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Foot Melanoma Is Deadly – Did You Know You Can Get Skin Cancer On Your Feet?

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Instances of melanoma, the most deadly of skin cancers, are increasing faster than any other form of cancer. Surprisingly, one of the leading places cancer is commonly being found these days is on the feet. That's right, foot melanoma is the deadliest cancer. Unfortunately, survival rates are dramatically lower when melanoma is found on the foot. For one reason, it often goes unnoticed until there is a serious problem. When not caught in the early stages the fatality rate is about 50% … [Read more...]

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Diabetic Foot Problems Can Be Avoided With These 5 Tips

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"Ignore them and they go away." Your dentist has been pushing that slogan for decades, as a reminder to take care of your teeth. As a diabetic, the same saying goes for your feet! Fail to take your blood sugar levels seriously and sooner (rather than later) you're going to have foot problems that could easily lead to amputation. Diabetic foot neuropathy occurs when you are diabetic and you ignore your high blood sugar levels, resulting in blood vessel and nerve damage within your … [Read more...]

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Men’s Big Feet & Women’s Big Feet: Tips For Finding Shoes & Living With Your Big Feet

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You would generally expect height to be an indicator of shoe size. As a teen with extremely large feet, my mother would often promise me that I was certain to get taller considering my big feet.  She felt that no one with such large feet would stay so short.  She was wrong. Now my daughter is faced with the same dilemma.  She is about 5-foot 2-inches and her feet are size 9-1/2.  She is only 12.  So on her behalf, I am praying for a few more inches of height with minimum foot … [Read more...]

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Plantar Fasciitis – Symptoms & Treatment For Heel Pain

The heel pain I was experiencing was indeed Plantar Faciitis. photo by Curtis at TheFunTimesGuide.com

Foot pain resulting from Plantar Fasciitis is more than just an annoyance. When every step sends a sharp pain through your foot and up your leg, even the simplest activity becomes something you dread. Plantar Fasciitis is an inflammation of the Plantar Fascia, which supports the arch. In many instances, the pain will be felt in the heel of your foot. A sharp foot pain results from standing or walking on the affected foot and dramatically limits your ability to walk. Plantar … [Read more...]

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Personal Foot Care: Tips for Treating Dry Feet and Cracked Feet

Dry air and cold weather are hard on a person's skin. Some of the most damaged skin can be found under the main foundation that carries you throughout the day -- that being the bottom of your feet. Treating dry or cracked feet is even more critical if you happen to be Diabetic. With a possible lessened sense of feel in your lower extremities, unnoticed injury or infection can quickly lead to more severe foot care problems -- including surgery and even amputation. When you have dry feet or … [Read more...]

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Some Interesting (But Dangerous) Shoe Fads

Shoes are necessary, utilitarian, and mostly mandatory.  They are also fun, creative, and wonderful expressions of our creativity and personality.  In that expression of our personality, many of us gravitate toward different shoe fads.  Shoe fads usually take one aspect of a regular shoe and exaggerate it.  That means new fabrics, unusual lines, and even extreme heights.  Most of these fads are bad for our feet in one way or another. Perhaps the biggest and worst shoe … [Read more...]

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How To Find The Best Shoes If You Have Wide Feet

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When I married my husband, he wore size 12 shoes.  We were young, and he looked well enough put together, so I barely noticed that he dragged his feet a bit and that his sneakers always looked a bit floppy.   When he got his first corporate job and went clothes shopping, he also had his feet measured and found out that his shoes were not a size 12 at all.  They were a 10 ½ EEE!   Why was he so far off?  At some point, he stopped getting his feet measured and … [Read more...]

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Home Remedies For Dry Feet & Cracked Heels

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Most of the time when you think of dry and cracked feet you think of your heels. That's always been my problem. The rest of my feet are nice and smooth, but my heels are always dry and cracked. Figuring out how to get my feet back to a nice soft, healthy look hasn't been easy. Following are the best natural home remedies to treat your dry, cracked heels and feet.   … [Read more...]

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Got Funky Toes? Maybe You’ve Got A Toenail Fungus

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Toenail fungus, also called Onychomycosis, is fungal infection of the toenail.  While this fungus can also infect fingernails, it is much more common on toenails. Following is everything you want to know about toenail fungus... How do you know if you've got it?How do you get it to begin with?How do you treat a toenail fungus?Plus, how to prevent toenail fungus -- from someone who's had it before (me).  … [Read more...]

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Dealing With Club Feet & Other Foot Deformities In Children

Four and a half years ago, Dr. Randall Owen met a little girl whose club feet were so badly deformed that she walked on the tops of her feet with the help of crutches.  Through the miracle of technology, little Jingle, now 15, has taken her first steps on the bottoms of her feet.    The doctors did not cut her feet or break any bones.  Instead, they used devices to slowly stretch her feet into place over time.  With the first step completed, she will go through a series … [Read more...]

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