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 ...

Limb amputations are performed by surgeons when a traumatic injury such as a wound from war or a vehicle accident causes major tissue destruction or in instances of serious infection or disease. But ...

Amputation might be a risk factor for chronic kidney disease. Traumatic amputation that is not related to diabetes or peripheral vascular disease may still lead to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), ...

For patients living with PAD or chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) who are from racial/ethnic minority groups, economically disadvantaged, or living in areas without access to good vascular care ...

If you have diabetes, you're at higher risk for many related health problems, including foot or leg amputation. That's when you have surgery to remove a limb or a digit like a toe or finger. But you ...

Former Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay recently suffered a life-threatening episode of sepsis which led to the amputation of his hands and feet. He wanted to be known as the first "bionic MP" after he ...

When people with diabetes experience complications such as neuropathy (nerve damage), it's time to start arming themselves with education for protection against even greater complications like ...