A recent study published in Diabetes Care highlighted the relationship between social deprivation and the incidence of diabetes-related foot disease, including lower-extremity amputation, peripheral artery disease, and peripheral neuropathy. This population-based retrospective cohort used data from 2005 through 2019, analyzing the presence of disease based on a quintile analysis through Read more…
Lower Extremity Review magazine has published the first of a 2-part series on an update of Peripheral Artery disease, and featured it as the cover story. The article, authored by Aisha Cobbs, PhD, highlighted the fact that PAD now affects 200 million people around the world. Discussion of risk factors Read more…
A recent study published in Diabetes Care indicates that there may be a recent resurgence in diabetic amputations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on findings from a care center study in Italy. The study focused on a cohort of 63 patients admitted to a care facility for Read more…
A recent article in the Future Of Personal Health brought to life the story of a patient recently discovered to have PAD using PADnet. A doctor observed a patient walking with pain, and after discussions with the patient, determined ordering a PADnet test for the patient was clinically-relevant. The doctor’s Read more…
Chris Trygstad, Marketing and Network Director of Biomedix, was recently interviewed by Dr. Pelto of Central Massachusetts Podiatry about PADnet, and the impact that healthcare providers implementing vascular testing and screening in their practice can have on optimizing patient outcomes.
The Journal of the American Heart Association recently published a study of 139,000 working adults, which found that job-related stress increased the chance of being hospitalized for peripheral artery disease. This retrospective study looked at 11 previous studies and found that those experiencing stress on the job had a 1.4 Read more…
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association sought to determine if the intensity of exercise a patient is engaged in has an impact on how effective exercise is for preventing and addressing PAD (Peripheral Artery Disease). The study was conducted on 12,513 participants in the Read more…
New study on PAD and claudication A recent study published in Endovascular Today examined patients experiencing symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) and other associated adverse medical events such as amputations and myocardial infarction. The authors noted that only 20% – 30% of patients with PAD present with the classic symptom Read more…
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is now reporting that 14% of US adults had diabetes between 2013 and 2016, which means that 30 million Americans have diabetes. Although 1 in 7 Americans does have diabetes, it is still under-diagnosed, with 9.7% of adults having diagnosed diabetes, and Read more…
A new study which was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, found that obese people had a higher prevalence of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). Although the American Heart Association has released scientific statements describing obesity as an independent risk factor for CVD (cardiovascular disease), including CHD (coronary Read more…