America’s Podiatrist Countdown of the Top 10 Foot Stories of 2007

December 31, 2007

10. Marc Jacobs Creates the Backwards Shoe –

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9. Podiatrist discovers man’s foot pain is due to a tumor in his neck.      http://www.americaspodiatrist.com/pdf/articles/article_tumor.pdf 

8.  Teenager’s Feet Severed on Six Flags ‘Tower of Power’ Ride     http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six.flags.accident/index.html 

7.  Woman Born With Feet Facing Backwards Insists She Is Not Disabled

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=499367&in_page_id=1811          

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6. Crocs Exposed as Possibly Causing a Danger on Escalators

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/story?id=2530368

5. Teenager Whose Feet Were Severed on Amusement Park Ride at Six Flags Takes Her First Steps

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six.flags.accident/index.html

4. Fence on the Cage of Escaped Tiger at San Francisco Zoo Reveals a Shoeprint

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2741313620071227 

 3. Lower-limb injuries commonplace in U.S. soldiers in Iraq   

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=28831 

 

2. Foot Melanoma is the Deadliest Cancer, But Routine Foot Self Exams Increase Early Detection and Survival

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/79115.php 

 

 

And the number one foot news story of 2007 is –

1. Brittney Spears Drives Over Photographer’s Foot