Foot health represents one of the most critical yet frequently overlooked aspects of diabetes management. The combination of vascular changes and nerve damage that often accompanies type 2 diabetes ...

In rural areas of Mexico, Indigenous patients with diabetes who have few economic resources face obstacles that delay proper care. Patients with complications of diabetes such as diabetic foot are in ...

Diabetes is a multifaceted condition that can result in severe complications, including limb loss. Two major concerns are poor circulation and diminished sensation in the feet, which heighten the risk ...

(StatePoint) November is Diabetes Awareness Month and a good time to brush up on proper foot care. “Diabetes can cause nerve damage and poor circulation that puts people at risk for a wide range of ...

Imagine you are walking barefoot on a beach with the warm sand, sun and sea breeze feeling good. Now imagine forgetting the sunscreen and by evening your skin is blistered, painful and peeling. That ...

Diabetes is a condition that results in high blood sugar (glucose) in a patient because the body is not making enough of the hormone insulin, which helps break down the sugar entering the cells and ...

A recent assessment of 785 million outpatient visits by people with diabetes in the United States between 2007 and 2013 suggested that diabetic foot ulcers and associated infections constitute a ...