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April 24, 2008
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Preventive Foot Health (PFH) is defined as the practice of taking proactive measures to protect and care for the feet to reduce the probability of incurring serious problems as the feet age over the course of a person's lifetime. Preventive foot health is necessary in all sports and activities as well as in daily work and home routines. It is a vital and critically important practice in persons with chronic health problems such as diabetes, arthritis, and circulatory disease where small problems can be magnified into both limb and life threatening conditions.

The Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH) exists to promote awareness of, and the need for, preventive foot health as a key to long-term quality of human life, and also to promote research and education dedicated to preventive foot health practices, products and procedures that contribute to the general well being of the human foot.

Preventive Foot Health Pathway Diagram
A combination of engineered padded sock products, appropriate orthotics or inserts if necessary, and the most appropriate shoes, properly fitted, is the pathway to Preventive Foot Health.

>> click here for the diagram

Foot and General Health News

FDA posts list of potential problem drugs (AP) - 09/05/2008 03:58 PM
AP - The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients.

Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study (AP) - 09/05/2008 04:06 PM
AP - Substandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday.

Gene domino effect behind brain, pancreatic tumors (AP) - 09/05/2008 07:49 AM
AP - Scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers. The result points to a new approach for fighting tumors and maybe even catching them sooner. Genes blamed for one person's brain tumor were different from the culprits for the next patient, making the puzzle of cancer genetics even more complicated.

FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs (AP) - 09/04/2008 04:28 PM
AP - The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.

Study: Workers to pay more for health care (AP) - 09/04/2008 06:21 AM
AP - Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles. A survey being released Thursday by the Mercer consulting firm found 59 percent of companies intend to keep down rising health care costs in 2009 by raising workers' deductibles, copays or out-of-pocket spending limits.

Obesity Worsens Asthma (HealthDay) - 09/05/2008 04:01 PM
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that obese people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be hospitalized for the problem and to have lower quality of life and worse control of the disease than those with asthma who are normal weight.

Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate (AP) - 09/05/2008 03:19 AM

AP - Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and Â— to top it all off Â— no girls.