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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.

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Men, Black patients, and those living in areas with low ...

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. "Unfortunately, by the time a patient with diabetes and/or PAD ...

San Antonio-based University Health is working to reduce limb amputation with its new Limb Salvage Clinic. The clinic, located in its Texas Diabetes Institute, offers treatments for high blood ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla (WFLA) — A Manatee County mother of three wants someone held accountable. Hailey Van Dam had an above-the-knee amputation, which she believes could have been prevented. She claimed ...

Joseph “Joe” Berkery, 46, is a retired firefighter who spent years serving as a first responder and diver before an on-the-job injury led to the loss of his left eye and left leg. Recently, severe ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

Our brain may not be as capable of rewiring following an amputation as we thought, which could have serious implications for how we treat a common complication called phantom limb pain. A part of the ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that the brain holds a ‘map’ of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it ...