In fact, they discovered many are just scaled-down versions of men's footwear. They found that in charting foot outlines, and comparing them to shoe outlines that the two didn't match. Women have different proportions in the arch, first toe, and ball of the foot. It's the Tiptoe test, created by a cardiologist at the Mayo clinic. With up to 50 toe raises next to a wall, doctors can tell if someone has clogged arteries in the lower legs.
Doctors compare blood pressure readings at the ankle and arm to see if blood is getting through.
The tiptoe test is cheaper, simpler and as reliable as the conventional treadmill test. Last year's outbreak of e-coli infections linked to the Merrymead Farm in Lansdale and other petting zoos has sparked new guidelines from the CDC about farm animal exhibits. 51 people, many of them children, became sick after visiting Merrymead. The CDC guidelines stress that organizers should provide more adequate hand-washing facilities. The owners of Merrymead are installing double fencing and adding washing stations.