The Vampire's Cure: Why Bleeding Can Mean Healing
In this Halloween edition of Diabetic Foot Files, Dr. G blends vampire lore with wound-care science to show how blood can signal healing—not horror. The episode covers the history linking myths to med...
24 Okt 202517min
Don't Stop Early: Why Finishing Antibiotics Saves Feet
Dr. Gabrielle Hutcheson -Donaldson explains why completing prescribed antibiotic courses is critical for diabetic foot infections: early symptom relief doesn’t mean the infection is gone, and stopping...
20 Okt 202512min
Speak Wound Fluently: Foundations of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Terminology
Dr. G returns to the foundation of diabetic limb salvage, explaining essential ulcer terminology—erosion, partial/full-thickness ulcers, tunneling, undermining, exudate types, wound bed tissue, biofil...
14 Okt 202520min
Vascular Insights with Dr. Giulia Baldazzi MD, vascular surgery fellow and PhD candidate from Italy 🇮🇹: Healing begins with circulation
Dr. Giulia Baldazzi, a vascular surgeon, fellow and phd candidate researcher, shares her journey from UCSF to Italy and explores advances in perfusion assessment, revascularization, and limb preservat...
11 Okt 202533min
Tiny Ring, Big Risk: Porokeratosis on the Diabetic Foot
Dr. G explains porokeratosis — a ring-like skin disorder that can masquerade as a callus or wart and cause pain, ulceration, and even malignant change on diabetic feet. The episode covers what poroker...
10 Okt 202520min
Forgotten Feet: Diabetes Behind Bars/The Incarcerated
Dr. G (Woon Picasso) exposes the hidden crisis of diabetic foot disease in prisons: its prevalence, the resource and policy barriers that lead to missed checks and preventable amputations, and the mor...
10 Okt 202513min
Silver Nitrate: The Secret Weapon Against Hypergranulation
Dr. G explains how silver nitrate works as a quick, low-cost chemical cautery for treating hypergranulation ("proud flesh") in diabetic and other chronic wounds, outlining the mechanism, application s...
8 Okt 202512min
How the 2025 Nobel Prize on T‑Regs Could Transform Diabetic Foot Care
Dr. Gabrielle Hutchison Donaldson dives into the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries about regulatory T cells (T‑regs), explaining why these immune brakes matter and how they co...
7 Okt 202513min
