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Guest Post: Podiatry and Diabetic Foot Screening

By. Aberdeen City Podiatry Clinic Diabetes is a lifelong condition which can cause foot problems. Some of these problems can occur because the nerves and blood vessels supplying your feet aredamaged. This can affect: feeling in your feet (called ‘peripheral neuropathy’) … Continue reading

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Diabetes Foot Screening

By: A.C. The following comprehensive article by the Clinical Leads on Podiatry in Aberdeen and Grampian, has been submitted to us after a very lengthy re–organisation of who is responsible for the podiatry care of vulnerable or at risk patients in … Continue reading

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Exercise, Now and Then

By: A.C. I don’t know if it’s the age I am at, or if my memory is only selecting memories of my growing–up in Lanarkshire. I noticed today ( 1 April) a story on disability  and forms of exercise for those … Continue reading

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Telehealth and Telecare

By A.C. The Scottish Centre for Telehealth & Telecare is a new organisation with its headquarters in Riverside Drive, Aberdeen.They have a nice view across the River Dee to Craiginches Jail. When I started looking into this subject it was … Continue reading

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New Gene Therapy Treatment Shows Promise

By: A.C. It is not that long ago that I had a very nasty virus in my computer. Luckily all the bells and whistles went off and alerted me to the infection and it was excised from the hard drive.  … Continue reading

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