‘Smart Socks’ can help save diabetics’ feet

Diabetic neuropathy is the number one cause of amputation in the world – and it affects as many as 70% of the 30 million-plus people in the US who suffer from diabetes, costing the economy as much as $10 billion annually. Diabetics with the condition suffer a loss of sensitivity in nerve endings in their legs and feet – meaning that, since they have less feeling in their feet they may end up damaging them extensively before they realized that they have a problem.

But a new invention developed jointly at Hebrew University and Hadassah Hospital – the SenseGo “smart sock” – could help temper the effects of diabetic neuropathy by offering a “sensor assist” to the feet.

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