Volume 17 - Issue 8 - August 2004
08/03/2004
Jeff A. Hall
There is a prevailing notion that most podiatric students want to become accomplished podiatric surgeons as opposed to “experts in biomechanics of the foot.” However, educators and authors strongly emphasize the biomechanical knowledge of...
There is a prevailing notion that most podiatric students want to become accomplished podiatric surgeons as opposed to “experts in biomechanics of the foot.” However, educators and authors strongly emphasize the biomechanical knowledge of...
There is a prevailing notion...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
08/03/2004
Gary Peter Jolly, DPM, FACFAS; Thomas Zgonis, DPM, FACFAS
Diabetes mellitus is said to be a disorder of glucose metabolism, but it can be so much more for those individuals who have the disease and the families with whom they share their lives. The sequelae of diabetes involve vascular changes in...
Diabetes mellitus is said to be a disorder of glucose metabolism, but it can be so much more for those individuals who have the disease and the families with whom they share their lives. The sequelae of diabetes involve vascular changes in...
Diabetes mellitus is said to be...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
Practice Builders
08/03/2004
David Edward Marcinko, MBA
Assessing the value of your medical practice is an investment in your practice’s future. Not only does it help build equity value, it would be shortsighted not to have a professional appraiser working with you to understand the key issues...
Assessing the value of your medical practice is an investment in your practice’s future. Not only does it help build equity value, it would be shortsighted not to have a professional appraiser working with you to understand the key issues...
Assessing the value of your...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
Orthotics Q&A
08/03/2004
Lawrence Z. Huppin, DPM
With summer in full swing, more and more patients are moving from the rigidity of dress shoes into the comfort of sandals. Fitting orthotics into both types of footwear has its own unique challenges as the sizes of each vary and the amount of...
With summer in full swing, more and more patients are moving from the rigidity of dress shoes into the comfort of sandals. Fitting orthotics into both types of footwear has its own unique challenges as the sizes of each vary and the amount of...
With summer in full swing, more...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
08/03/2004
Jeff A. Hall
Intriguing new treatments and devices abound in this yearly review. We take a closer look at promising therapies for diabetic neuropathy and osteoarthritis of the ankle. Wound care specialists weigh in on new approaches to optimizing wound...
Intriguing new treatments and devices abound in this yearly review. We take a closer look at promising therapies for diabetic neuropathy and osteoarthritis of the ankle. Wound care specialists weigh in on new approaches to optimizing wound...
Intriguing new treatments and...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
08/03/2004
Neal M. Blitz, DPM, FACFAS; Patrick A. DeHeer, DPM, FACFAS, FASPS, FFPM, RCPS(Glasg)
Yes, Neal Blitz, DPM, says it is possible in certain cases. In assessing the literature and his own experience, he emphasizes proper patient selection and key surgical tips for facilitating optimal outcomes. The Lapidus arthrodesis is an...
Yes, Neal Blitz, DPM, says it is possible in certain cases. In assessing the literature and his own experience, he emphasizes proper patient selection and key surgical tips for facilitating optimal outcomes. The Lapidus arthrodesis is an...
Yes, Neal Blitz, DPM, says it is...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
08/03/2004
Bradley W. Bakotic, DPM, DO
Many lesions of bone that arise with relative frequency in the feet are seen less commonly in alternate locations. Similarly, there are a host of trends with regard to the biology of bone tumors that are unique to the distal extremities,...
Many lesions of bone that arise with relative frequency in the feet are seen less commonly in alternate locations. Similarly, there are a host of trends with regard to the biology of bone tumors that are unique to the distal extremities,...
Many lesions of bone that arise...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
08/03/2004
Brian McCurdy
With the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes in children, are parents and children getting the message that being overweight can lead to the disease? Several new studies suggest otherwise, finding rising health problems in obese children...
With the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes in children, are parents and children getting the message that being overweight can lead to the disease? Several new studies suggest otherwise, finding rising health problems in obese children...
With the increasing prevalence...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
08/03/2004
Brian McCurdy
The clock is ticking. In another step of a process which began in 1996, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have set a deadline of April 21, 2005 for compliance with the security standards of the Health Insurance Portability and...
The clock is ticking. In another step of a process which began in 1996, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have set a deadline of April 21, 2005 for compliance with the security standards of the Health Insurance Portability and...
The clock is ticking. In another...
08/03/2004
Podiatry Today
Education
08/03/2004
Molly S. Judge, DPM, FACFAS, CNMT
Charcot neuroarthropathy and the complications of longstanding diabetes are perhaps the greatest challenge for the foot and ankle specialist. These conditions are of principal concern given the limb threatening consequences when a diagnosis...
Charcot neuroarthropathy and the complications of longstanding diabetes are perhaps the greatest challenge for the foot and ankle specialist. These conditions are of principal concern given the limb threatening consequences when a diagnosis...
Charcot neuroarthropathy and the...
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