Skin health is critical to whole-patient wellness, and healthcare systems must align their clinical and operational goals to create optimal skin health outcomes. In a Dec.11 webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by Cardinal Health, industry experts discussed the importance of proper skin health product selection and use, how science is contributing to innovation in skin care and how staff education can improve clinical and financial outcomes.
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An incidental discovery in a chemistry lab has now become a project helping drug makers and doctors better heal the foot wounds of diabetes patients. The project is the result of a bridge-building collaboration between University of Virginia researchers and clinicians at the College of Arts and Science’s Department of Chemistry, the School of Engineering’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the School of Medicine’s Department of Plastic Surgery and Chronic Wound Care Clinic.
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The American Diabetes Association 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes includes several new and revised clinical practice recommendations designed to put the patient at the center of care, including efforts to reduce therapeutic inertia, utilize person-centered language and expanded recommendations for children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes.
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Several societies joined in releasing guidance for interventions in peripheral artery disease (PAD), pending more evidence to back formal recommendations in the future.
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The National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy® (NAWCO®) Board of Directors today announced the departure Cheryl Robillard, PT, WCC, CLT. Robillard has reached the five-term limit of service.
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A growing number of people with diabetes in the U.S. are losing toes and feet to the disease by the time they reach middle age, according to a study that suggests a reversal after years of progress against diabetes.
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HMP, a leader in healthcare events and education and the creator and organizer of the annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring meeting, today announced a new five-year agreement with the Wound Healing Society (WHS), the premier scientific organization focused on wound healing.
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A smart dressing that uses blue-light therapy for wound healing and which can also monitor and treat infections has been developed by an EU-funded consortium. Blue light is already known for its anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, but now the EU-funded MEDILIGHT consortium has harnessed it to aid the healing of chronic wounds such as those suffered by patients with diabetes.
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More than 5.7 million Americans suffer from chronic wounds that won’t heal. Now, a new, easy to use treatment some are calling a “magic powder” is helping patients heal much faster. Plastic surgeon Tracey Stokes, MD, FACS, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon is used to being in the operating room, but not as a patient.
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Can skin wounds heal without leaving scars? That’s the question being explored in a project entitled ScarLessWorld headed by Dr. Yuval Rinkevich, research group leader at Helmholtz Zentrum München.
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