Posts Tagged ‘wounds’
The Connection Between Diabetes and Wound Healing
Why do wounds heal more slowly? How can this be prevented? Ever fall and scrape your foot or get a splinter in your toe? For most of us, these minor wounds heal quickly. But people with diabetes – who number about 30 million in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control…
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The Pinnacle of Wound Care It would be an understatement to say that Neal Attfield enjoys scaling new heights. In May 2017, Neal, 51, and members of his climbing club scaled Alaska’s Denali, formerly called Mt. McKinley. As the highest mountain peak in North America with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level,…
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