PhRMA Foundation awards grants to fight health disparities with digital health tools
The PhRMA Foundation (PhF) awarded $500,000 grants to David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, of the University of Southern California and ...
Tag: Amputation
Study highlights areas where diabetics need more education
The body's inability to produce enough insulin or use it effectively often results in type 2 diabetes (T2D), a chronic ...
Metabolic surgery offers significant cardiovascular benefits for patients with diabetes
Patients with diabetes and a history of metabolic surgery had significantly fewer heart attacks, strokes, hospitalizations and death compared to ...
Breakthrough drug works against all the main types of primary bone cancer
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have developed a new drug that works against all of the main types ...
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Researchers develop a novel, improved system for identifying fluorescent agents
The nascent field of fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) is fast growing, with potential to vastly improve the safety and efficacy of ...
NYU Langone’s Center for Amputation Reconstruction now adds osseointegration treatment to its other surgical techniques
NYU Langone Health has completed its first set of surgeries using the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved implantable ...
Restoring blood flow to the legs reduces pain, improves quality of life for people with peripheral artery disease
Restoring blood flow to the legs, whether through bypass surgery or a less invasive artery-opening procedure with a stent, reduced ...
Researchers develop new bandage treatment to treat diabetic foot ulcers
Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have designed a new bandage treatment, known as a scaffold, to treat diabetic foot ulcers, ...
People with severe brachial plexus injuries report less pain, more satisfaction after amputation
Reconstruction surgery may not work for some people with severe brachial plexus injuries, so they choose to undergo amputation. In ...
Microfluidics-enabled soft robotic prosthetics show promise to reduce skin ulcerations, pain in amputees
Every 30 seconds, a leg is amputated somewhere in the world due to diabetes. These patients often suffer from neuropathy, ...
