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Last call for ACFAOM 2010, Aug. 26-29, Disney World
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If you plan to attend ACFAOM's 2010 Annual Clinical Conference, Aug. 26-29, at Disney World, but have not yet pre-registered please do so by tomorrow. Attendance is well ahead of last year so a great meeting is anticipated, and registering before the meeting begins will save you time. Online registration will close on Wednesday (Aug. 18) and all
registrations received after Wednesday (by fax or mail) will be considered 'on-site registrations'. However, if you do not pre-register you will be able to register at the conference hotel. The conference registration desk will open at 11 a.m., on Thursday, Aug. 26, in the Conference Center of the Buena Vista Palace Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Fla., (across from Downtown Disney). For details about the Program, Registration, Hotel/Disney World Tickets, click here. If you have questions call 1-800-265-8263. More
A guide to common foot and ankle golf injuries
Podiatry Today
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Foot and ankle injuries that happen during golf activities can occur from traumatic events but are more likely to occur from overuse type injuries. Having practiced in a golf resort and retirement community for over 20 years, I have seen many different overuse injuries that could be directly related to the mechanics of the golf swing.
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Adult stem cell research far ahead of
embryonic
Google via Associated Press
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Recently, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn't heal, even with
multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man's own body. Einhorn drew bone marrow from the man's pelvic bone with a needle, condensed it to about four teaspoons of rich red liquid, and injected that into his ankle.
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We're looking forward to seeing you at the Annual ACFAOM meeting at
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After PMMC performs full ankle replacement, osteoarthritis no longer slows down active woman
The Mercury
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When Margie Baer learned she had osteoarthritis 15 years ago, she knew she wanted to live her life as she did before she had this degenerative disease. "I've always been a woman on the move and I never could stand to just sit for any length of time," said Baer, adding her positive attitude and faith always helped her confront difficulties, including living with the chronic pain of arthritis.
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Expert insights on dispensing wound care products in the office
Podiatry Today
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The coming pandemic of diabetes and the monumental impact that it will have on the delivery of health services should be well known to any podiatrist. In addition to the epidemic of obesity, the aging population and the massive increase in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), podiatrists are on the cusp of a tsunami of increasing lower extremity pathology.
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Minimally-invasive endovascular therapy offers a safe and
effective treatment option for patients with severe peripheral arterial disease
Health Canal
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The most common symptom of PAD is claudication (leg pain) that occurs when walking but disappears during rest. Other symptoms include numbness, leg cramps, cold legs or feet, and skin discoloration. Blocked blood flow to the legs can raise the risk of getting an infection and cause ulcers that do not heal in the affected limbs. In very serious cases, it can lead to tissue death (gangrene) and inevitably leg amputation.
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A stretching routine can prevent pain from plantar
fasciitis.
The Chicago Daily Herald
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When Rick Drehobl got up every morning and stood up to walk, a pain like nails shooting into his heels jolted
him awake. "It was absolutely brutal," he said. "I could barely walk in the morning. It was very, very painful." Drehobl, 52, a retired Rosemont police officer who worked constantly on his feet, was suffering from one of the most common causes of heel pain: plantar fasciitis.
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Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in patients at non-high cardiovascular risk. Rationale and design of the Pandora study
7th Space Interactive
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Lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a marker of widespread atherosclerosis. Individuals with PAD, most of whom do not show typical PAD
symptoms ('asymptomatic'patients), are at increased risk of cardiovascular ischaemic events.
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Treatment
for diabetics cost US hospitals 25 percent more than stays for non-diabetics
The Medical News
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U.S. hospitals spent $83 billion in 2008 caring for people with diabetes, according to the latest news and numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In that year, nearly one of every five hospitalizations involved a person with diabetes.
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The basic system FDM-T consists of a treadmill ergometer with an integrated, calibrated
measuring sensor. The sensor element consists of high-quality capacitive force sensors. On an area of 150 x 50 cm the sensor unit consists of more than 5000 pressure / force sensors. More info
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Our list of products includes more then just a nice little set of four round good-for-nothing burrs. We sell thirty different and distinctive burrs.
These burrs range in size, shape and style, from the most aggressive to the best smoothers and one that could almost be called the all-one-one solution - "The Happy Burr." More info
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The TOM-CAT Scanner minimizes the steps required to prescribe your orthotics. Traditional casting methods require messy
plaster, clean up and sometimes requires more than one casting to get the proper mold for your feet. The TOM-CAT Scanning system replaces traditional methods and produces better and faster results. More info
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The only night splint on the market today that actively engages the windlass mechanism of the foot.
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