A topical cream that helps regulate macrophage activity was effective in treating diabetic foot ulcers, a clinical trial reported. In 236 patients with foot ulcers treated for 16 weeks, the proportion ...

When prevention doesn’t work, diabetic foot ulcers are best managed with early intervention for optimal outcomes. In a new study, physician researchers have found that same-day surgical procedures ...

Are you suffering from a foot ulcer that is not healing at all? Have you ever been suspicious of having diabetes? If not, it is time you get yourself evaluated by a medical professional. High blood ...

Patients were twice as likely to have a diabetic foot ulcer heal within eight weeks when they were treated with a tissue repair drug versus a placebo, according to new research. Foot ulcers are a ...

Polydeoxyribonucleotide Aids Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers The adenosine A2A receptor agonist polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) facilitates healing of diabetic foot ulcers in patients with diabetes.

Researchers have established for the first time that skin cells from diabetic foot ulcers can be reprogrammed to acquire properties of embryonic-like cells. Researchers at Tufts University School of ...

The proportion of wounds healed at 16 weeks was higher with intact fish skin grafts than with standard-of-care (44.0% vs 26.4% adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.58; 95% CI, 1.48-4.56). The fish skin grafts ...

The diabetic foot ulcer that cost Otis Dahmer one of his little toes began with what appeared to be nothing more than dry, flaking skin. Not being “much of a moisturizer guy,” Dahmer said, he didn’t ...

Diabetic foot ulcer recurrence may now be more predictable due to a study that identifies compromised skin barrier function as a key warning sign. Researchers from the National Institute of Diabetes ...

A 67-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with a skin ulceration on the bottom of his great toe ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with long-term diabetic foot ulcers, neither baseline HbA1c nor change in HbA1c was associated ...