Tag: Cancer
There is a certain set of vocabulary that invokes fear, trepidation, and worry: Cancer and Chemo. Cancer is so prevalent in our world that I would wager it impossible to find an individual who has not been touched by it. There has been so much medical research on how to prevent and how to treat, […]
May is skin cancer awareness month. When we think of skin cancer we usually think of the leathery old woman in Florida who spends way too much time baking herself into skin cancer. To help share in skin cancer awareness here is some info on common skin cancers of the feet. Squamous Cell Carcinoma begins […]
Podiatric surgeons often are the first to detect many systemic diseases. A number of bodily diseases show up in the foot and ankle before the in the rest of the body. Here are a few of these diseases and their symptoms: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD): Approximately 8-9 million Americans suffer from PAD, though most are […]