Sunshine Medicine: How Vitamin D Heals Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Dr.G explores how vitamin D — produced by sunlight and acting like a hormone — impacts diabetic foot healing. He covers its roles in immune regulation, antimicrobial peptide production, inflammation c...
3 Juni 25min
Why Your Wound VAC Hurts: The Hidden Pain Behind Healing
Dr. G explains why negative pressure wound therapy (wound VAC) can cause significant pain—covering foam adherence, nerve ingrowth, inflammation, and the four types of VAC-related pain. He highlights w...
2 Juni 19min
Wound Healing Awareness Month: Celebrating the Body’s Repair Crew
June is Wound Healing Awareness Month (WHAM)! Join us in raising awareness, advancing education, and improving outcomes for patients with wounds—because every wound deserves the chance to heal. Celebr...
1 Juni 25min
Daptomycin: The Heavyweight Weapon Against Diabetic Foot MRSA
In this episode Dr. G explains daptomycin — a powerful cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic used for serious gram-positive infections like MRSA and VRE in diabetic foot disease. Learn how it works by depolar...
31 Maj 16min
A Single Drop Of Blood: Rouleaux Formation, Glycation, and the Hidden Causes of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
In this episode we follow a single drop of blood from a diabetic patient under the microscope to reveal how chronic high blood sugar alters red blood cells, white cells, platelets, plasma proteins, an...
30 Maj 23min
Forgotten Infection Friday : Chromoblastomycosis and the Diabetic Foot
This episode of Diabetic Foot Files covers chromoblastomycosis, a chronic pigmented fungal skin infection often seen in tropical, agricultural settings and commonly affecting the lower limbs. We discu...
29 Maj 19min
LIMBWatch Series: Dr. Gary Rothenberg DPM, CDCES, CWS on Limb Salvage
On this episode of Limb Watch, Dr. G speaks with Dr. Gary Rothenberg DPM, CDCES, CWS about limb preservation, diabetic foot care, wound healing, and vascular health. Dr. Rothenberg discuss the root ro...
27 Maj 43min
Nitroglycerin Paste: The Tiny Rescue That Reopens Blood Flow
In this episode of Diabetic Fit Files, Dr. G explains how topical nitroglycerin paste works as a vasodilator to improve microcirculation and rescue threatened skin flaps, ischemic digits, and compromi...
26 Maj 16min
