Possible Cancer Risk Linked to J&J Foot Gel Apr 1, 2008
Regranex, approved for U.S. patients in 1997, is a prescription gel used to treat diabetic leg and foot wounds. "At this time, FDA believes that there may be some evidence for an increased risk of death from cancer in patients who had repeated treatments with Regranex," the FDA said in a statement. (MEDLINEplus)
Cancer risk seen with foot gel for diabetics Mar 29, 2008
Regranex, approved for U.S. patients in 1997, is a prescription gel used to treat diabetic leg and foot wounds. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
New research finds way for wounds to heal without scars Jan 25, 2008
The scarring is usually most obvious where skin has healed after a cut or burn and can range from a trivial wound such as a grazed knee to chronic damage such as a diabetic leg ulcer which is not limited to the skin. Experts say all tissues scar as they repair, alcohol-induced liver damage leads to fibrosis and liver failure, and following most abdominal surgeries scars often lead to major complications. (News-Medical.net)
Skin Care: Scar-free Healing Shown With Gene Suppression Jan 25, 2008
It ranges from trivial (a grazed knee) to chronic (diabetic leg ulcers) and is not limited to the skin. All tissues scar as they repair; for example, alcohol-induced liver damage leads to fibrosis and liver failure, and after most abdominal surgeries scars can often lead to major complications. (Science Daily)
Fiona Nelson Mar 18, 2007
"It can also be used externally to help treat a burn, wound, amputation-stump wound, ulcer, diabetic leg ulcer, diabetic foot ulcer, sore, bedsore, pressure sore, decubitus, decubitus ulcer, scar, Methicillin-resistant staph aureus, infected wound or surgical scar-wound healing." It may even alleviate acne and fungal infections. Nelson also sells Organic Autumn Forest Honeydew (OAFH) honey that bees create from sap they collect from beech trees in the mountain-based rain forests of New Zealand's... (Wayne Suburban Newspapers, PA)
Pine tree bark reduces diabetic leg ulcers Sep 6, 2006
HOBOKEN, NJ September 5, 2006 -- Untreated diabetic leg ulcers may result in amputations ... A study published in the July journal of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis shows that Pycnogenol (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, heals leg ulcers in patients who suffer from diabetic leg ulcerations ... According to Dr. Gianni Belcaro, a lead researcher of the study, the majority of diabetic leg amputations common to the lower leg... (EurekAlert!)
