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ACFAOM
The SPARK! seminar series, jointly presented by ACFAOM and OHI, continues in 2018 with the promise to utterly transform your practice beginning the very next day!
Let's face it, what really counts is being able to return to your practice armed with knowledge and clinical skills, and the "know-how" to use the best available medical products and devices that will improve patient care and grow your business at the same time.
While it is important to gather CME credits for license renewal, that should not be the deciding factor for seeking education to help you be a more clinically and financially successful doctor.
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Bring a key staff person with you for free. SPARK! will improve your bottom line and the value of your practice while delivering increasingly essential, life-altering care. Guaranteed or your registration fee back (no questions asked)!
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Podiatry Management
Are you ready for tax “reform?”
Thanks to the
just passed Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act, the tax
rate for incorporated podiatry
practices and businesses will be
reduced from its current 35 percent to
21 percent — for the 2018 tax year and
thereafter. And, although the business
tax cuts are for the most part permanent,
the tax cuts for individuals are
temporary, expiring in 2026.
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The Conversation
Every 20 seconds someone, somewhere on the planet, loses a foot due to diabetes. Foot ulcers are the starting point of more than 80 percent of these amputations, and they could be prevented.
The number of people diagnosed with diabetes, globally, has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014.
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Podiatry Today
Changes in fat pad thickness, compromised mobility and the development of neuropathy can have a profound effect on the biomechanics of the diabetic foot. This author emphasizes how a strong understanding of the biomechanical forces upon the diabetic foot can lead to more effective treatment and prevention of further complications.
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Lower Extremity Review
Improvement in abductor hallucis muscle size associated with a gradual transition to minimalist running shoes suggests that this type of strength-based approach can help improve foot structure and stability, which may help runners resist development of overuse injury or relieve existing foot pain.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Inversion injury to the ankle and hamstring injuries are common problems in most sports. It is not known whether these injuries constitute a predisposing factor or a precursor of injury or re-injury of these anatomical locations. Therefore, we wished to test the hypothesis that a previous inversion ankle injury exerted a significant effect on the chance of an athlete suffering from a subsequent ipsilateral hamstring injury and vice versa.
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The Washington Post
At first, Raul Reyes, 26, thought it was a blister from an injury at work. Then a yellowish mass spread across his right foot.
The Houston day-care teacher is now coming to terms with the ravages of a flesh-eating infection that burrowed into his appendage.
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By Christina Thielst
 Challenges in healthcare are the norm. However, some patients present significant challenges to healthcare professionals and the care environment that rise to the point of creating unnecessary risk. While healthcare providers and their staff should always attempt to resolve patient concerns, there comes a point when the best course of action may be to terminate the provider/patient relationship. A new guide helps providers recognize these situations.
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Modern Rheumatology
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the talonavicular joint is commonly involved and midfoot collapse can lead to progressive flattening of the arch. Despite a general awareness of the important structural role of the talonavicular joint in rheumatoid foot disease, details of its destructive pattern has not been elucidated.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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Physicians Practice
Mobile health (mHealth) is becoming more and more present in the lives of physicians and administrators. According to the Physicians Practice Mobile Health Survey, 75.9 percent of medical practices say they use mobile health (mHealth) in their practice on a weekly basis.
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