CNN news reported the statistics and importance of early intervention and treatment for diabetic foot ulcers.

“Right now, 18.8 million adults and children in the U.S. have diabetes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 7 million people have undiagnosed diabetes and 79 million are prediabetic.

Diabetics need to know that treating the ulcer early is the best way to get  it healed,” states the news report adding that Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is an effective way to heal ulcers and prevent further tissue breakdown that can end in amputation and even death.  To read the article “With Diabetes, Save a Leg, Save a Life,”  click here.

Pat Elliott, M.D., F.A.C.S. will lecture on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers on March 24, 2011 as part of a continuing education presentation for area podiatrists.  The meeting is co-sponsored by The Goldfarb Foundation and the Delaware Divsision of the Pennsylvania Podiatric Medical Association (PPMA) and will take place at the Newtown Grill, Newtown Square, PA.  Attending physicians will receive continuing education contact hour credit.  HBTUSA was also featured in the March 2011 of the  Goldfarb Foundation Newsletter Exhibitor Spotlight.