Foot Blog News this Week- Issue 12


The Team Approach to Diabetic Limb Salvage


Georgetown, University Hospital- A conference is announced and scheduled for September 27-29, 2007 • JW Marriott Pennsylvania Avenue • Washington, DC .  Georgetown University Hospital will have an in-depth seminar discussing the team approach to diabetic limb salvage techniques.  If you register on-line, you save $175 and/or register before April 15th, and you save $150 off the regular on-site registration … plus save $25 by registering on-line, for a total of $175.  The conference is co-chaired by John S. Steinberg, DPM, Christopher E. Attinger, MD and Richard F. Neville, MD.  The course offers 25- CME credits.

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NanoBio® Corporation Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial For Treatment Of Onychomycosis

NanoBio Corp- Ann Arbor, MI (April 3, 2007) – NanoBio® Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel products for the treatment and prevention of serious infections, today announced that the Company has begun enrolling patients in its Phase 2 study of NB-002.  NB-002 is a drug candidate for the topical treatment of onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the fingernail and toenail.  Currently, almost $2 billion a year is spent on treatments for this disease.

James R. Baker, MD, NanoBio’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Science Officer, commented, “At present, the vast majority of people with onychomycosis are untreated as a result of the serious toxicities associated with the available oral medications.  NB-002 is a topical therapy for onychomycosis with a remarkable safety profile, as evidenced in several prior animal studies and clinical trials.  In launching this Phase 2 trial for NB-002, we take the next step towards bringing a safe and effective topical treatment to market.”

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A New Walking Study Encourages Overweight Americans To Step Up To Better Health


Medical News Today - What if someone told you, you could walk your way to better health? With 65 percent of American adults considered to be overweight or obese, walking may be one way to battle the bulge. However, if you lack motivation, a prescription to walk may be just what the doctor ordered. That’s the premise behind a 48-week pilot walking program conducted by 16 member physicians of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA).

The study, funded by APMA, examines two groups of nearly 250 overweight patients located across the country. The objective is to determine if a podiatrist’s care can make a difference in maintaining a long-term walking routine. The participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. Group A participants will be given a written walking program and doctor discussions about the benefits of a walking program. These patients will be given a walking prescription which will include a 12 week calendar to document steps taken per day from the pedometer.

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Nigeria: Restless Legs Syndrome


All Africa.com - Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a medical condition in which the legs feel very uncomfortable in the seated position or when lying down. It prompts sufferers to get up and walk around to alleviate the symptoms. RLS affects both sexes, may start at any age and may worsen with age. RLS can disrupt sleep and hence lead to daytime drowsiness. Patients typically describe the unpleasant sensation of Restless Legs Syndrome as a deep-seated crawling, tingling, creeping, jittery, aching or burning sensation in the feet, calves, thighs or arms.

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Merck diabetes pill combination wins U.S. approval


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc. has won U.S. approval to sell a medicine called Janumet that combines two diabetes medicines into a single pill, the Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday.Janumet pairs Merck’s drug Januvia with a widely used, older generic medicine called metformin. Both drugs help control blood sugar in patients with Type 2 diabetes, the most common form.

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Trans-Atlantic Healing Collaborative Gets Underway At DFCon 07 – To Focus On Diabetic Foot And Wound Healing Research And Care


Medical News Today – An international “healing collaborative” involving medical schools in the United States and United Kingdom- originally announced in a press release in February 2007 – has been officially launched, with the goal of developing novel Trans-Atlantic research, educational and clinical opportunities.The collaborative is being formed by medical professors at Cardiff University School of Medicine in Cardiff, Wales, and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago. Spearheading the international program are David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Chair of Research and Associate Dean of the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University, and Keith Harding, MB, MRCGP, FRCS, head of the Department of Wound Healing at Cardiff University and Clinical Director for Wound Healing at the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. The collaborative will focus on issues relating to diabetic foot and wound healing research and care.

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Get In Swing Without Tendon Pain


Medical News Today – Spring’s here. It’s time to restring your tennis racquet or dust off the old golf clubs, but that tendon pain in your elbow, shoulder or ankle may force you to keep the clubs in the bag or the racquet in its case.

For some people, resting the affected tendon may be all they need to ease the pain, but others with chronic pain struggle to find relief. The good news is physicians now have a large array of techniques from new approaches to physical therapy and rehabilitation to new, less-invasive treatments that stimulate your body to heal the problematic tendon that can help you keep swinging your racquet or clubs without pain.

“We’re altering the landscape in dealing with a lot of these tendon issues,” said Robert Dimeff, M.D., medical director of Cleveland Clinic Sports Health. “These are still difficult problems to deal with, but the options are so much better now than they were 10 years ago.”

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Leg pain can be a heart warning sign

UPI- ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 2 (UPI) — For some, leg pain from peripheral arterial disease can be an early warning sign for a heart attack or a stroke, says a U.S. expert.

Most people think clogged artery disease, or arteriosclerosis, only happens in the heart. In actuality, it’s like gray hair, which appears all over the head not just on one side, according to Dr. James Stanley, director of the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor.

Nearly a quarter of people who have leg pain due to PAD will be dead in five years, mostly due to heart attacks and other heart problems. But for those whose leg pain keeps them from walking even short distances, the odds are even worse: as many as half will die by five years, Stanley said in a statement.

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3M Health Care Launches A New Weapon In The Fight Against MRSA – The First Rapid Culture-based Test With Results In Five Hours


Medical News Today- Clinicians attending the 17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) learned today that there is a new weapon available in the fight against Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (commonly referred to as MRSA). Hospitals fighting the battle to stop the spread of the MRSA superbug will have access to a new five-hour culture-based test that detects the deadly bacteria direct from clinical specimens. The 3M™ BacLite™ Rapid MRSA Test launches today as the first rapid culture-based test that can effectively and reliably detect the presence or absence of MRSA in high risk patients within five hours.MRSA is one of the most significant hospital acquired infections in Europe. Among the G5 countries, made up of Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain, prevalence rates range from 21 percent to 44 percent.1 In some European countries the proportion of MRSA infection found among patients in intensive care units was over 60 percent.2

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