LIMBWatch Series: Reinventing Hydrotherapy—Jason Ayer, RN’s Topical Oxygen-Powered Approach to Limb Salvage
In this episode of Limb Watch Series with Diabetic Foot Files, host interviews Jason Ayers, a wound care RN and inventor of a topical oxygen hydrotherapy kit that combines warmed antimicrobial cleansi...
7 Jul 47min
The Foot- Liver Connection: The Hidden Link: How Liver Health Shapes Diabetic Foot Healing
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files Dr. G explores the overlooked foot–liver connection: how liver metabolism, protein synthesis, clotting, and inflammation influence wound healing, infection risk,...
6 Jul 40min
Does Your Morning Coffee Delay Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing?
This episode traces coffee’s journey and asks whether daily caffeine affects diabetic foot ulcer healing. It summarizes the science on how caffeine influences blood vessels, sleep, blood sugar, inflam...
4 Jul 22min
Top 10 Holiday Emergencies Every Person with Diabetes Should Know and how to Stay out of the ER this Independence Day- Protect Your Feet This July 4th — Diabetic Holiday Safety Tips
Dr. G outlines simple, practical tips to prevent common Independence Day emergencies for people with diabetes, covering barefoot risks, fireworks and grill burns, blisters that become ulcers, blood su...
3 Jul 18min
Positive vs. Negative Surgical Margins- Every Millimeter Matters: Surgical Margins in Diabetic Limb Salvage
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files Dr. G explains why surgical margins in diabetic foot surgery — especially with osteomyelitis — directly affect recurrence, healing, and the risk of further amput...
2 Jul 24min
LIMBWatch Series: Dawn Franceschina PT, DPT, CWS on Wound Healing Awareness Month and ABWM Foundation
Dr. G interviews Dr. Dawn Franceschina, a physical therapist and Vice Chair of the ABWM Foundation, about her 29-year career in wound care, advances in treatment, and the importance of Wound Healing A...
30 Jun 43min
Diabetes and Disability Series- Part 2- Will I Lose My Job? The Hidden Work Fears of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
This episode explores how diabetic foot ulcers affect not just health but work and identity. Dr. G explains common patient fears about income, insurance, and being seen as unreliable, and how employer...
29 Jun 15min
Diabetes and Disability Series- Part 1 : Do I Qualify & How Long Will I Be Out of Work
Dr. G dives into the complex reality of disability for people with diabetic foot ulcers — explaining why a diagnosis alone doesn’t determine disability, how occupation, ulcer characteristics, infectio...
28 Jun 24min
