Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for lower limb amputations for people with diabetes increases with age and for those who smoke or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of peripheral nerve stimulation may reduce pain scores and opioid consumption after lower limb amputation, ...

Researchers found automated foot strike detection is viable for smartphone-based fall risk classification in patients with lower limb amputations. Foot strikes automatically detected by a smartphone ...

A 31,000 year-old skeleton has been discovered to be the oldest case of a limb amputation ever found. According to a paper published on September 7 in the journal Nature, the skeleton was that of a ...

Atherectomy for Lower Limb Revascularization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, published in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy, demonstrated that atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon ...

Photo Essay From Hospital. Department Of Diabetology Endocrinology Of St Louis Hospital In Paris, France. Consultation Of Podology Of Dr Acker. Elderly Patient Affected By Diabetes. Care Of A Diabetic ...

Veterans wait outside the Veterans Administration Puget Sound Medical Center in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson/AP) Several factors impacting former service members’ quality of healthcare were identified as ...

A test developed at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus that measures both prosthetic donning time and mobility in lower-limb amputation, shows that a prosthesis anchored to bone goes ...

The rise in diabetes and peripheral artery disease is taking a gruesome toll on Illinois residents, with a large spike in rates of leg and foot amputations performed in the state's hospitals.

Amputation rates have long been higher in rural America. But in cities, the highest rates are associated with poverty and being Black, a new study shows. Amputation rates have long been higher in ...

When Derek from Indiana first noticed problems with his toes, he followed his doctor’s advice without question – amputation. Diabetes, they told him, was the culprit. One by one, his toes were ...