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Researchers given £300,000 for innovative trial to tackle foot ulcers

Source: PA Wire

Podiatry researchers have been awarded almost £300,000 to trial an innovative way to tackle diabetes-related foot ulcers.

Ruth Barn, Gordon Hendry and Jodi Binning of Glasgow Caledonian University have been given £299,751 from the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office for a research project that looks at the condition, particularly in areas of deprivation.

The team hopes treatment based on motivational interviewing will empower patients to make lifestyle changes in order to reduce the

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