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Pearl Izumi to exit the running shoe business

Press Release: Pearl Izumi Focuses on Cycling Business Quote: Louisville, Colo. Continue reading →

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Horners syndrome

I have just seen a child of 3 with pes planus of the left foot only and Horners syndrome of the eye on the same side. Continue reading →

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New smart shoes can tell you what’s wrong with your golf swing

Foot fetish: New “smart shoes” can tell you what’s wrong with your swing Quote: Developed over the last two years, the IOFIT Smart Shoes track weight transfer and balance in your golf swing. IOFIT, a creative off-shoot from Samsung, designed the shoes with thin pressure sensors inside the insoles to track how your feet work (or in many cases don?t work) during the swing. The cleatless shoe is designed to be lightweight and waterproof and comes in a mesh, sneaker-style version and a leather, suede wingtip option Continue reading →

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Patient claims improper treatment in podiatric care

From the Cook County Record: Patient claims improper treatment in podiatric care Quote: According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that in August 2014, he experienced pain and damages that required him to undergo additional treatment. The plaintiff holds the defendants responsible because they allegedly failed to properly perform surgery on him by placing an incorrect sized screw on a bone. Continue reading →

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Tedizolid and Linezolid for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections of the…

Tedizolid and Linezolid for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections of the Lower Extremity versus Non-Lower Extremity: Pooled Analysis of Two Phase 3 Trials. Warren S. Continue reading →

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Foot Skin Condition Help

Anyone help me with this skin condition. I have the name of it deep in the darkest of my pea brain at the moment Lady early 60s, overweight. Continue reading →

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Injuries in Mixed Martial Arts

Injuries Sustained by the Mixed Martial Arts Athlete Andrew R. Jensen, et al Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach August 16, 2016 Quote: Context: Mixed martial arts (MMA) is rapidly growing in popularity in the United States and abroad Continue reading →

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Preoperative PROMIS Scores Predict Postoperative Success in Foot and Ankle Patients

Preoperative PROMIS Scores Predict Postoperative Success in Foot and Ankle Patients Bryant Ho et al Foot & Ankle International August 16, 2016 Quote: Background: The use of patient-reported outcomes continues to expand beyond the scope of clinical research to involve standard of care assessments across orthopedic practices. It is currently unclear how to interpret and apply this information in the daily care of patients in a foot and ankle clinic. We prospectively examined the relationship between preoperative patient-reported outcomes (PROMIS Physical Function, Pain Interference and Depression scores), determined minimal clinical important differences for these values, and assessed if these preoperative values were predictors of improvement after operative intervention. Continue reading →

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Homeless people and trenchfoot: Hull

netizens Passed on in good faith Homeless people at risk of developing trench foot are to be helped by a new drop-in clinic in Hull. Continue reading →

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Feet first, our NHS is limping towards privatisation

Quote: A fish rots from the head, but the NHS may be rotting from the feet. Podiatry is not up there in the headlines, yet what?s going on in that unglamorous zone is an alarming microcosm of the downward path of the health service. This is a story of the NHS in England in retreat and the private sector filling the vacuum Continue reading →

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