Dermatology

Psoriasis, especially more severe cases, may raise the risk of developing diabetes, a population-based study determined…. 

Maggots are an effective, low-cost salvage option to debride poorly vascularized, infected wounds in patients with diabetes, especially when vascular remediation is not possible….

In a new study that challenges how diabetes is controlled, researchers found boosting the activity of proteins activated by inflammation might be beneficial, contradicting current views. Inflammation brought about by obesity is blamed as a major contributor to type 2 diabetes.…

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mrs. MJ was referred to a diabetes centre by her GP.  Mrs. MJ, a 60-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes since 2000, presents with…

Defective skin barrier function, as evidenced by common filaggrin mutations, may predispose patients to type 2 diabetes.…

Worse glycemic control correlated with slower wound healing in patients with diabetes.  Every 1% increase in HbA1c was associated with -0.028 cm2 decrement in the daily change in wound area.…

Transplanting human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has been found to “significantly accelerate” wound closure in diabetic mouse models…. 

Individuals with psoriasis have a high prevalence of the metabolic syndrome….

The risk of getting diabetes is about 50% in patients with autoimmune forms of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, and psoriatic arthritis, according to a new study….

A new breakthrough device developed by researchers can change the current landscape of chronic wound management…..