Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Quad training for knee support
Whether you're mountain biking, kicking a soccer ball with friends, or just sprinting down the street to catch a bus, your quadriceps are hard at work.
Oct 24, 2019
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Diabetes
Smart insole can double as lifesaving technology for diabetic patients
Stevens Institute of Technology has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Bonbouton, giving the cutting-edge health and technology company the right to use and further develop a graphene sensing system that detects ...
Oct 3, 2019
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Neuroscience
Foot painters' toes mapped like fingers in the brain
Using your feet like hands can cause organised 'hand-like' maps of the toes in the brain, never before documented in people, finds a new UCL-led study of two professional foot painters.
Sep 10, 2019
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Health
Choose your running shoes carefully
(HealthDay)—If you're a runner, the wrong running shoe could sideline you, a foot expert says.
Aug 4, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Webcams in nursing home rooms may deter elder abuse
Mary Ann Papp's daughter Lisa was worried about her 75-year-old mother.
Jul 25, 2019
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Diabetes
Biofilm researchers help doctors understand, treat chronic wounds
Like doctors around the world, Randy Wolcott was confounded by diabetic foot ulcers.
Jul 15, 2019
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Health
Three moves for better balance
(HealthDay)—Guarding against falls isn't just for the elderly. The inner ear's ability to maintain balance can begin to decline as early as age 40, according to a study in Frontiers of Neurology. So the time to improve ...
Jul 1, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Early warning' tool for hard-to-heal leg wounds
Some 500,000 Australians live with the daily burden of a wound that does not heal, but a risk assessment tool that provides an 'early warning' of which venous leg ulcer wounds need specialised treatment has been developed ...
Jun 6, 2019
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Diabetes
Microbiomes of diabetic foot ulcers are associated with clinical outcomes
New research suggests that the microbial communities associated with chronic wounds common in diabetic patients affect whether those wounds heal or lead to amputations. Work led by University of Wisconsin School of Medicine ...
Apr 18, 2019
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Diabetes
World first 3D printed feet: steps up treatment for diabetics
It's gory, sticky and undoubtedly on the nose, but a blend of icing sugar, chicken stock and flexible resin is proving to be the just the right recipe for creating realistic foot ulcers as part of a world-first podiatric ...
Mar 29, 2019
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