A new program has boosted patients' health while avoiding painful, costly surgeries. In its four years, only one high-risk ...

Rogelio Jacinto had five days until doctors planned to amputate his leg. It was an emotionally wrenching end to five months of unsuccessful visits to specialists to treat a diabetic foot ulcer. The 72 ...

A two-fold higher incidence of lower limb amputation, primarily of the toe, has been seen in a clinical trial with canagliflozin, Janssen, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and UK’s Medicines and ...

Traditional angioplasty with a stent usually isn't effective, and surgery to remove the blockage is invasive and not well ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have identified a critical gap in how post-amputation pain is evaluated and treated. The study shows that pain after lower limb amputation is not a ...

Type two diabetes is leading to record numbers of New Zealanders losing their toes, legs and feet, but experts believe many could be avoided with earlier screening and intervention. In less than a ...