Currently, around 6.7 million Americans are living with a chronic foot or leg wound, and more than two million of them are suffering from a diabetic foot ulcer. Chronic foot and leg wounds are often caused by underlying conditions, such as diabetes and vascular disease. Some of the primary risk factors for wounds of the feet include neuropathy, deformity of the foot, a history of foot ulceration, absent or diminished pulses or of prior lower extremity amputation.
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Advanced technology to treat chronic, non-healing wounds has come to the Fisher-Titus Medical Center. In the spring, the wound center will offer hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy, a painless treatment employed to heal problem wounds.
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Healogics, Inc., the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services, today announced that it has appointed Lynn Merritt to serve as Chief Human Resources Officer. Merritt joined Healogics in 2015 as Vice President, Learning and Development.
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Windom Area Hospital (WAH) is heading into another construction phase, this time to open a comprehensive wound center to treat patients with chronic wounds. Nearly 1,700 patients within a 35-mile radius may have a need for specialized wound care, according to a 2016 study.
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Mary Huffman was recently named the new Director of the Wound Healing Center at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital.
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