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The best shoes for healthy feet
Wearing a pair of ill-fitting shoes can make walking across the room uncomfortable.
Oct 6, 2017
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Get on your feet and keep them healthy, says podiatric specialist
The average person spends more than half their day standing. By taking special care of your feet, you can minimize the stress placed on them. A podiatric specialist from Baylor College of Medicine provides simple tips to ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Ballet flats are back. Here's what the research says about how they affect your feet
Ballet flat shoes—those thin-heeled lightweight slip-on shoes—are making a fashion comeback. And it's not hard to see why: they're versatile, easy to wear, soft, flexible and often worn by celebrities.
Aug 22, 2023
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High BMI tied to non-specific foot pain, plantar heel pain
(HealthDay) -- Increased body mass index (BMI) correlates with non-specific foot pain in the general population, and with chronic plantar heel pain in a non-athletic population, according to a meta-analysis published online ...
Apr 23, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Viewing gender-specific objects influences perception of gender identity
Spending too much time looking at high heels may influence how a viewer perceives the gender of an androgynous face, according to new research published Sep. 26 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Amir Homayoun Javadi ...
Sep 26, 2012
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Medical research
A little respect for skin pickers, hair pullers
Do you pick your skin until your arms are pitted with scabs? Bite your nails down to bloody nubs? Tear the calluses off your heels until walking is painful?
Jan 3, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Heel pain: To jab or not to jab?
New La Trobe University research has found cheaper orthotics might prevent the need for steroid injections for plantar fasciitis—a condition causing heel pain that affects one in 10 people aged over 50.
Nov 4, 2019
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Custom-made foot orthoses appear to be no better than over-the-counter insoles or other treatments
Foot orthoses specifically moulded to help people with plantar heel pain appear to be no more effective than cheaper over-the-counter insoles or other treatments, suggests a study published in the British Journal of Sports ...
Mar 19, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How to heal cracked heels
Cracked heels, also known as fissures, can be a nuisance and even bleed sometimes, but can occasionally lead to more serious problems if left untreated.
Mar 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Young women may be more likely to engage in risky behavior when descending stairs than young men
Young women were more likely to engage in risky behavior like multitasking or conversation while descending stairs versus young men, according to an observational study of college students published July 26, 2023 in the open-access ...
Jul 26, 2023
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