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 Sep 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 Sep 202525min
Pinky Toe Peril: Why Fifth Metatarsal Ulcers Threaten Limbs
A focused look at fifth metatarsal ulcers in diabetic patients — why they form, how the peroneus brevis and lateral biomechanics drive injury, and the clinical strategies to heal and prevent recurrenc...
11 Sep 202516min
Monckeberg Sclerosis: The Silent Vascular Threat in Diabetic Feet
This episode explains Monckeberg ("Mockingbird") sclerosis—a medial arterial calcification common in diabetes and chronic kidney disease—how it stiffens arteries without narrowing the lumen, and why i...
10 Sep 202512min
Diabetic Foot Wound Culture- Amputation Isn’t Inevitable: Changing Diabetic Foot Care Culture
This episode explores how the current culture around diabetic foot ulcers drives unnecessary amputations and presents a practical, evidence-based roadmap to change it. Dr. G outlines the data supporti...
8 Sep 202519min
Tiny Messengers, Big Hope: Can Exosomes Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers?
Dr. G explores exosomes—small, cell‑derived vesicles—and how they may accelerate diabetic foot ulcer healing by modulating inflammation, promoting angiogenesis, boosting cell proliferation, and improv...
8 Sep 202515min
Numbing the Pain: Essential Foot Blocks for Diabetic Debridement & Amputation
Episode walkthrough of local anesthesia for diabetic foot procedures: why blocks are essential even in neuropathic patients, how infection changes pain perception, and the physiology and practical rea...
5 Sep 202515min
When Dressings Attack: Allergic Reactions in Diabetic Foot Care
This episode explains how dressings can cause irritant or allergic contact dermatitis in diabetic foot ulcers, how to tell the difference from infection, and the red flags to watch for. Dr. G covers i...
3 Sep 202511min
