation might be necessary. Previously, doctors and scientists have recommended that individuals with this complication stay off their feet. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has concluded that individuals with DM+PN might be able to engage in a graduated walking program under close supervision of a medical professional and thus prevent other life threatening illnesses. http://www.physorg.com/news151072478.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:34:38 EST news151072478 Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that early humans could have walked successfully on a 'flexible' flat foot, similar to modern day gibbons. http://www.physorg.com/news148561648.html Biology Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:07:28 EST news148561648 The human foot is a miracle of evolution. We can keep striding for miles on our well-sprung feet. There is nothing else like them, not even amongst our closest living relatives. According to Evie Vereecke, from the University of Liverpool, the modern human foot first appeared about 1.8 million years ago, but our ape-like ancestors probably took to walking several million years earlier, even though their feet were more 'floppy' and ape like than ours. http://www.physorg.com/news146139176.html Biology Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:12:56 EST news146139176 The skeleton of a 12,000 year-old Natufian Shaman has been discovered in northern Israel by archaeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The burial is described as being accompanied by "exceptional" grave offerings - including 50 complete tortoise shells, the pelvis of a leopard and a human foot. The shaman burial is thought to be one of the earliest known from the archaeological record and the only shaman grave in the whole region. http://www.physorg.com/news145098395.html Other Sciences Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:06:35 EST news145098395 German athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the previous world record by 27 cm. http://www.physorg.com/news142251863.html Technology Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:24:23 EST news142251863 Custom-made insoles known as foot orthoses can reduce foot pain caused by arthritis, overly prominent big toe joints and highly arched feet, a new systematic review shows. http://www.physorg.com/news135404419.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:20:19 EST news135404419