IV or Oral? Choosing the Right Antibiotic for Diabetic Foot Infections
Dr. G explains when to use IV versus oral antibiotics for diabetic foot infections, covering severity-based choices, common empirical regimens, and why wound cultures matter. The episode reviews pharm...
23 Syys 202524min
Understanding Drop Foot: A Hidden Diabetic Danger
Dr. G explains drop foot — the inability to lift the front of the foot — and why people with diabetes are at special risk due to neuropathy, compression, and poor circulation. This episode covers how ...
22 Syys 202526min
Global PAD Association with Emmy Award winning journalist, entrepreneur and advocate Kym McNicholas -Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Inside the Fight Against PAD with Kim Nicholas
Dr. G interviews Emmy winning journalist Kym Nicholas, CEO and co‑founder of the Global PAD Association, about peripheral arterial disease (PAD), its strong link to diabetes, common misdiagnoses, and...
16 Syys 202553min
Second Chances: Repurposed Drugs Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files, Dr. G explores how existing medications — from metformin and insulin to statins, fentanyl, sildenafil, doxycycline and nitric oxide donors — are being repurpose...
15 Syys 202514min
Semaglutide Steps In: New Hope for PAD Patients
This episode explores new randomized evidence that semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used for diabetes and weight loss, can improve walking distance and quality of life for people with type 2 diab...
15 Syys 202511min
The Dangerous Duo: PAD and Kidney Disease in Diabetes
In this episode of Diabetic Food Files we explain how peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) interact in people with diabetes to worsen circulation, slow wound healing, and...
14 Syys 202513min
From Hippocrates to Gene Therapy: The Journey of Diabetic Peripheral Arterial Disease
This episode of Diabetic Foot Files explores peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in people with diabetes — its history, how diabetes accelerates arterial damage, the biology behind impaired wound healin...
12 Syys 202514min
How Nicotine Silences Healing: The Diabetic Foot Risk
Dr. G explains how nicotine — from cigarettes, vapes, pouches, and nicotine replacement products — reduces blood flow, disrupts immune and cellular repair, and slows or worsens healing in diabetic foo...
11 Syys 202525min
