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Scientists uncover potential treatment for painful side effect of diabetes

May 15, 2012

Research published in the journal Nature Medicine reveals that a multi-national collaboration between scientists from Warwick Medical School in the U.K., and universities in Germany, New York, Australia and Eastern Europe, has discovered key information around one of the most distressing side effects of diabetes.

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Bare feet contribute to more foot infections

May 15, 2012

It might feel good to let your toes get some air, but you have to watch where you plant your bare feet.

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A Comparison of the Readability of Two Patient-reported Outcome Measures Used to Evaluate Foot Surgery – Corrected Proof

May 3, 2012

Abstract: Measuring the outcome of surgical intervention is an integral part of modern-day healthcare provision. The increasing requirement to monitor patient-reported outcomes highlights the need for patients to be able to read and understand health outcomes questionnaires. The present study compared the readability of 2 commonly used, validated, foot surgery outcome questionnaires (the Foot Health Status Questionnaire and the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire) using the Flesch Reading Ease score and the Flesch-Kincaid grade level score.

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New therapy could reduce diabetes-related amputation

May 1, 2012

Jim Keenan wasn’t particularly alarmed by a small blister that developed on his heel. Five days later, the 62-year-old’s foot was so seriously infected doctors feared they might need to amputate his lower leg.

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UA doctors discuss study on diabetes and foot health | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona

May 1, 2012

UA doctors discuss study on diabetes and foot health | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona : Posted: Apr 30, 2012 4:39 PM  Updated: Apr 30, 2012 5:28 PM Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 0.0 (0 votes) TUCSON – April is “Foot Health Month,” and today on News 4 at 4, two doctors from the University of Arizona stopped by with information from an important study on diabetes and keeping feet healthy. The “Team approach to diabetic wound healing and amputation prevention,” is a UA study that Dr. Armstrong and Dr

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SALSA lecture to Unique Arizona Senior Scientist Academy Draws Nobel Prize Winner, Leaders in Academia

April 26, 2012

Professor and Mrs. Nicholaas Blumgarten , 1981 Nobel Prize Winner, Physics, and SALSA’s Prof. David G

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SALSA’s Armstrong Keynotes Canadian Pedorthics Symposium

April 20, 2012

David G. Armstrong with Ryan Chang, PhD, Course Director David G. Armstrong, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) at the University of Arizona was this year’s Keynote Speaker at the annual Pedorthics Canada Symposium in Whistler, British Columbia

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Welcome to iCAMP, iCAMPers!

April 19, 2012

Ladies and gents, now that renowned biomedical engineer Bijan Najafi and team are rolling into the SALSA Bowl and the greater University of Arizona family, we thought we’d give you a prequel of the new collaborative: The interdisciplinary Consortium for Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP), Directed by Bijan, has just been soft-launched. Like SALSA, it promises true interdisciplinary “family style” R&D collaboration between a host of productive, exciting, creative teams– from SALSA’s podiatric and vascular surgery to Aging to Orthopaedics, Nursing, Engineering and Anthropology, to name a few.

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Whats, whens and whys of plantar fasciitis care

April 17, 2012

Published guidelines for management of plantar fasciitis don’t cover every detail of which interventions to try, in what order, and for how long. As a result, every practitioner tends to interpret the gray areas just a little differently.

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TEDMED 2012 Program Schedule for April 12 & 13

April 12, 2012

Jill Sobule TEDMED 2012 Program Schedule APRIL 12 & 13 Thomas W.

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