November is Diabetes Awareness Month and an important opportunity to focus on diabetes, a disease that affects an estimated 37 million Americans. It’s also a good time to highlight one of the serious ...

Performing proactive surgery to adjust the mechanics of the foot, appears to be effective to treat diabetic foot ulcers, a common and debilitating complication of diabetes, without the potential ...

A new digital wound care module assists clinicians in selecting appropriate dressings and generating standardized treatment ...

Custom-made in-shoe orthoses manufactured to incorporate both foot shape and barefoot plantar pressures may prevent foot-ulcer recurrence more effectively than do standard Medicare-reimbursed orthoses ...

An estimated 29.1 million people (9.3 percent of the population) have diabetes, and nearly 28 percent are not diagnosed. Age, diet, activity level, obesity and heredity are all risk facts for diabetes ...

There are various ways of classifying diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Some guidelines refer to a staged system ranging from stage 1 — no symptoms and no risk — to stage 6, where treatment can no longer ...

A topical cream that helps regulate macrophage activity was effective in treating diabetic foot ulcers, a clinical trial reported. In 236 patients with foot ulcers treated for 16 weeks, the proportion ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People with diabetes and a history of foot ulcer are more likely to die than undergo amputation during 6 years ...

The diabetic foot ulcer that cost Otis Dahmer one of his little toes began with what appeared to be nothing more than dry, flaking skin. Not being “much of a moisturizer guy,” Dahmer said, he didn’t ...

Ottawa, Sept. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The North America diabetic foot ulcer treatment market size was valued at USD 1.27 billion in 2024 and is predicted to reach around USD 2.22 billion by 2034, ...

Dr. Mario Adajar filed a lawsuit alleging a fellow doctor amputated his leg due to negligence. Adajar said Dr. Michael Baloga, Jr., treated his foot ulcer with a cast that ultimately led to infection.