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While wearing appropriate footwear can help treat and prevent diabetic foot ulcers, the leading cause of limb amputation among people with diabetes, noncompliance continues to be an issue, especially among those with loss of protective plantar sensation, known as diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and University of Arizona found that using smart insoles and smartwatch technology to alert patients of harmful plantar pressures was effective in encouraging people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy into compliance with wearing protective footwear. Their report appears in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.

Director Eric Merola will follow Americans living with type II diabetes being treated with fetal stem cells for “The God Cells” sequel. (2019-2020)

Breakthrough research shows that type 2 diabetes occurs when fat from the liver overspills into the pancreas and confirms that weight loss can reverse it.