The modern mobile phone is both loathed and liked – particularly because of the large amount of time people spend glued to it over the...

Warts are a common skin problem seen in clinic but accurate data on their prevalence and incidence is hard to come by. Of the limited...

The human epidermis acts as the body’s main barrier to the outside world. Preventing the entrance of noxious substances and reducing...

Thank you to everyone who attended my plenary presentation at the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists Annual Conference in Liverpool...

I was pleased to learn that our first clinical study into the use of microwaves have now been published. The study was conducted on 32...

At a time when antibiotic resistance is growing and some bacterial infections of the skin are getting harder to treat, the idea of the...

This month we published a case report of one the first patients we treated with the microwave unit in the journal "Case Reports in...

Results of the EVERT 2 needling study of plantar warts – what does it mean? Paper: Hashmi F, Fairhurst C, Cockayne S, Cullen M, Bell K,...

I recently published an article in the Canadian Podiatrist, along with my colleague, podiatrist Mark Cole examining palmo-plantar...

When a new technology is introduced into healthcare there is often little evidence available to explain how it may work. Microwave is a...

This Article was first published in Podiatry Now 2017 - Please click here to download the full paper with images. Acute Febrile...

Image from: Squires, B., S. D. Daveluy, M. C. Joiner, N. Hurst, M. Bishop and S. R. Miller (2016). "Acrokeratosis Paraneoplastica...

Dermoscopy as a clinical aid to decision making has shown to improve the early detection of melanoma and other skin tumours over visual...

This is a copy of an article recently published in Podiatry Now - January 2017 20(1) 14-16 Full download - click here Clinical Comment:...

Urea – the gold standard ingredient for emollients? The full article (with images) can be downloaded by clicking here. [This Article has...

Topical Antifungal Miconazole – Beware of Warfarin interactions In June this year, a drug update notification was issued on the UK...

Full paper download by clicking here Topical treatment of fungal nail infection is a popular way to treat onychomycosis in the toenails....

In an earlier post I was discussing dry skin and how common it is on the foot, particularly as we get older. In this post, I would just...

Late last year I was asked to write and present some basic patient information videos on a range of foot related topics. These were...

As with most things these days, if you need quick information on a subject there are a lot of materials and information that can be found...