by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 12, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema
This review paper is just out, and is available open source. I will be posting articles for many months to thoughtfully discuss all the information contained in the paper about lymphatic structure and function, lymphatic imaging, the impact of cancer and cancer...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 11, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Patient's Perspective
Doctors are supposed to be like parents and not have favorites. However, one of the best things about this field is that just when your attitude begins to flag, a patient comes along who reminds you why you got into wound care — or even why you got into...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 10, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Dr. Anıl Eker and colleagues at the Izmir Bozyaka Education and Training Hospital in Turkey just published a prospective study on the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for erectile dysfunction (ED). If you have been around HBOT for a few years, you have heard...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 6, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
Join me at the Fall SAWC where I will give a talk called “Inside-Out Pressure Injuries: Applying the Angiosome Concept to Pressure Injury Development.” I am going to present compelling evidence that all Stage 1 pressure injuries are in fact, ischemia reperfusion...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 28, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
A patient sent me this message and I decided to post it. It speaks for itself. –Caroline I have many chronic medical conditions that contribute to recurrent wounds. I have chronic heart issues, and am wheelchair bound due to a muscle disease – among other...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 27, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
A patient sent me this message so I decided to post it. It speaks for itself. –Caroline I have many chronic medical conditions that contribute to recurrent wounds. I have chronic heart issues and am wheelchair-bound due to a muscle disease – among other...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 21, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
Missy Baylor, OTR, L MT, CSWS, CLT-LANA and I will discuss clinical presentations in the pediatric population. Special considerations for manual lymphatic drainage, bandaging, and compression in lymphedema treatment for children and young adults will be covered....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 20, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy
I am a huge fan of Knicole Emanuel’s Medicare & Medicaid legal blog. Check out her most recent post about whether auditors can “double dip” by overlapping concurrent audits. EVERYONE is being audited. In fact, if you don’t think you have been audited, it’s likely...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 13, 2022 | Don't Miss This, Fight the Good Fight
My friend and colleague, Dr. Heather Hettrick, is a clinician and scientist whose boundless intellectual curiosity may be unraveling a mystery in the field of marine biology. Her work with green sea turtles represents “translational science,” this time from humans to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 6, 2022 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Fight the Good Fight, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation estimates more than 23 million Americans have been affected by long COVID, which is why it is being described as a “mass disabling event.” It’s officially a disability under the Americans with Disability Act...
