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Cracked Skin in Diabetes
Cracked heels are a common problem in those who are overweight, have dry callused skin around the heel and wear open heel shoes. Not a lot of attention has been placed to this problem in those with diabetes. A recently published study has investigated superficial and deep fissures in the foot of those...
Lipid disorders and diabetic neuropathy
More and more research is linking cholesterol and lipid disorders to the development and management of diabetic neuropathy. Most recently a review in the Journal of the Pheripheral Nervous System (Hyperlipidemia: a new therapeutic target for diabetic neuropathy
Andrea M. Vincent, Lucy M. Hinder, Rodica...Is MRSA in infecting or contaminating organism?
In the latest issue of Current Diabetes Reports, Bowling, Jude and Boulton ask the question as if wound colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the cause of infection or just a contaminating organism. A number of studies have found the bacterial content of diabetic foot...
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I would have thought that if MRSA was present, then that is enough to treat it, if it was the infecting organism or not. MRSA is nas
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