The photo of the patient's foot, sent from his campsite, included a cheeky note: "I remember you telling me that getting in trouble doing something was better than getting in trouble doing nothing.

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

Veterans who survive the horrors of war or the other dangers of military service often die years later from a silent but deadly scourge: diabetic foot ulcers, open sores or lesions that typically ...

The prognosis for people with an infected diabetic foot ulcer is worse than was previously thought, according to new research. More than half the patients in the research study did not see their ulcer ...

Researchers found that a common antibiotic-resistant bacterium prevents wounds from healing by chemically paralyzing skin cells rather than attacking them directly. Scientists from an international ...

A global DNA deep dive shows why E. coli infections in diabetic foot wounds can be so stubborn, dangerous, and hard to treat.

Eliminating foot ulcers would cut costs for diabetes care in half, according to researchers with consulting firm The Analysis Group. The investigators analyzed about 27,800 matched pairs of Medicare ...

Diabetes, a condition that affects how our bodies use sugar, can lead to various complications. It can damage the nerves and blood vessels enough to cause wounds in the feet. Left untreated, these ...

A 60-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Charcot foot or diabetic foot ulcer was successfully treated with Growth Factor Concentrate therapy at a private hospital in Mumbai, saving her foot from ...