by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 9, 2026 | Nutrition & Wound Healing, Obesity & Wound Care
Since most patients with chronic non-healing wounds are obese, I have been watching the “GLP-1 revolution” with interest. I have described the hopeless feeling of seeing one obese patient after another with chronic wounds (some of whom fall asleep while you are...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 22, 2026 | Nutrition & Wound Healing
I have watched many patients suffering from months of chronic non-healing wounds completely heal within a few weeks of normalizing their Vitamin D-25 levels (a treatment which cost about $10). The list of benefits of Vitamin D continues to grow and now includes a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 23, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Nutrition & Wound Healing
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) just released a report on Medicaid spending for 10 selected diabetes and 2 weight loss drugs which showed that spending substantially increased from $1.5 billion in 2019 to $9.4 billion in 2023 (a 540% increase). From 2019 to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 13, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Nutrition & Wound Healing, Obesity & Wound Care
I have no affiliation with any pharmaceutical company, and I continue to be cautious about the Glucagon-like peptide receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) craze. However, I am paying attention to this family of drugs because for more than three decades I have watched with a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 31, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Nutrition & Wound Healing
Chu and colleagues have published a wonderful article in Advances in Skin & Wound Care, High-Quality Dietary Protein: The Key to Healthy Granulation Tissue – available open access. It contains a wealth of scientific and practical information emphasizing that...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 18, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Miscellaneous Musings, Nutrition & Wound Healing, Obesity & Wound Care
A 5:2 Intermittent Fasting Meal Replacement Diet and Glycemic Control for Adults With Diabetes: The EARLY Randomized Clinical Trial | Diabetes and Endocrinology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network A study published open access in JAMA suggests that an intermittent...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 27, 2024 | Nutrition & Wound Healing, Obesity & Wound Care
In a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity, Tirzepatide (the medication in the weight-loss drug Zepbound and also the diabetes treatment Mounjaro), appeared to reduce the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 16, 2023 | Nutrition & Wound Healing
This month (Feb 2023) Pittas and colleagues from Tufts published a systematic review article article in Annals of Internal Medicine about the possible value of Vitamin D in delaying diabetes onset (“Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes A...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 18, 2022 | Nutrition & Wound Healing
Check out this presentation on my process of screening for malnutrition among patients with chronic wounds, and the additional evidence supporting a nutritional algorithm for outpatient wound centers. I reviewed two case study examples of limb salvage that...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 20, 2021 | Nutrition & Wound Healing
Please join me on November 4, 2021 from 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET for a webinar entitled “Immunonutrition and Wounds.” Objectives: Describe wound prevalence and cost among Medicare beneficiaries State the specialized nutritional recommendations from...
