LIMBWatch Series: Dr. David Armstrong DPM, MD, PhD - Ending Preventable Amputations:Limb Preservation and Diabetic Foot Remission
In this episode , one of the world’s most influential pioneers in limb preservation, Dr.David Armstrong DPM, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Neurological Surgery and a Global Leader in ...
13 Juli 43min
Hypoxia vs Ischemia: The Vital Difference for Diabetic Foot Healing
This episode explains the crucial difference between hypoxia (low oxygen that can trigger repair) and ischemia (lack of blood flow that deprives tissue of oxygen, nutrients, and immune cells), and how...
12 Juli 18min
The Oxygen Thermostat: HIF‑1α and Diabetic Wound Healing- The Wound Healing Protein You Probably Never Heard Of
Dr. G explains how hypoxia‑inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF‑1α) acts as the cell's oxygen sensor and coordinator of wound repair, why diabetes disrupts its signaling, and how that impairment stalls heali...
11 Juli 22min
Forgotten Infection Friday: Tranq Wounds- Xylazine Damage — When a Veterinary Sedative Destroys Human Tissue
This episode explains how xylazine ("tranq"), a veterinary sedative now found in the illicit drug supply, is causing severe, fast-progressing wounds and infections when mixed with fentanyl. It reviews...
10 Juli 16min
LIMBWatch Series: Reinventing Hydrotherapy—Jason Ayer, RN’s Topical Oxygen-Powered Approach to Limb Salvage
In this episode of Limb Watch Series with Diabetic Foot Files, host interviews Jason Ayers, a wound care RN and inventor of a topical oxygen hydrotherapy kit that combines warmed antimicrobial cleansi...
7 Juli 47min
The Foot- Liver Connection: The Hidden Link: How Liver Health Shapes Diabetic Foot Healing
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files Dr. G explores the overlooked foot–liver connection: how liver metabolism, protein synthesis, clotting, and inflammation influence wound healing, infection risk,...
6 Juli 40min
Does Your Morning Coffee Delay Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing?
This episode traces coffee’s journey and asks whether daily caffeine affects diabetic foot ulcer healing. It summarizes the science on how caffeine influences blood vessels, sleep, blood sugar, inflam...
4 Juli 22min
Top 10 Holiday Emergencies Every Person with Diabetes Should Know and how to Stay out of the ER this Independence Day- Protect Your Feet This July 4th — Diabetic Holiday Safety Tips
Dr. G outlines simple, practical tips to prevent common Independence Day emergencies for people with diabetes, covering barefoot risks, fireworks and grill burns, blisters that become ulcers, blood su...
3 Juli 18min
