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Diabetic: Save your toes  -  25 Mar 2008
North West Star,Mount Isa Hospital this week launched the High-Risk Diabetic Foot Service project which is for diabetes patients who have wounds such as ulcers on their

Iraq contractor fights suit over toxic exposure  -  25 Mar 2008
Boston Globe,Soon, many of the 22 Americans and 100-plus Iraqis began to complain of nosebleeds, ulcers, and shortness of breath. Within weeks, nearly 60 percent

High ABI associated with CVD morbidity and lower quality of life  -  25 Mar 2008
TheHeart.Org,San Diego, CA - Individuals with a high ankle-brachial index (ABI) are at greater risk for developing foot ulcers and neuropathy and score lower on some

Halliburton managers told workers carcinogen was 'mild irritant ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Raw Story,..."Many of the 22 Americans and 100-plus Iraqis began to complain of nosebleeds, ulcers, and shortness of breath," the Globe's Farah Stockman writes.

Swansea helps Africa save limbs  -  25 Mar 2008
News Wales,Diabetic foot, if left untreated or not cared for properly, can lead to devastating ulcers and infections resulting in amputations.

Diabetes and foot care  -  25 Mar 2008
New Straits Times,YAM CHER SENG gives tips on foot care to prevent ulcers, infections or amputation. HAVE you been suffering from diabetes for almost five years?

In-Depth: Examining the Equine Eye  -  25 Mar 2008
TheHorse.com,There are really only two eye diseases: corneal ulcers, and everything else. –Dr. Dennis Brooks With wry humor, he noted there "are really only two eye

A survivor's tale  -  25 Mar 2008
Trinidad & Tobago Express,She has also developed ulcers on her skin from the needles used to apply fluid intravenously for the sickle cell. A bullet from the attack is still lodged

Wilford Hall opens new Air Force hyperbaric therapy facility  -  25 Mar 2008
Schriever Air Force Base,...monoxide poisoning, problem wounds such as nonhealing ulcers and compromised skin grafts, radiation soft tissue damage, chronic infections and burns.

Radioembolisation Therapy Shows Antitumour Effect and Survival ...  -  25 Mar 2008
DG NewsOther adverse events were grade 1 to 2 nausea (n = 16), gastric ulcers (n = 2), and grade 3 acute cholecistitis (n = 1). Grades 1 and 2 increases in

Dr. Justin Gilmore: Medicare now holding health providers more ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Noblesville Daily Times,These include pressure ulcers, urinary-tract infections, vascular-catheter-associated infections and mediastinitis (an infection following heart surgery).

Derma Sciences' MEDIHONEY(TM) Profiled in Several Television News ...  -  25 Mar 2008
PR Newswire (press release),...to be effective in a variety of wounds and burns, and was recently the focus of two positive large-scale randomized controlled studies on leg ulcers.

Leg Ulcers Healed With Endovenous Laser Technique: Presented at SIR  -  Mar 24, 2008
DG NewsBy Ed Susman WASHINGTON, DC -- March 24, 2008 -- An endovascular, image-guided laser treatment appears to rapidly heal leg ulcers that occur secondary to

Yttrium-90 Microsphere Treatment-Induced Gastrointestinal Ulcers ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
DG NewsUlcers were treated with proton pump inhibitor therapy; the ulcer persisted in the dyspepsia patients. "So, what patient characteristics could predict

Oaklawn opens Wound Care Clinic  -  Mar 24, 2008
Battle Creek Enquirer,..."We're primarily going to be treating a lot of diabetics — the diabetics with foot ulcers," Certified Wound Nurse and Clinic Coordinator Peggy Hurst said.

Associated Foot & Ankle Specialists Enrolling Patients With ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
FOXBusinessPHOENIX, Feb 25, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Associated Foot & Ankle Specialists today announced it is recruiting patients with foot ulcers due to

Finding hot spots on soles helps diabetics avoid dangerous foot ulcers  -  Mar 15, 2008
North County Times,Foot ulcers each year strike 600000 US diabetics, people slow to notice they even have a wound because diabetes has numbed their feet.

Oxygen therapy treats diabetic ulcers, tissue damage  -  Mar 17, 2008
Record-Searchlight (subscription),SRMC's unit typically treats patients with diabetic ulcers, skin graphs and flaps that won't heal and tissue damage from radiation treatments.

Derma Sciences Announces Clinical Poster on Use of MEDIHONEY(TM ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),There are over 1 million patients with non-healing leg ulcers each year in the US. That number is growing along with the aging of the population.

Scoping Events Show Prevalence of Equine Gastric Ulcers  -  Mar 12, 2008
TheHorse.com,Between the two events, veterinarians scoped 26 horses for ulcers. Of those horses, only four showed no signs of ulcers. The first event was held in July at

Unimas Students Afflicted By HFMD, An Isolated Cluster Case  -  Mar 22, 2008
Bernama,HFMD, an endemic disease in Malaysia, usually attacks infants and children under the age of 10, causing them to run fever, ulcers in the mouth,

Gastric Bypass Alternative  -  Mar 21, 2008
WPTV,Other major risks include ulcers, hernias and even death. SAFER APPROACH: A procedure that was once commonly used to treat ulcers, called a vagotomy,

Keeping the 'grave' out of 'graveyard shift'  -  Mar 24, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,That stress could play a role in higher rates of ulcers and high blood pressure. "A reasonable percentage of Americans work a night shift, and a majority of

Forum Discusses New Treatment Techniques  -  Mar 17, 2008
Arab News,Khalid Al-Hroub, head nurse of cardiac surgery at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, spoke about pressure ulcers that patients could

Oculus treatment worked against diabetic foot ulcers  -  Feb 28, 2008
China Post,...developer of the chlorine-based skin infection treatment Microcyn, said the drug was effective in treating diabetic foot ulcers, the leading cause of

Associated Foot & Ankle Specialists Enrolling Patients With ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Associated Foot & Ankle Specialists announced it is recruiting patients with foot ulcers due to diabetes to participate in the MATRIX clinical trial.

