News tagged with foot ulcers

New technology could stamp out bacteria in persistent wounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an advanced form of a rubber stamp, researchers have developed a way to adhere an ultra-thin antibacterial coating to a wound.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Iron-binding drug could help diabetics heal stubborn wounds

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.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Human stem cells promote healing of diabetic ulcers

(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 ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diabetics with previous foot ulcers may be able to participate in walking program

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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In third-degree burn treatment, hydrogel helps grow new, scar-free skin

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a jelly-like material and wound treatment method that, in early experiments on skin damaged by severe burns, appeared to regenerate healthy, scar-free tissue.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (18) | comments 49 | with audio podcast

UMaine assists podiatrist with electronic tuning fork invention

An Orono podiatrist is on the cusp of a technological breakthrough with a new medical instrument — an electronic tuning fork — that he’s developing with assistance from students and staff at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cautionary tale for people with diabetes: Dog consumed part of a sleeping patient's toe

In a case study that illustrates the need for people with diabetes to be cautious of foot injuries and to protect themselves from pets, a woman with numbness in her feet caused by diabetic neuropathy slept through a traumatic ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Drug developed holds promise for treatment of wounds

A low cost, nanometer-sized drug to treat chronic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers or burns, has been developed by a group of scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard Medical School ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Growth-factor-containing nanoparticles accelerate healing of chronic wounds

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have developed a novel system for delivery of growth factors to chronic wounds such as pressure sores and diabetic foot ulcers. In their work published in the Jan. 18 Proceedings of ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cattle health and welfare at the heart of K-State research

At any given time between 10 and 20 percent of cattle in the United States are afflicted with lameness, making it one of the most common ailments affecting feedlot and stocker calves.

Biology / Other

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bioactive peptides found to promote wound healing

Newly-created bioactive peptides promote wound healing through the growth of new blood vessels and epithelial tissue, such as skin. These wound-healing peptides, synthesized by researchers at the Tufts Center for Innovations ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Medical Minute: November is diabetes month

About 24 million adults in the U.S. have Diabetes. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released new projections that the incidence of diabetes in the U.S. will triple by 2050, meaning that 1 in 3 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Team approach to foot care lowers risk of amputation in diabetes

People with diabetic foot problems can lower their risk of leg amputation by relying on coordinated care that includes a podiatrist, according to a recent study. For instance, those with diabetes-related foot ulcers can reduce ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mind over matter? The psychology of healing

People suffering from diabetes-related foot ulcers show different rates of healing according to the way they cope and their psychological state of mind, according to new research by a health psychologist at The University ...

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created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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