Failure to Thrive in Diabetic Ulcers -When a Wound Means Systemic Collapse:
This episode explains "failure to thrive" in adults with diabetes — a multifactorial clinical syndrome where poor nutrition, inflammation, and chronic disease prevent wound healing. It reviews warning...
27 Maalis 23min
The Cost of Healing- Medicine Isn’t Blind: How Coverage and Cash Shape Diabetic Wound Outcomes
In this episode Dr G examines how the healthcare system—not just clinical decisions—affects diabetic wound outcomes, highlighting how insurance rules, financial barriers, transportation and approval d...
25 Maalis 21min
Don't Drive on It: Why Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Cars Don't Mix
This episode makes one simple point: do not drive on a diabetic foot ulcer or while wearing a cam boot, post‑op shoe, or with an uncovered ulcer. It explains the biomechanics of pedal use, how repetit...
21 Maalis 19min
How The Primary Intelligence App Empowers Patients
Join Diabetic Foot Files as Dr. Asha Zimmerman MD , a transplant surgeon who left practice to develop the primary intelligence app which is geared towards informing patients about their health and wel...
19 Maalis 36min
Vascular Lifeline with Dr. Jay Patel- PAD and How Endovascular Care Saves Diabetic Feet
Dr. Jay Patel joins Diabetic Foot Files to explain peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in diabetes, from screening and imaging to cutting-edge endovascular treatments that restore blood flow and enable ...
18 Maalis 47min
When Infection Meets the Mind: Antibiotics, Psych Meds & the Diabetic Foot
This episode explores how diabetic foot infections, psychiatric medications, and certain antibiotics can interact to cause delirium, psychosis, serotonin syndrome, and other neuropsychiatric effects. ...
18 Maalis 23min
The Fragile Bridge: Transitional Offloading After a Diabetic Foot Ulcer
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files we break down transitional offloading — the critical, fragile phase after a diabetic foot ulcer closes when reintroducing pressure too quickly can reopen wounds....
17 Maalis 17min
Unmasking Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
This episode explores diabetic autonomic neuropathy — the widespread nerve damage from chronic high blood sugar that affects the heart, gastrointestinal tract, bladder, sweat glands and more. It expla...
15 Maalis 20min
