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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: hot foot + diabetic foot + foot  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/13/2008)

Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
KFYR-TV, ND - May 7, 2008
Foot ulcers lead to amputations for thousands of people each year. There are numerous ways to treat them, but no treatment is a guarantee, ...
Combating Diabetic Foot Ulcers
KFYR-TV, ND - May 6, 2008
The most common reason is a foot ulcer that continued to get worse. A foot or leg ulcer can sometimes be treated by a podiatrist, but if turns out an ulcer ...
Finding hot spots on their soles helps diabetics avoid dangerous ...
North County Times, CA - Apr 19, 2008
"They've lost the gift of pain," says Dr. David Armstrong of Chicago's Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, a diabetic foot specialist. ...
Reflections on Mother's Day, Silver Linings, and Second Chances
OpEdNews, PA -
Even the imagery I use in my writing is foot-full. I often refer to this marathon (as opposed to a sprint) for those of us working for election reform, ...
Europe's Hot Stocks Right Now
Motley Fool - May 1, 2008
It also has an advanced wound management to treat hard-to-heal wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers and post-operative wounds. All of these businesses will ...
Ask the Trainer: Type II diabetic needs advice on exercise program
Sheboygan Press, WI - Apr 30, 2008
Sweaty socks increase the chance of getting athlete's foot. Feet are to be checked daily for scratches, cuts, blisters, ingrown toenails, corns, ...
Taking proper care of your feet
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - May 6, 2008
Dr. Joseph J. Menn of Coastal Podiatry in Myrtle Beach gave some tips on foot care at a recent seminar at HealthFinders. When people change from closed ...
County OKs funds for DHS center
The Desert Sun, CA - May 7, 2008
The architectural services agreement with HDR Architecture calls on the company to draw up blueprints for a 22000-square-foot family care center on a ...
Overseas Travellers Urged To Take Preventative Measures To ...
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Apr 30, 2008
They need to protect themselves from the sun, dehydration, exhaustion, foot problems, respiratory and bronchial illness. Travellers on medication should ...
Law, order and morbid obesity
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News, NV - May 6, 2008
Along with coffins, hospital gurneys, Disneyland rides, theater seats and so on ad expandum, taxpayers will now have to foot the bill for larger courtroom ...
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Diabetic Neuropathic Foot Ulcer: Successful Treatment by Low-Intensity Laser Therapy -
H Topic - Logo, 1999 - content.karger.com
... Ann Intern Med 1992;117:97-105. External Resources 4. Laing P, Cogley D, Klenerman
L: Economic aspects of diabetic foot. Foot 1991;1:1111-1112. ...

The Diabetic Foot
ME Levin - Angiology, 1980 - ang.sagepub.com
... Angiology DOI: 10.1177/000331978003100602 1980; 31; 375 Angiology Marvin E. Levin
The Diabetic Foot ... Page 2. 375 The Diabetic Foot Marvin E. Levin, MD, FACA ST. ...

The Diabetic Foot -
AJM Boulton - Medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
... and avoid thermal injury (eg from hot water bottles ... The foot tends to lie ?between
specialties?, and ... many centres have developed diabetes foot care teams. ...

Factors Contributing to the Presentation of Diabetic Foot Ulcers -
RM Macfarlane, WJ Jeffcoate - DIABETIC MEDICINE, 1997 - doi.wiley.com
... Heat: hot water bottle, fire, cooker 8 on their feet being examined by other people ...
impairment of visual acuity, on the ability of elderly diabetic patients to ...

ABC of diabetes: The diabetic foot -
PJ Watkins - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2003 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
... bath, hot water bottle, hot radiators, hot sand on ... of ulceration and sepsis in an
ischaemic foot carries a ... class are most prone to diabetic foot disorders, and ...

[PDF] Neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers -
A Boulton, RS Kirsner, L Vileikyte - N Engl J Med, 2004 - thayerfirm.com
... Disability Score in Patients with Diabetes.* Sensation Score ... 1 Temperature (to dorsum
of foot, apply a ... warm water) Normal (can distinguish between hot and cold ...
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[PDF] DIABETIC FOOT DISORDERS -
RG Frykberg, MPH DPM, DG Armstrong, J DPM, DPM … - Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2000 - apwca.com
... Patients with diabetic foot-related complaints will require detailed ... Pain: pinprick
? Temperature perception: hot and cold ... The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery ...
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The diabetic foot: from art to science. The 18th Camillo Golgi lecture -
AJM Boulton - Diabetologia, 2004 - Springer
... seven-fold, compared with non-neuropathic diabetic individuals ... that their warm but
pain- free feet are at ... tuning fork), small fibre function (eg hot?cold rods ...

Reduction of Lower Extremity Clinical Abnormalities in Patients with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes … -
DK Litzelman, CW Slemenda, CD Langefeld, LM Hays, … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1993 - annals.highwire.org
... No differences were found between the two groups with regard to going barefoot indoors
or using heating pads and hot water bottles on the ... The Diabetic Foot. ...

