May 25, 2021
Doctor of physical therapy students Pham Tram and Sean Clark are helping Dr. Daryl Lawson, right, conduct research on SenLore, a boot designed to help patients with non-healing foot ulcers.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. Diabetes is a national concern, affecting more than one in 10 Americans. Among the many health challenges it causes, the disease can put patients at risk for dangerous foot ulcers and lower limb amputations. But innovative research at Western Michigan University could be a game-changer, accelerating healing and saving limbs and lives. When people with diabetes develop a wound or ulcer on the bottom of their foot, it may become chronic and they are slow to heal, says
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Viet Film Fest is screening a short film series titled “Under the Same Roof” from June 1 to 15 for free.
The series features six films curated from the festival’s collections and centered on the theme of family.
Films include “
Walk Run Cha-Cha” by Laura Nix, about a real-life refugee love story between a couple separated by the Vietnam War who become ballroom dancers together 40 years later; “Like Mother, Like Daughter” by Kady Le, which follows a Vietnamese American trans woman who wears her first áo dài (a traditional Vietnamese silk dress) during Lunar New Year in hopes of convincing her immigrant mother that she is capable of being her daughter; and “Chez moi” by Phuong Mai Nguyen, an animated fantasy where a young boy wakes up to find an unexpected addition to the family as his mother takes on a giant bird-man as a lover.
nasa astronauts scott kelly and joel lindgren will take a second walk in space in nine days. we re about to see live pictures coming out of there. there we have. the nasa space camera showing the pictures from the sky at 6:32 in the morning east coast time. the pair will leave the international space station to work on the highly toxic ammonia cooling system that s used by the lab s solar panel. it will take 6.5 hours to reconfigure that system. this is a 190th maintenance-related spacewalk since 1998. more on this when we get it. you can see a little movement there. a diverse detroit enclave back here on earth making nationwide history for its newly elected muslim majority councilman. ham tram i can was known for polish population.