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AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Recommendations for 2018-2019

All children should receive the flu shot as soon as it is available: AAP [To download a printable version of this article, click here] ITASCA, IL. – The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all children ages 6 months and older receive a flu shot this...
Physician Explores Gout Treatment Options

Physician Explores Gout Treatment Options

As seen in Chain Drug Review | May 15, 2017 MIAMI — Gout is an extremely painful form of inflammatory arthritis and the most common form of this type of arthritis in men, according to Dr. Gary Myerson, a founding fellow of the American College of Rheumatology....
Advances in Treatment of Painful Wounds

Advances in Treatment of Painful Wounds

by Marc Alan Brenner, DPM, The Institute for Diabetic Foot Research As seen in Podiatry Management | November 2016 Wound management is one of the most common aspects of podiatric practice. The etiology of the wound may vary from post-surgical, traumatic, or disease...
Gensco’s Astero hydrogel alleviates diabetic foot ulcers

Gensco’s Astero hydrogel alleviates diabetic foot ulcers

As seen in Chain Drug Review’s Diabetes Care Report.
Approximately 15% of people with diabetes suffer from foot ulcers, and treating them properly can be challenging for the patient. However, failure to do so, with resulting infection, carries the danger of eventual amputation.

A Review and Case Study of Astero®  (Lidocaine HCl 4%), a New Prescription Hydrogel for Painful Wounds

A Review and Case Study of Astero® (Lidocaine HCl 4%), a New Prescription Hydrogel for Painful Wounds

By Marc A. Brenner, DPM | Podiatry Management, Clinical Innovations, The Diabetic Foot.
Wound pain has numerous, often interlinked, causes that may relate to the initial injury, the inflammatory response or infection. Pain may also result from interventions, such as dressing removal, cleansing, debridement, compression therapy, or topical treatments. Pain as a result of trauma, particularly during the dressing change procedure, has been described by patients as the worst part of dealing with a wound.1