The diabetic foot: magnetic resonance imaging evaluation -
J Beltran, DS Campanini, C Knight, M McCalla - Skeletal Radiology, 1990 - Springer
... C (1985) Plantar compart- mental infection in diabetic foot. ... of diabetics who require
emergent foot surgery because of ... CD,Williamson BRJ (1977) "Hot and cold ...

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Hot Foot: Dermal Thermometry Helps Diabetics Keep Their Feet
William Buchanan takes his temperature every morning, but he doesn't hold a thermometer under his tongue. He holds it to the bottom of his feet.

The 76-year-old retired right-of-way agent for the New York Telephone Company has Type II diabetes and has subsequently lost sensation in his feet. He uses the TempTouch to help prevent ulcers that could lead to amputation..

Two years ago, Buchanan, who lives in Queens, was shopping with his wife when he took a spill in a parking lot..

"I got up and walked to the car, no problem," he said. "The next morning I used 'the wand' and there was a big difference in readings between my right and left foot.".

An X-ray revealed that Buchanan had broken his left toe..

"If I didn't have that wand to check with, I would have walked around for a couple weeks without feeling it and I would have wound up with an infection," Buchanan said. "And then I would have had a big problem - off with the leg.".

Clinical trials, including one that will be published in December in the American Journal of Medicine, are proving that skin temperature monitoring significantly reduces foot ulcers in diabetics who suffer neuropathy - numbness in their extremities..
Dr. David Armstrong, director of the Scholl College Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR) at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and the James A. Lovell Federal Health Center in North Chicago, Ill., was principal investigator and lead author on the latest study using the infrared TempTouch..

Armstrong began using a thermometer to help prevent foot ulcers in his patients 15 years ago as a medical student and resident..

"I spent $700 and bought this fancy thermometer I put in my pocket," he said. "I would tell my patients 'You've got to buy one of these. I know it's a lot of money, but it will help keep your feet on.'".

Diabetics can now use the wand-like, gooseneck TempTouch before they begin their day's activities. A spike in temperature warns that an infection is brewing so they can stay off their feet until the threat of an ulcer subsides..

"A wound will heat up before the skin breaks down," said Armstrong, professor of surgery and associate dean at Rosalind Franklin's Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine. "You can detect infection by checking one foot compared to another foot, one toe compared to another toe.".

Problems with feet account for about one-third of all hospital admissions for people with diabetes, according to Armstrong who lectures around the world on treatment of the diabetic foot and ways to prevent amputations..

The latest clinical trial found that study participants who used the TempTouch were three times less likely to develop ulcers compared to those in the standard therapy group who were instructed on how to visually inspect their feet..

Armstrong insists many people with diabetes have trouble examining their feet and that only between 10 and 20 percent ask their doctor to do so during routine check-ups..

"Many can't reach their feet," Armstrong said. "Many have retinopathy - they can't see well. And the diabetic foot doesn't bother them. They have lost 'the gift' of pain.".

Ruben Zamorano, president of San Antonio-based Xilas Medical, which holds the patent for the TempTouch, said Armstrong and other podiatrists have been working with bio-medical engineers to develop "new weapons" to fight diabetic ulcers, which cost $14,000 per patient to treat in the first year..

"A doctor may heal an ulcer but people go right back into the same situation in the same shoes that caused the problem," Zamorano said. "The whole problem comes back to prevention.".

Xilas donated 5,000 foot thermometers to Texas Medicaid patients who at have a high rate of diabetes-related amputations. The company received a $1 million emerging technology grant from the state in 2006. It has also contracted with insurance companies in New York City and Tennessee..

Armstrong and other leading podiatrists hope "dermal thermometry" becomes a norm in treatment of the diabetic foot..

"Three separate federally-funded trials suggest it works," Armstrong said..

More people with diabetics will begin using hand-held devices like the TempTouch, which costs $150, as they become easier to use and cheaper to manufacture and as more insurers reimburse for them, said Dr. James Christina, director of scientific affairs for the American Podiatric Medical Association..

But while insurance companies pay lip service to preventive care, they are often reluctant to make the up-front investment..

"We still have challenges with getting insurance companies to pay for prevention visits to podiatrists in some cases," Christina said. "That's a big problem. Preventive care can be so cost effective. Studies show a whole-team approach to helping diabetics take care of their feet can help prevent ulcerations and amputations.".

Armstrong, who warned of the "silent tsunami of diabetic amputations" at the International Diabetic Foot Conference in Singapore last summer, warned that complications of diabetes is crippling people in their prime working years. He hopes companies that pay the premiums for employee health care will begin paying for prevention, even if insurers won't..

"Companies will save money by stopping these problems before this tsunami overtakes us," Armstrong said. "The wave is already cresting.".

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science educates medical doctors, health professionals and biomedical scientists in a personalized atmosphere. The University is located at 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, and encompasses Chicago Medical School, College of Health Professions, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, and School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Visit at http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu and http://www.lifeindiscovery.com.

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3333 Green Bay Rd.
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