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SOURCE: Podiatry Today
Disappearing nail bed is a diagnosis you have most likely never heard of but you see it in practice on almost a daily basis. It describes the entity in which long-standing onycholysis causes the nail bed to convert to digital skin, which ultimately results in nail plate shortening in comparison to the contralateral side due to lack of nail bed-nail plate attachment. The shortened nail will only grow so far distally and seem to stop, or it will abut the distal skin that becomes hypertrophied and deformed.

 
SOURCE: Lower Extremity Review
The current technology used to monitor an athlete’s performance ranges from small wearable fitness trackers to elaborate clinical monitoring equipment. Fitness trackers are compact and lightweight but can only collect data from a single point, which is insufficient to generate meaningful insights. Clinical monitoring equipment uses multiple sensors to capture data from various points on the athlete’s body but is mired in tangles of wires and is too bulky to be used outdoors. 

 
SOURCE: Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
The leg muscles are important for balance, posture, and movement during static and dynamic activity. Obtaining cross-sectional area measurements (CSA) of the leg muscles helps researchers understand the health and force production capability of individual leg muscles. Therefore, having an easy to use and readily available method to assess leg muscle CSA is needed. 

 
SOURCE: Acta Diabetologica
At the end of 2019, China Government reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in people associated with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, Hubei Province. On January 7, 2020, Chinese health authorities confirmed that these cases were due to a novel coronavirus, called 2019-nCoV, able to a person-to-person transmission. In the following weeks slightly less than 10 similar cases had been reported in 21 countries. 

 
SOURCE: Chicago Sun Times
It’s estimated that 20 million people in the United States experience some kind of peripheral neuropathy. Sometimes the damage is limited to a single nerve, but most often the condition affects groups of nerves.

 
SOURCE: Medical News Today 
A ganglion cyst is a noncancerous lump filled with a jelly-like fluid. These cysts are generally harmless, though they can be uncomfortable, particularly when they form on the foot.

 
SpiderTech Calf & Arch Pre-Cut
SpiderTech Inc.
Manufactured in Toronto, Canada. The SpiderTech Calf and Arch Spider provides support for patients dealing with a variety of Calf, Ankle, and Foot issues. The support can be in the form of additional proprioceptive feedback important after injury and exercise induced fatigue. It is also beneficial for pain control, range of motion deficit caused by increased muscle tone and improved fluid transfer.
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On Friday, January 29, 2021, the Canadian Federation of Podiatric Medicine will hold a virtual Annual General Meeting. Members in good standing are strongly encouraged to attend.