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Should we treat wound healing studies like cancer studies?

November 10, 2012

This contention, which follows on many other manuscripts that have worked to “define success” in clinical studies was just published in Wound Repair and Regeneration. Bravo to Drs.

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Public service announcement (Video) Check your feet and find a foot doctor

November 9, 2012

This from the APMA and RLTV

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Google Now slips in a pedometer, reminds us we need to get out more

November 2, 2012

Google Now slips in a pedometer, reminds us we need to get out more — Engadget : By Jon Fingas Anyone who checks Google Now compulsively on a Jelly Bean-equipped Android phone might have noticed a surprise appear while they were checking for directions home from that big Halloween bash. An unannounced pedometer card has surfaced that shows just how many miles we (or our phones) have been biking or walking in a given month, with the intent clearly to spur couch dwellers into action

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Study: wearable computing will be a $1.5B business by 2014

October 31, 2012

Boy do we agree…

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Application of the Ambulatory Total Contact Cast (TCC) Video

October 31, 2012

Here is the technique for application of the ambulatory TCC

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Lifelogging takes another step forward: Enter Memoto Clip-on Camera

October 29, 2012

We have discussed the concept of lifelogging a great deal– both on this blog, in tweets, and in lectures . Enter the newest version of this– a camera that periodically snaps photos of you doing your thing– whatever that thing is

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Laser-Activated Stick-on Strip Could Help Heal Wounds

October 28, 2012

Fascinating chitin-derived technology from University of New South Wales .

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Foot Ulcers Tied to Increased Death Risk for People With Diabetes

October 26, 2012

Further works on this disturbing association published in the November 2012 issue of Diabetologia. Here is the summary writeup in Healthday with an excerpt: ” This analysis of data from more than 17,000 diabetes patients in eight studies found that the more than 3,000 patients with a history of foot ulcers had an extra 58 deaths per 1,000 people each year than those without foot ulcers.”

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The 2p drug that can banish ugly scars forming once a wound has healed | Mail Online

October 23, 2012

Can verapamil be helpful in our patient population? Colleagues at UWA are working on divining an answer now . 

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Diabetes: The Top 10 Nations

October 20, 2012

Here are the top 10 nations with diabetes based on prevalence (above) and population (below). Please know that these numbers fluctuate frequently (populations often by 10% or more– prevalence figures by 2-3% up/down) depending on studies.

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