How the 2025 Nobel Prize on T‑Regs Could Transform Diabetic Foot Care
Dr. Gabrielle Hutchison Donaldson dives into the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries about regulatory T cells (T‑regs), explaining why these immune brakes matter and how they co...
7 Okt 202513min
Shiny Red Leg? Understanding Erysipelas in Diabetes
Dr. G explains erysipelas — the classic shiny, well-demarcated red leg — covering its causes (mainly streptococcal), distinguishing it from cellulitis and other mimics, initial investigations, and out...
2 Okt 202524min
To Kling or To Kerlex, that is the question- Mastering Gauze Rolls in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Care
Dr. G explains the key differences between Kling (conforming) and Kerlex (bulky padding), when to use each, and how wrapping technique and tension can affect perfusion and healing in diabetic feet. In...
1 Okt 202516min
Sparks of Healing: How Piezoelectricity Could Transform Diabetic Foot Care
This episode explains the piezoelectric effect—how mechanical stress creates tiny electrical signals—and how those signals guide cell migration, angiogenesis, collagen deposition, and epithelializatio...
30 Sep 202511min
IV or Oral? Choosing the Right Antibiotic for Diabetic Foot Infections
Dr. G explains when to use IV versus oral antibiotics for diabetic foot infections, covering severity-based choices, common empirical regimens, and why wound cultures matter. The episode reviews pharm...
23 Sep 202524min
Understanding Drop Foot: A Hidden Diabetic Danger
Dr. G explains drop foot — the inability to lift the front of the foot — and why people with diabetes are at special risk due to neuropathy, compression, and poor circulation. This episode covers how ...
22 Sep 202526min
Global PAD Association with Emmy Award winning journalist, entrepreneur and advocate Kym McNicholas -Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Inside the Fight Against PAD with Kim Nicholas
Dr. G interviews Emmy winning journalist Kym Nicholas, CEO and co‑founder of the Global PAD Association, about peripheral arterial disease (PAD), its strong link to diabetes, common misdiagnoses, and...
16 Sep 202553min
Second Chances: Repurposed Drugs Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files, Dr. G explores how existing medications — from metformin and insulin to statins, fentanyl, sildenafil, doxycycline and nitric oxide donors — are being repurpose...
15 Sep 202514min
