As the back-to-school rush begins, podiatry experts at the University of South Australia are encouraging parents to get their children's school shoes professionally fitted, as new research confirms that ill-fitted footwear ...
Apr 20, 2021
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A novel study reports that white men and women of European descent inherit common foot disorders, such as bunions (hallux valgus) and lesser toe deformities, including hammer or claw toe. Findings from the Framingham Foot ...
May 20, 2013
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For years, maggots have been a powerful tool in medicine, quietly excelling in the treatment of chronic wounds. But despite the clinical evidence supporting their efficacy, maggots remain an underused treatment. This isn't ...
Aug 1, 2024
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August 8, 2016 - For the first time in Brazil, a particular antibiotic resistance mechanism conferring resistance to the important antibiotic, colistin, has been detected in a human. It was in a strain of Escherichia coli ...
Aug 8, 2016
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The prognosis for people with an infected diabetic foot ulcer is worse than was previously thought, according to new research.
Nov 8, 2017
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New research shows that in sub-Saharan Africa the virus responsible for foot and mouth disease (FMD) moves over relatively short distances and the African buffalo are important natural reservoirs for the infection. The study, ...
Oct 22, 2013
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Amputation in type 1 diabetes is becoming relatively less common in Sweden. The rate has fallen by just over 40 percent over an approximately 20-year period, a University of Gothenburg study shows.
Sep 8, 2021
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As children grow, it may feel like they're constantly outgrowing one clothing item essential for so many activities: their shoes.
Jul 22, 2024
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(AP)—Vietnam has recorded more cases of hand, foot and mouth disease this year than in 2011, but the fatality rate has decreased sharply.
Nov 9, 2012
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Sepsis, the body's extreme response to an infection, affects 1.7 million adults in the United States annually. It stems from fungal, viral, or bacterial infections. Treatment delays of even a few hours can undermine a patient's ...
Oct 12, 2023
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