Andrew Clarke, Podiatrist » Diabetic foot

Free Diabetic Foot Screening

Andrew — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:04:02 +0000

Free foot screenings for people with diabetes are still available from certain podiatrists nationwide this week. Due to the demand, in our practice we will still offer them during next week too.

World Diabetes Day – November 14 2010 – Foot Screening

Andrew — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:40:47 +0000

World Diabetes Day takes place every November 14th. Diabetes is a serious chronic disease. It is estimated that 250 million people worldwide have diabetes (about 6% of the adult population between 20 -79 years). This number is expected to reach 380 million by 2025, (7.1% of the adult population)

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Neglect your feet and patients at your peril!

Andrew — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:39:28 +0000

Neglected feet can become a serious problem. So to0 can neglected patients or visitors using this website. Welcome back to all of you – feet as well as people!

Good time management has never been one of my strengths and over the past 2 months I have had a struggle to make time for this fascinating communication channel with my blog visitors as well as the core professional duties of my daily practice and some additional duties on behalf of the podiatry profession.

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May is World Foot Awareness Month – Diabetes & Crocs

Andrew — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:03:00 +0000

Foot Health Awareness is vital for people with diabetes.

PEOPLE WITH DIABETES ARE 25 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO LOSE A LEG THAN PEOPLE WITHOUT THE CONDITION

Today I want to issue a timely reminder to people with diabetes who want to wear 'Crocs'.

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