From Wiki.
Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus) affects almost 150,000 children annually. Almost 80% of these children live in developing nations. Dr Ponseti's technique is painless, fast, cost-effective and successful in almost 100% of all congenital clubfoot cases. The Ponseti method is endorsed and supported by World Health Organization[3][4] National Institutes of Health,[5] American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons,[6] Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America,[7] European Pediatric Orthopedic Society,[8] CURE,[9] STEPS Charity UK,[10] STEPS Charity South Africa,[11] A Leg to Stand On (India)[12] and others.
At the 2007 International Clubfoot Symposium attended by 200 doctors from 44 countries, papers were presented for an estimated 10,000 children successfully treated with the technique around the world in the past few years.
The Ponseti International Association for the Advancement of Clubfoot Treatment was founded in 2006 at the University of Iowa. The Ponseti International Association aims to improve the treatment of children born with clubfoot through education, research and improved access to care.Now here is the $64,000 question, when did the great man come up with this idea ? Again from Wiki.
The Ponseti method is a manipulative technique that corrects congenital clubfoot without invasive surgery. It was developed by Dr. Ignacio V. Ponseti of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, USA in the 1950s, and was repopularized in 2000 by Dr. John Herzenberg in the USA and Europe and in Africa by NHS surgeon Steve Mannion. It is a standard[1] for the treatment of club foot.
How many years will it take the medics to realise, treating type two diabetes with a high carb diet and a bag of drugs is not the way to go ? 20, 30, 40, 50 years.
Just a thought.
Eddie
5 comments:
My simple analogy to sum up the current dietary advice regarding starchy carbs for diabetics is,'Would you put diesel in a petrol engine vehicle?' sure,it may run for a few miles,running like a bag of sh*te and then come to complete stop due to the damage but most sane thinking people would realise that fueling a vehicle{or person} with something that is known to be damaging is a no-no YET some HCP's still push to defy simple logic.
Paul
Would you treat an alcoholic with more booze, or a drug addict with more heroin ?
And people say I'm nuts, that may be, but I know how to get a type two diabetic to safe BG numbers. If I am nuts what does that make the medics ?
Eddie
you may be nuts, but "all the best people are." ;-)
Hi Tess
Remember this, when you start thinking you are completely sane, and all around you are mad, you have a problem.
Eddie
'How many years will it take the medics to realise, treating type two diabetes with a high carb diet and a bag of drugs is not the way to go ? 20, 30, 40, 50 years.'
A very good question. Alas we may not be around to witness the outcome.
Martin
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