New Research Could Stop Diabetic Foot Ulcers  -  Feb 27, 2008
Local10.com,MIAMI -- There are an estimated 20 million diabetics in the US, and at any given time about 1.5 million of them suffer from non-healing foot ulcers.

The Right to Bear Legs—An Amendment to Healthcare: How Preventing ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (subscription)6 Foot ulcers and infections are the most common reason for hospital admission of individuals with diabetes. 7 Foot ulcers cost between $7439 8 and $20622 9

Wound care must get to the right people on time  -  Mar 16, 2008
ic Wales,Simple wounds such as leg ulcers and pressure ulcers (also known as bedsores) cost the NHS millions of pounds with some believing that up to 4% of all

Texas Podiatrist Draws Big Funding in His Efforts To Help People ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
Diabetes Health (press release),The TempTouch® thermometer can, however, act as an early warning system, sensing the heat that is a precursor to the development of ulcers, which can lead

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association  -  Mar 17, 2008
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (subscription)We specifically designed our study to assess the role of depressive symptoms in healing and recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers.

Former patient gets on his bike  -  Mar 20, 2008
The Star,Alan, from Windsor Road, Crowle, was a keen cyclist before he lost both legs to the superbug, which he caught as a result of infections in leg ulcers.

Taking care of your health: Don't ignore the slightest problem  -  Mar 24, 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,It could be a symptom of ulcers, stomach cancer or some other kind of cancer such as ovarian cancer, experts say. - Hot, red or swollen joints could

A Case Study On The Very Costly Ramifications Of Overprescribing  -  Mar 14, 2008
Evening Bulletin,All but Protonix are approved for stomach and duodenal ulcers that are resistant to antacids and histamine2-blockers (such as Tagamet).

The Nursing Home Industry is Buying Tennessee  -  Mar 20, 2008
InjuryBoard.com,Boy...money sure does talk! If only they would spend that money on treating pressure ulcers, decubitus ulcers, and to prevent dehydration and malnutrition!

MacroChem Announces Presentation of Pexiganan Phase 3 Study ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),Diabetic foot ulcers are a major concern and burden to the approximately 20 million persons with diabetes in the US alone, as well as for the healthcare

Oculus Innovative Sciences Schedules Conference Call Today to ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
FOXBusinessThe Phase II randomized, open-label study enrolled a total of 66 patients with mildly infected diabetic foot ulcers at 15 US sites.

California Study Offers New Perspective on Relationship Between ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
Earthtimes,While these staffing changes appeared to produce no statistically significant changes in the numbers of falls or the prevalence of pressure ulcers in the

Georgetown Hospital launching diabetic foot care project  -  Mar 19, 2008
Stabroek News,The hospital said it has found that foot ulcers are a common problem among diabetics and result in 10% of all of the surgical admissions at the hospital.

Doral: Don't frown, Tiger Woods  -  Mar 20, 2008
Orlando Sentinel,Even if Woods plays average (for his standards) through the first three rounds, he'll likely still be within striking distance and giving ulcers to the

Foot Ulcer – Types And Treatment  -  Mar 12, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Most skin ulcers occur on the lower legs or feet. The skin normally heals quickly if it is cut. However, in some people with diabetes the skin on the feet

Uganda: Over 1000 Get Free Treatment in Kabale  -  Mar 24, 2008
AllAfrica.com,A team of five doctors, five nurses and three medical assistants treated over 1000 patients with cases ranging from headaches, stomach ulcers to dental and

Northern California Foot and Ankle Center Santa Rosa Enrolling ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),The MATRIX (A Phase 2b Study of GAM501 in the Treatment of Diabetic Ulcers in the Lower Extremities) trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled

Economy could be worse off, and may still be  -  Mar 24, 2008
Dallas Morning News,Then as now, declining home prices gave homeowners ulcers over equity. And the dollar, which held up fine in the 2001 recession, is falling now even more

HIV – Signs and Symptoms of HIV  -  Mar 16, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,The ulcers tend to be shallow, with sharply defined edges, and are typically swollen and painful. Everyone has had days where they were feeling a little

Aspirin 'can cut breast cancer risk by 20 pc'  -  Mar 6, 2008
Hindu,..."More research is needed into potentially negative effects of the drugs, which can include internal bleeding and stomach ulcers," 'The Daily Telegraph'

What's the reason for brain fog?  -  Mar 20, 2008
KOMO,..."Some of the worst offenders belong to a broad class of drugs called anticholinergics, which are used to treat asthma, stomach ulcers, urinary incontinence

Aspirin 'can cut breast cancer risk  -  Mar 6, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Prof Fentiman said more research was needed into potentially negative effects of the drugs, which can include internal bleeding and stomach ulcers.

ZooBiotic’s plans for global growth get a boost  -  Mar 4, 2008
ic Wales,Maggot therapy has been successfully used in the treatment of leg ulcers, wounds associated with diabetes, pressure ulcers, and many other types of infected

Medic's lupus breakthrough  -  Mar 3, 2008
Belfast Telegraph,They can include joint and muscle aches and pains, permanent cheek rash, kidney problems, extreme fatigue and weakness, ulcers, hair loss, depression,

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