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running barefoot will make you smarter??

Nick Campitelli has blogged that “Not only does it improve your foot strength and improve your ability to run farther and more efficiently, running barefoot will make you smarter” Does anyone know anything about the “research” he cites at http://www.drnicksrunningblog.com/a-…esearch-shows/ Continue reading →

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Health insurance in the US and Australia

BUPA are at it again trying to maintain a shrinking customer base by once more pushing the ” Preferred Provider” business model where the health professional provides a discount to inflate the rebate to members at no cost to BUPA. This is the US model where the health fund controls the quality of care. Here is a report and study on the US model. Continue reading →

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Mast Cells Regulate Wound Healing in Diabetes

Mast Cells Regulate Wound Healing in Diabetes . Tellechea A et al Diabetes. 2016 Apr 8. Continue reading →

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Parachutes do actually work

Some critics of evidence and science based practice and randomised controlled trials like to point out that there is no evidence that parachutes actually work when jumping of of planes, but we still insist on using them – no one has done a randomised trial to see if they do actually work. Continue reading →

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Implications of an Air Gap Between the Nail Plate and Nail Bed in Onychomycosis

The Presence of an Air Gap Between the Nail Plate and Nail Bed in Onychomycosis Patients: Treatment Implications for Topical Therapy. Continue reading →

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Interdigital psoriasis of the feet (psoriasis alba)

Prevalence of interdigital psoriasis of the feet (“psoriasis alba”) in mild, moderate, and severe psoriasis. Leibovici Vet al Int J Dermatol. 2015 Sep;54(9):1084-7 Continue reading →

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Development of gait motor control: what happens after a sudden increase in height during adolescence

Development of gait motor control: what happens after a sudden increase in height during adolescence? Maria Cristina Bisi and Rita Stagni BioMedical Engineering OnLine201615:47 Quote: Background Basic understanding of motor control and its processes is a topic of well-known high relevance. During adolescence walking is theoretically a well-achieved fundamental skill, having reached a mature manifestation; on the other hand, adolescence is marked by a period of accelerated increases in both height and weight, referred as growth spurt Continue reading →

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Corrective shoes for flexible flat feet

Do corrective shoes improve the development of the medial longitudinal arch in children with flexible flat feet? Continue reading →

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Cryoablation of Morton?s Neuroma

Percutaneous MR-Guided Cryoablation of Morton?s Neuroma: Rationale and Technical Details After the First 20 Patients Roberto Luigi Cazzato , Julien Garnon, Nitin Ramamurthy, Georgia Tsoumakidou, Jean Caudrelier, Marie-Aude Thenint, Pramod Rao, Guillaume Koch, Afshin Gangi CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology; pp 1-8; First online: 17 May 2016 Quote: Objectives The purpose of this study is to discuss technical aspects and rationales of magnetic resonance (MR)-guided cryoablation (CA) of Morton?s neuroma (MN); preliminary clinical experience is also retrospectively reviewed. Methods Procedures were performed under local anaesthesia on an outpatient basis. Lesion size and location, procedural (technical success, procedural time, complications) and clinical outcomes (patient satisfaction according to a four-point scale, residual pain according to a 0?10 visual analogue scale and instances of ?stump neuroma?) were assessed via chart review and cross-sectional telephone survey after the 20th case Continue reading →

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Effectiveness of a Commercially Available Orthotic Insert

Effectiveness of a Commercially Available Orthotic Insert Sonia N Young et al Int J Neurorehabilitation 2016, 3:2 (full text) Quote: Background: Foot pain is a non-specific complaint among individuals who stand for extended periods of time. Continue reading →

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