The One Place You Don’t Want to Be Thinner
Fat Pad Atrophy The One Place You Don’t Want to Be Thinner – Fat Pad Atrophy Given the potential of plantar fat pad atrophy to cause significant pain and adverse effects on function, particularly in patients with diabetes, these authors discuss keys to making an accurate diagnosis and outline current treatment options. History Our feet […]
Patient attitude towards diabetic foot ulcers has significant impact
Diabetic Patients’ Attitude Affects Survival New research by health psychologists has shown that the beliefs and expectations of people with diabetic foot ulcers about their illness have a significant independent effect on their survival. The study was led by researchers at The University of Nottingham. It set out to expand on an area of previous […]
What You Should Know About Testing To Assess Fall Risk?
DPMs Impact Fall Prevention Preventing Falls In The Elderly: Where DPMs Can Have An Impact, DPMs Impact Fall Prevention – One in three adults over the age of 65 falls each year, and half of these people fall multiple times. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that falls are the leading cause of injury-related […]
Synthetic Spider Silk: Recent Advances and Future Prospects
Synthetic spider silk has garnered significant attention due to its remarkable mechanical properties, including exceptional strength, resilience, and flexibility. These attributes make it a promising candidate for various applications, particularly in the biomedical field. Recent advancements have brought us closer to the large-scale production and practical utilization of this extraordinary material. Breakthroughs in Production Methods […]
How to Improve the Speed of Your Medical Device’s Time-to-Market
Speeding Health Devices to Market The FDA’s Expedited Access Pathway (EAP) program, launched in April 2015, is designed to help speed innovative and life-saving Health devices to market. Speeding Health Devices to Market – FDA’s Expedited Access Pathway (EAP) Program – A year-old FDA program designed to help innovative m Health companies speed their potentially life-saving […]
Get The Most Out of introduce arthritis medicine
Arthritis Patients – Personalizing Medicine Arthritis Patients Joint injury can lead to post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). In fact, about half of all people who rupture the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in their knee will develop PTOA within 10 to 20 years of the injury. But the molecular and cellular mechanisms leading to cartilage degeneration or PTOA […]
FDA-Approved Knock-Offs
FDA-Approved Knock-Offs Biotech Drugs Could Safely Save Big Bucks FDA-Approved Knock-Offs – Copycat versions of biotech drugs work just as well as the originals and cost a lot less, according to an analysis of studies of the medicines. The analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that so-called biosimilars — […]
Arthritis Prevalence Among Pre-Diabetics
Arthritis Prevalence Among Pre-Diabetics Study: Nearly one-third of adults with pre-diabetes also have arthritis Arthritis Prevalence Among Pre-Diabetics – Between 2009 and 2014, nearly one-third of adults in the United States with pre-diabetes also had arthritis, according to an analysis presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting. “This may impact physical activity recommended to prevent diabetes […]
How to Reduce the Risk of Subsequent Sepsis
Antibiotics Linked to Sepsis Risk Disturbing healthy bacteria during hospital admission associated with later sepsis
Redefining Doctor Patient Relationship
Redefining Doctor Patient Relationship By Linda Girgis, MD The days of paternalistic (or maternalistic as the case may be) medicine no longer exist. Doctors acting as parent figures telling their patients what is best for them does not work in the 21st century. Evolution Into the Modern World Yet, many doctors and patients are forgetting […]
Success, Failure in Diabetic Neuropathy
Success, Failure in Diabetic Neuropathy – The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) most recent guidelines revise neuropathy recommendations last published in 2004. The document, published in Diabetes Care, addresses prevention and management of distal symmetric polyneuropathy*, diabetic autonomic neuropathies, including cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy**, and other forms of neuropathy. According to the authors, electrophysiologic testing or referral […]
Exploring Use Of Biomedical Device Data
National Security Agency (NSA) Exploring Use Of Biomedical Device Data The National Security Agency (NSA) is interested in collecting information from biomedical devices for national security purposes, according to recent statements made by the agency’s deputy director, Richard Ledgett. Under- and unprotected devices in the Internet of Things (IoT)*, including medical devices, could be both […]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Indicates Serotonin Could be New Target for Therapies Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic painful disease. Characterized by abnormal inflammation, stiffness, and swelling of the joints, leading to limited motion and function. Although the definite cause of rheumatoid arthritis is still unknown, growing evidence shows a crucial involvement of autoimmunity. Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, […]
Future Comes to Medical Practices: What AI Means for Healthcare
The Wearable Future Comes to Medical Practices Wearable Future For Doctors, Smart glasses and other wearable technologies could become as ubiquitous in the exam room as a stethoscope or blood pressure cuff, giving doctors not only another tool to deliver quality care but helping to bolster their personal connections with patients. “There is a real […]
The most common causes of death are heart disease
Elderly Non-Hip Fractures – An article from the University of Helsinki, Finland Elderly Non-Hip Fractures – Hip fracture in the elderly is the most common fracture requiring hospitalization. Most of the fracture and mortality research has concentrated on hip-fracture mortality in elderly patients. These fractures are frequently related to low bone mineral density and are […]